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Whew, where has the time gone?  I apologize for being MIA lately, but life has come along and shifted my time away from the blog.  It’s sure is tough fitting it all in as you guys all know, but I’m hanging in there and doing my best to maintain this little corner of the blogosphere that I enjoy so much.  I know that posting regularly is the best for readership, but it just doesn’t quite work that way for me now =/ and sometimes there is nothing like a weekend full of good times and good friends.  

Since Viva Bike Vegas, I’ve gotten in some recovery and have continued to ride.  Most of my energy has been trying to get my thesis lit review and proposal squared away.  It’s going to be a tight fit, but if all goes well I should be a masters graduate in May!

Last weekend our good friends got married, yay!

Love purdy twinkly lights.

I keep dreaming about this cake it was so good!

Chris and I are still planning our wedding waaaaay down the road and have starting checking out venues and putting our guest list together.  Boy, it is overwhelming!

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Fajita Friday

Most Fridays Chris and I meet up with some cycling friends at a local Mexican restaurant called Carlito’s Burritos for Fajita Friday.  It’s always good times and the food is awesome.  You can’t beat $5 chicken fajitas!

It’s a pretty small place and it gets crowded on Fridays, but it’s totally worth it.

First you order at the front and then try to find a seat if you’re lucky.  They don’t have a number system in place, but no matter how many people are there or how crowded it gets, they always somehow get our orders right every time!  I usually always order the chicken fajitas because they are delicioso.  They also have mondo burritos that look great (hence the name ‘carlitos burritos’).

They even fit a mariachi band in there on Friday which is nice and authentic and all, but sometimes they are so darn loud you can’t hear the person next to you! whatcha say???

Our server Nicole who has a great, straightforward, sarcastic personality.

Chicken fajitas mmmmm

Chris likes to also get the green chili quesadilla and boy let me tell you those chilis are HOT!!! but oh so good in a burn your mouth on fire kind of way.

Most of the time there is so much food, table space is limited and great conversation ensues into the night 🙂

Love this place!

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PumpkinMan & Wine Party Saturday

The PumpkinMan Triathlon was this past Saturday so we decided to go on a bike ride and then root on some of our friends in the event.  I just love these events and it’s so fun to cheer people on!

Total the ride was about 40 miles.  The first 26 or so was a tour de Boulder City which includes a neighborhood section called ‘Little Italy’.  Let’s just say there were a few hills that kicked my booty and I need to go back to master.  Also my bike positioning is still off and I need to figure out that asap before my knee gets worse.

It was a lot of fun and I’m getting the itch to try a tri next year!  We’ll see about that one.

There were a ton of neat bikes.

And I found an interesting way to store a banana on the bike.

After the ride, Chris and I headed home and relaxed a bit before our friend’s wine tasting party! I was so excited since I haven’t had wine in awhile, but I knew I shouldn’t go overboard.

Our host had also just completed the Olympic tri and I couldn’t believe she could drink wine after that!

It was a great party and we had an absolute blast!!!!  Most of our cycling friends were there and it was fun to chat it up outside of the world of spandex and helmets 🙂

um, there were only 17 bottles for tasting.  Not sure if there would be enough.

and lots of tasty apps and cheese for munching.

Love caprese.

These sesame cookies were tasty!  Not too sweet with a nice, nutty crunch.

Pumpkin cheesecake!

My favorite wine of the night had to be this sangiovese.  It was fruit forward, but still had a nice, luscious finish.  I had about 3 smallish glasses, but I knew when my body said you better stop now! Then I had 3 large glasses of water.

Dreaming of this one 🙂

Let’s just say there was some drinking going on because all 17 bottles got polished!

It was so much fun with lots of laughter.  There were points I was laughing so hard my stomach hurt! ha!

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Brunch Sunday

Our good friends had invited us over for some brunch and it was great to catch up.  We also found out the good news that they are actually 6 weeks pregnant!!! Very exciting 🙂

The food was delish and we started with berry parfaits with balsamic infused whipped cream.  Heaven.

We sat outside because the weather was gorgeous and slightly overcast.

Next up was a spinach and mushroom quiche that was out of this world!  I had to have 1.5 pieces.

mmmm crusty crust.

After brunch we took our doggies to the park for some romping in the grass.  They had a blast!

This is Charlie.

And this is Lucy awwww they are so cute!

There is just nothing like friends.  What a great weekend!

Hope you are doing well!  I may not be posting too often, but I will still be here, catching up on your blogs, and checking in 🙂

What’s your favorite outing with friends?