Warm Weekend & Shrimp Pasta

Wow ... it was down right warm this weekend ... it was up to 79 degrees! Mike, the boys and I went and got two loads of fire wood, stacked it up ... we are all ready for winter. I love having the fire place lit ... it's so warm and toasty.

On Saturday afternoon Mike suggested we drive to the Blueridge Parkway to look at fall foliage as this is probably the last weekend before the leaves fall. The mountains are only about 30 -40 minutes from our house ... so this was a nice treat. The colors were absolutely glorious! Reds, Golds, Yellows, even Browns. I took lots and lots of pictures to share with our Florida families.

We went to Lowe's Sunday morning to get 40 more blocks to finish our block wall. Wouldn't you know it? They have discontinued the block we have chosen. They told us two more stores in the area had some in stock, so we decided we would go to the one with the most on inventory. So, we get there ... and the only ones they had left were used in a display. After going back and forth with the department manager, it was decided they would dismantle the display and let us purchase the blocks. In addition to the blocks we purchased, the department manager gave us the remaining 20 blocks left as well!

Last night Mike made dinner and it was delicious! Shrimp Pasta!! Wow ... that man can cook. I can hardly believe we've had all of these ingredients in our house for months and we just had it last night. He sauteed shrimp in garlic, sundried tomatoes, rosemary, and butter. He then added it to a jar of Ragu Roasted Garlic Parmesan. Served over twisted rotini and topped with parmesan cheese and cracked pepper .... yum!!!! I nominate Mike to cook every night!