last weekend

last weekend was fabulous!

it all started on Friday when I met up with Starla and Beth at Chili's for lunch.  one of my favorite places for lunch!  reminds me of when me and little grams would go for lunch there.

after lunch we headed to a winery close to my house.  it's called Pieper Porch Winery and Vineyard.

they give you 5 free tastes, so we each started with that.  Starla and I decided to pay the $5 for 5 more tastings and a wine glass.

the wine was VERY good.  it made it a fun experience because the owner of the winery was the one giving us the tasting and she gave us a lot of background info on the wines.

my favorite wines were the lime wine and the riesling.  i had never heard of a lime wine until going there, and it was really good.  tastes like a margarita!

unfortunately, the weather didn't cooperate with us so we weren't able to hang there and drink after on the porch.  we went back to my house and had wine in some fancy wine glasses that Beth got us for the tasting :)

after taking a much needed nap (wine always makes me so tired!), i headed to my mom's to meet her. we headed over to her friends for a norwex party.

i had heard of norwex a few times before going to this party, but didn't understand it and wanted to see what all the hype was about.

it was amazing!  the demos and personal stories made it sound like it does magic!  i had read a few reviews on some of their products on blogs before so i ordered a few things.  can't wait to get them to give them a try!  hoping they really are as great as they seem!

saturday was puppy playdate day!  we get together once a month with our friend's who have two boston's and let them all play.

they came over to our house this time.  their female, Maddie, didn't really love Vito, our foster, when we brought him over to their house.  we thought maybe they would hit it off better on our territory, rather than hers.  unfortunately, she still didn't love him, but at least she didn't attack him!

we had pizza for dinner and celebrated Maddie's birthday!  they brought over an angel food cake so that the dogs could each have a little of it too.  they were so happy!  they also brought over some bones to chew which unfortunately ended up in a lot of spit up.  oh well!  the dogs seemed very happy!

sunday morning was a great time at church!  they had a special guest speaker come, Michael Franzese.  he was a former mob leader and was the only one would made it out without dying or ending up in jail for life.  he was an amazing speaker and had some amazing stories to share.