What a weekend....

We had a great time at the office party on Saturday. We picked up two couples and one single (his wife had to work), and took the party bus to St. Augustine....

Once there we had the car valet parked (I was NOT going to walk two blocks in a dress and heels in 90 degree weather!) and went into the hotel. It is absolutely gorgeous....very fancy, very expensive, and very not us (we are Holiday Inn folk! lol). We made our way to the second floor and headed out to the balcony where the party was to be held. It really was lovely, and would have been perfect, had it not been for the 800% humidity. I knew I shouldn't have wasted my time straightening my hair because ten minutes after being out there I was Shirley Temple curly! They had huge fans on the terrace, so dh and I and the couples we were with grabbed the table directly in front of them. Of course, before dinner was served, the fan died....ugh!

The food was....well, interesting. They did have a delicious sangria....which I partook of....8 times! LOL....now, before you lable me a drunk, the glasses were probably only 4 ounces, so in actuality I only had 4 drinks. The best part of the dinner was the bisque they served at the beginning. Now, I know that I'm going to get a lot of "ewwwww's" from this, but trust me, it was delicious. It was pumpkin crab bisque. It was very thick and creamy and I know that sounds like a strange combination....but it worked. It was slightly sweet with a light dusting of nutmeg on top. It smelled heavenly too....the salad was a wedge of iceburg with mozzarella cheese, calamari olives and a house dressing which was very bitter. I didn't care for that. As a garnish, there were these very thinly sliced pink things....which we all guessed were smoked salmon. I decided to be brave and try a bite. I can't really describe the taste....imagine opening a bottle of your grandmothers oldest, strongest perfume and taking a huge swig....yeah, that's what it was like. Dh said it was some sort of marinated ginger. I don't know what it was, but I couldn't do anything but swallow it, being that we had cloth napkins and I couldn't very well spit it out! The woman across from me said something, and I thought she said she liked it. I kind of shook my head and she shoved a huge piece ofit in her mouth. The look on her face was priceless! She didn't have any qualms about using her cloth napkin as she yelled, "Ooooh!" and quickly spit it out....she said, "I thought you said it was good!" I was laughing at this point watching her chug her ice water.

The main course was a filet medallion, mashed potatoes, asparagus and chilean sea bass with some sort of sauce. Thumbs up to the meat (sans sauce) and potatoes. The fish was okay, but would have been much better cooked a bit longer and served with lemon, as the sauce was a bit heavy. Dessert consisted of three different offerings. Three glasses were filled with fresh berries and whipped cream, tiramisu and cream, and chocolate mousse with whipped cream. Needless to say, this reviewer found nothing wrong with any of them! LOL....During the meal there was a man who played acoustic guitar and sang. He was really good....actually, he sings at many of the local restaurants in St. Augustine. My uncle liked him so much that he asked him if he did parties. After dinner we sat and visited, talked and laughed. It was a really good time and so nice to get out with adults!

Today we didn't do much of anything. I had a bit of a headache....serves me right....and wee one had a ton of homework. We worked all afternoon on it while JB finished putting up the walls on her tree house. I will take pics of it tomorrow. It looks so cute!!!! All he has to do is trim it out and paint it. He did a great job. Betsy has been in a benadryl induced sleep all day. Poor kid. She has (I'm not exaggerating, they counted) 26 mosquito bites on one leg, 32 on the other and at least 15 on either arm. I didn't know about it until she showed me today. Apparently when she was helping her dad do the lawn, taking the clippings to the pile we have in the woods, she was attacked by a swarm of mosquitoes! I felt horrible when I saw them!  I bought benadryl today, along with anti-itch spray. She jumped in the pool this afternoon to try and stop the itching for a bit.

Well, it's getting late and I need to get things organized for tomorrow. Week #3 of school....woohoo!