AOL Finsys Reunion!

On Saturday, 4/26, Andrew and I had the pleasure of meeting up with old friends!

A few months ago, Rob Johnston and I talked about organizing a reunion of the old Financial Systems gang. The group of us started out around 1995? 1996? It's so long ago I can't remember. Andrew and I joined the team in 1997... We have all been through so much together - many Computron/Axs-One upgrades, Y2K conversion, Euro conversion, customer consolidation, vegetable pants...the list goes on and on. :) Lucky for me, I also got a husband out of my time at AOL. :)

On the left is a slideshow of the happy hour! If you have pictures, please send them to me and I'll add them to the slideshow.

Thanks to everyone who came! It was great seeing you. (And I'm sorry I had to leave early...I had some 'issues.' Hee hee.) I'm going to try to plan something again this fall.

The Day after my Anniversary...

...I'll be spending the day with my second love - Sex and the City!! I could not be more excited about the movie opening on May 30th! I've promised my friend Ebony for over a year now that May 30th is our day - first the movie, then martinis.

There have been many spoilers out there... In addition to Charlotte getting pregnant, Carrie getting stood up, Steve cheating on Miranda, they now have stated this...
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/24190119/

Let me just say, if they kill Mr Big, I will walk out of the theater. How can they kill off such a hunk?? Except for Andrew, there is no man hotter on this planet than Chris Noth (hee hee). OMG...HOT!

What's Gonna Work? Teamwork!

Those of you with kids will get the title reference. :)

Thanks to all 6 of you who voted in our poll. Andrew and I were able to come to an agreement on our home improvement project and will hopefully get started in 2 weeks! It was great that we were able to compromise and each come out with something that we wanted (for Andrew, a lower price...for me, planning the work to be done).

Website of the Day

If you are looking to get some good ideas/reviews about places such as I have listed below and much much more in your area try www.yelp.com:

Restaurants
Shopping
Home Contractors
Hotels
Automotive

I highly recommend this website.

More DC-area Restaurant Reviews

KSB - Herndon, VA (www.ksbcafe.com)
i.e., Kosher Style Bagels
Great New York style bagels, good lunch menu, nice atmosphere
Located in the Fox Mill shopping center
Price = $ (low)

Kennedy Center Terrace Brunch - Washington, DC
(http://www.kennedy-center.org/visitor/restaurant_terrace.cfm)
Good buffet style brunch with extras such as a prime rib carving station, separate dessert room and lots of cold salads
Nice enough to bring out of town relatives but not too nice that you can't bring your 2-year old (even though we didn't this time).
$$-$$$ (moderate-expensive)

Old Friends are the Best!

What a wonderful weekend!
(Picture, L to R: Kelly, Anna, Heather, and Julie)
Saturday started off with breakfast with one of my dearest friends, Heather. We've known each other since high school, and our little group (Amanda, Heather, Julie, Kelly and I) has managed to keep in touch since...well, ok, I won't date us. :) Each one of them was a part of my wedding ceremony, except for Amanda who wasn't able to make it. That's ok! Anyway, we had a wonderful breakfast and got all caught up.

My cousin Marlene also arrived on Saturday from Carlsbad, CA! We had a wonderful dinner with my family and an even better brunch the next day at the Kennedy Center. The views were spectacular and the food was just as good. I still have to upload those pictures, I"ll try to do so tonight. It's always great when we can get together, and luckily, her job brings her to DC at least twice a year. Marlene is like the big sister I never had.

Gift Etiquette

What do you do when you give a gift to someone and they are completely ungrateful??

This recently happened to us. Rather than saying "Wow, thanks for the gift" or "How thoughtful of you to think of us" we got "Hmmm...I'd prefer something else."

My response:

BITE ME!!