Happy 2009!!

We have had the best few days. I love being off work and it makes it even better when John is off work too! He has been working in the bonus room a lot (I will post pictures of that eventually) but we have also had a lot of down time on the couch as well! Last night we were at Kobe Japanese Steakhouse by 6 to try and beat the crowds (we sound like such senior citizens, I know). We should have known on New Years Eve there was probably a crowd everywhere by 5. We decided to forego the "cook in front of you" dining experience, and just grab a booth by ourselves in the sushi bar. This was quite nice seeing as we didn't have to wait at all for a table, weren't stuck around a table of strangers, and John was pleased that the LSU/GA Tech game was on right above our table. We were finished with dinner by 7:15 and John had a fantastic idea to go and get some "Hot and Ready" doughnuts from Krispy Kreme. I can't tell you how long it has been since I have had a Krispy Kreme doughnut, must less the warm, soft ones that melt in your mouth. We each ate 2 in the car on the ride home! Once home, we enjoyed our sparkling beverage of Cranberry Ginger Ale and rang in the new year New York style. I can't tell you the last time we actually saw our actual central time new year. But last night I was making these caramel pies for our festivities today so we actually napped from 11 until almost midnight. I got up to finish the pies and we ended up seeing Bham New Years after all. Someone was shooting fireworks over by us and Bentley was not very happy! To a lot of people, I am sure our New Years Eve sounds super lame, but we wouldn't have had it any other way.