Fun Things to Do in Oklahoma City

So here's the part where I show you pictures of some of the fun things we did on our surprise getaway to Oklahoma City! My husband is the best husband in the world.

So what is there to do in OKC? Well, for starters, you can go to Bricktown and enjoy not four, not eight, but fifteen layers of delicious lasagna at the Spaghetti Warehouse.

Dang, Adam's picture looks a lot scarier now that it's off the camera viewer. Here's a slightly less scary picture of me in the Spaghetti Warehouse foyer:

Your next assignment: wake up the next morning refreshed and ready for more adventures!

Conduct lots of business at the business center of your hotel.

See the Bricktown Baseball Stadium. Enjoy the statues.

Visit the Oklahoma City Bombing Memorial.

Catch some of the Olympics over breakfast at McDonald's.

Visit the Land Rush Memorial.

See the Botanical Gardens:

(I'm playing the Trumpet Vine, LOL)

We didn't take any really great pictures of the gardens, but believe me, they are well worth the visit!

Go back to Bricktown, watch a movie at the theater, and enjoy the Valentine scenery.

And that, my friends, is a great way to spend the day in Oklahoma City!

Why this will be the best Valentine's Day ever!

My husband has been telling me all week that he was planning something wonderful for us for Valentine's Day. I was thinking that he was planning a nice dinner, and then something quirky and unexpected after. That's just the way my husband rolls.

How about a nice dinner, and something quirky-- in another city?

Adam has been planning a romantic weekend getaway for us! I'm super excited! He wasn't going to tell me where we were headed, but I quickly figured it out, and it's a really neat city that neither of us have been to. We will be leaving immediately after I get off work tomorrow. I promise I will take lots of pictures!

Oh, and did I mention-- SQUEEEEEEEEEE!

Back I Am, Sam I Am!

I just loved Green Eggs and Ham when I was little. But I digress!

This week is Spring Break. I took off work, Adam did some planning, and we drove down to Dallas and spent a few days there! It was especially enjoyable because we finally got to go together! Travel costs are expensive (can I get a witness?), so when there are weddings, school trips, and the like, usually one of us goes and leaves the other behind. How sad! So we definitely appreciated this trip!

On a side note, Enterprise Car Rental is now our favorite car rental company. Have you ever seen all the restrictions and sky-high fees imposed by rental companies for drivers under twenty-five? (which both of us happen to be) It's always so frustrating to have a squeaky-clean driving record, and yet not be able to rent because I'm not thirty-six months older! Enterprise, however, was very reasonable with a friendly staff and good rates. We'll definitely be there next time we rent!

We ended up going to Six Flags theme park, touring Dallas, going to a museum, and hanging out with my former roommate (at whose house we stayed). I'll post pictures soon, but right now, I want to go to bed!

On another unrelated note, there seems to be a huge Blog Party going on, and it looks like fun! Maybe tomorrow, I'll pull something together and join the melee!

Thank God It's... Tuesday?

Tuesday starts my "weekend", since my real weekends are spent serving people burritos. Today, I am thinking about rollerblading because the weather is glorious and I feel like a quick trip to the hospital! Just kidding about the hospital part-- but if you ever saw me rollerblading, you'd know why I say that.

In October, I planted a few daffodil and tulip bulbs and hoped for the best. So far, about three daffodils have bloomed, and it looks like one tulip will make an appearance in a few days. Unfortunately, these are the sole survivors of an apartment maintenance man's Weed Whacker holocaust. Boo!

Spring has sprung! Trees are blooming, the weather is warming up, and I now have to start worrying about what my toenails look like. Spring Break is next week, so Adam and I are trying to figure out what to do that week. Right now, we're thinking about hopping on a bus and visiting Six Flags over Texas, if we can figure out accommodations! I am really excited about that idea because I've only ridden on the same three roller coasters my entire life! 

Vive la France!

I am so excited, y'all. I am actually making concrete plans to fulfill one dream I have had for nearly a decade: to visit France! The costs have always been high enough that I would go to Travelocity and play around with itineraries for France, but never actually do anything serious about it. A girl can dream, right?

However, last night was slow at the restaurant, and I was bored... so I decided to rope my two younger sisters into going with me. :-P Adam's not a big France fan, so he's perfectly content to stay at home and let us girls wreak havoc in Europe. We always talked about going to France together when we were kids, and after a couple phone calls last night, I found out they're still game!

I love my sisters. Always so willing to make sure I'm not the only one being ridiculous.

(Wow, we all look so young! This was taken nearly five years ago, when we were all >18 years old!)

May 2010. We are going to France.