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2022 June | Astros, Beth’s Baby Shower, Vow Renewal, Chuck E. Cheese & Chemo

June 30, 2022 by Mellie Dee Leave a Comment

20220602 | Ethan | Dad's Early Birthday Celebration

Ethan left in the beginning of the month.

Our family had scheduled Dad’s birthday celebration by doing a family trip in San Saba for the weekend. Where is that? No clue. We literally looked all around to find a place that worked for us. Personal pool was a must!

June and I did not end up going so we celebrated Dad’s birthday a day early before they all left for the trip. Ethan helped me decorate. Ugh, such a cutie pie.

20220630 | June Chemo | Mellie Dee

June and I didn’t go because she had just gotten her port put in and her first round of chemo. She didn’t ask anyone to stay back, or tell us to cancel the trip and knowing her, she’d hate if we did so I opted to stay back.

I took off work for her port insertion day and her first round of chemo. During her port insertion day, there was a gift shop selling jewelry and other things so I walked around during her surgery and bought some earrings, a romper and a tweezer.

The location where she was getting all this done was at the hospital she worked at during COVID. She had told one of her old coworkers to maker her treatment since she trusted him.

And during her first round of chemo, I just talked to her as much as I could. We even brought Krispy Kreme donuts to her secondary pharmacy where she worked during COVID. She got to choose who made her treatment and it was nice seeing people pop in and out to say hi to her. We were even able to video chat with the kids since Dad was up there with them so time passed by fairly quickly.

She had two additional rounds of chemo this month. Prior to showing up for her labs before chemo, we would sometimes grab food and drinks. Thankful for my manager for understanding and letting me work from the hospital.

It was pretty easy in the beginning but started to get a little rough the next couple.

20220607 | Frankenstein, Mellie Dee | Astros v Mariners | Shake Shake

June 6, 2022

Frankenstein got free tickets from one of his coworkers. Dang good seats too. He brought his camera and we stuffed our faces with Shake Shack. The pics are taken from him. Such detail. He had a good one with their arm all funky.

20220610 | Blood Donation | Mallory & Mellie Dee | Tiff Treat from Monica's Baby Shower

June 10, 2022

Blood donations with Mallory. We got free towels. I also came home with cookies for winning a baby shower game through online.

20220611 | Beth's Baby Sprinkle Shower | Mallory & Mellie Dee

June 11, 2022

Mallory and I threw Beth an ice cream baby shower. We had games and a whole lot of diabetes (cookies and ice cream). I made the poofs look like mini ice cream sundaes with a shower gel on the side as party favours. I’m so late at posting that Caden is already born.

20220611 | New Bed Frame | Rizzo & Mellie Dee

That night I went home and built my bed frame. Loving it so far! So does Rizzo. He wouldn’t leave. I guess he likes this more than sleeping on the floor.

20220616 | Bunco | Won Most Buncos

June 16, 2022

They needed an extra for Bunco at Mallory & Beth’s neighborhood. I won $20! I do love this neighborhood. They have so many things going on. Sadly at the moment, it’s too far away (and getting too expensive to move there).

20220620 | Frankenstein | Memorial City Mall & Mikoto Sushi

June 20, 2022

Frankenstein was on my side of town for his internship class so he decided to make time for me by literally waiting over an hour at Memorial City Mall while I finished up working, got ready, and drove over there.

We walked around a bit and I bought puzzles because SALE!

Then headed to Mikoto for dinner. All you can eat. We laughed so hard at his two little flavoured sashimi compared to the regular sashimi. Can you find it?

20220624 | Artemis, Mellie Dee, Frankenstein | Top Gun Maverick | Star Movie Grill | League City, Texas | Dave & Busters

June 24, 2022

Since Frankenstein’s Aunt and Uncle had a surprise vow renewal this weekend, I went over a night early to have a little date night. He was stuck at work when I got there so I walked around Bravo, a party store nearby, and then headed to his place.

This is the first time Artemis was so loving (because Frankenstein wasn’t around!). She even laid next to me in bed while I realxed.

Once he got home, we went and watched Top Gun Maverick at Star Cinema Grill. We ordered ALL the foods and a giant pitcher of sangria. It was our first theater movie and he even got the whole experience where I cried pretty much non-stop through the movie. So much feels. I’ve watched it a second time since and it’s still just as great.

We played some games at Dave & Buster’s nearby and had the funniest experience taking pictures because it was SO horribly executed. When we were walking back to the car, I accidentally dropped it and his response was “just leave it” because they were so bad. But I loved it because the memory is too hilarious not to.

20220625 | DoorDash The Flame Tacos | League City, Texas | Frankenstein & Mellie Dee | Pam & Steve Vow Renewal | Galveston, Texas | Poretto Beach & Tremont Hotel

June 25, 2022

We ordered The Flame Tacos for breakfast/lunch and later got ready for the vow renewal at Poretto Beach. We met others at the Tremont Hotel for the bus ride to the beach and my goodness … it was SO gorgeous. We spent a lot of our time afterward at their rooftop after having some finger foods at the reception hall.

20220630 | Emmy & Ethan's First Chuck E. Cheese | Mellie Dee

June 30, 2022

I took Emmy & Ethan to their first Chuck E. Cheese experience. Ethan was scared of the mouse but overall they loved it and asked if they could go back again. They also ate more pizza than I thought they would! Not having kids, and maybe never having kids but having this experience made it feel like I did for a split second. Great memories I’ll remember forever.

20220630 | Emmy, Ethan, June | Crystal Making

We had many adventures together like making crystals, eating ice creams, bath bomb surprises, and more. These two are so fun and I always wish they would move closer.

20220630 | Puzzle | Manhattan Skyline, We Bare Bears Vacation Car, Majestic Cafe, Friends The Experience, Haul

Some puzzles I finished this month. Manhattan Skyline, We Bare Bears Vacation Car, Majestic Cafe, Friends The Experience, Pickler’s Haul. I might have made some of these names up but the Majestic Cafe is the most pieces I’ve done … 2000 in two days isn’t too bad.

Filed Under: Eateries & Drinkeries Tagged With: American, Japanese, Pizza, Sushi, Weddings

Linda’s & Ricardo’s Wedding | Fredericksburg, Texas

December 19, 2021 by Mellie Dee Leave a Comment

Sylvia's with New Work Team & Cleaning Out Desk

I’ve started my holiday vacation since Thursday and won’t need to be back until the new year. If you haven’t noticed, the title to this post doesn’t say Quarantine anymore. Starting next year I’ll have to go in at least twice a week which means I’ve worked from home for 91 weeks. Isn’t that crazy?! I’ll miss it for sure.

Started off the week, Monday, with lunch at Sylvia’s with my new team. They hadn’t had their Christmas party yet so it was nice being invited and seeing everyone (minus one who works in Louisiana) in person. I’ve actually worked with all of them before in the past. Small world.

Although I might not start going in until mid January, I did go in on Thursday to pick up my boxes. It felt good getting rid of one whole box of manuals we’d never use again.

Timothy & Lillian | Tamashi, Starbucks & Potted Potter

Wednesday, I met up with Timothy and Lillian for dinner at Tamashi. I think it’s better than Jinya! Definitely need to go back again.

We stopped by Sarah’s to drop off some things making a run for Starbucks.

Then it was off to Potted Potter. I’ve been wanting to watch this since I saw the ads and am thankful Lillian loves Harry Potter enough to want to go. Super hilarious. The audience laughed the whole time and was very engaged.

Rakuu | Beth & Connor

Thursday, after the office, I picked up food from Rakuu and headed to Beth’s. Our last hangout before she’s off to Tennessee for Christmas. Connor has grown so much since I last saw him. Lots of smiles and laughter. Super fast crawler too.

Ethan & Rizzo | London Puzzle

A lot of Ethan time. We walked Rizzo with June to look at Christmas lights one night and Thursday, after Beth’s he and I walked to Walgreens for some things. Definitely have more endurance than Emmy.

In all that time watching Ethan, I was able to finish the London puzzle. For now with Emmy being here too, puzzles will most likely be put on hold if I don’t want any missing pieces.

Fredericksburg, Texas | Linda's & Ricardo's Rehearsal Dinner, Pioneer & Christmas Lights | Patricia & Mellie Dee

Friday, I headed off to Fredericksburg. I skipped the wedding rehearsal and Daniel picked me up for the wedding dinner at the venue. They hired a taco truck to make us tacos and the family made beans themselves. Everything was so good. Patricia and I went and looked at lights after wards and there was even a German Christmas tree. Some of her family members showed up and then a few of us headed to Pioneer for a drink before heading to the Airbnb.

Fredericksburg, Texas | Emma & Ollie | Ana, Alex, Jocelyn | Linda's & Ricardo's Wedding Ceremony

Saturday, I had brunch with Ana, Alex and Jocelyn at Emma and Ollie. The food was so delicious though I feel the bowl was overpriced for the amount you get.

By the time we got back to the Airbnb it was time to get ready and head out to the church for the ceremony.

Ricardo cried as Linda walked down the aisle and it was the sweetest thing. The whole ceremony was in Spanish (minus a few lines) so for someone not Catholic, I was a little confused what was going on but was able to get the gist of it.

Fredericksburg, Texas | Linda's & Ricardo's Wedding Reception | Food & Decorations

We then headed off to the reception. The mariachi band played us some songs as we drank and snacked on chips and salsa.

Dinner was BBQ, buffet style. If I wasn’t in so much pain from my butt/back/leg, I would have gotten more. It was SO good.

Fredericksburg, Texas | Linda's & Ricardo's Wedding Reception | Mellie Dee, Lily, Patricia, Inez, Jocelyn

I was able to snag a few pics with some folks, especially the beautiful bride and tired groom.

Mu fabourite is getting to see Lily since it’s been two years since I’ve seen her in person. I love her cute little hair. And it’s been a few years since Patricia, Lily and I got together. Wish we all had more time together, but being able to be with one another for just a bit is better than nothing.

Boerne, Texas | Amy & Mellie Dee | Peggy's on the Green & Farmer's Market

Today, I woke up and hung out a bit with Jocelyn and Patricia before we all went our separate ways. I went off to Boerne to meet up with Amy at Peggy’s on the Green. We were lucky to find the Farmer’s Market was across the street so we headed there after brunch. It was a very short visit but any time with this one is always a great one.

It’s been a long week and this week won’t be any different. Luckily not having to work makes it a bit better.

Filed Under: Eateries & Drinkeries, Travel Tagged With: Barbecue, Bars and Pubs, Boerne, Breakfast and Brunch, Fredericksburg, Japanese, Mexican and Tex-Mex, Sightseeing, Texas, Weddings

2021 | Week 88 of Quarantine | Jenny & Le Wedding

November 21, 2021 by Mellie Dee Leave a Comment

2021 | Week 88 of Quarantine | Gma's Birthday, Jollibee, Macaroni Soup

Started off the week with celebrating Gma’s birthday by having a family dinner at Gordon’s. Then the rest of the week was Jollibee and homemade soup because the weather was so nice!

2021 | Week 88 of Quarantine | Taste of Texas with NOV Team + Award

Thursday, I met the NOV team for our last lunch together at The Taste of Texas. I ordered a $98 porterhouse steak and was not disappointed. I even got a dessert served in a boot that I got to keep! We were awarded with a tiny drop of oil inside a Texas shaped figurine which was nice as we don’t really get stuff like that. It was a great lunch with one of the best managers I’ve ever had a pleasure of working with even though I was not directly under him, nor worked with him long.

Earlier that day, I had gone to Starbucks to get a free reusable Christmas cup and for the first time, able to snag a couple of boxes of instant peppermint mocha lattes. I can never find them!

After I got back from lunch, which ended almost three hours later, we drove to Dallas to start Jenny and Le’s wedding festivities. We were given Thai food for dinner and started the movie The Rescue. The movie was so long, we had to cut it short and head to bed!

2021 | Week 88 of Quarantine | Jenny & Le Wedding | Tea Ceremony | Emmy, Mellie Dee, Ethan

Friday morning, we got ready and headed off to Jenny’s parent’s house to kick off the wedding festivities. Tea Ceremony consisted of bridesmaids playing games with the groomsmen. We ended up making them shots of random sauces we found mixed together and Mary decided adding Bicardi to them would make it better. Too funny. Then Le had to eat half of a chocolate crepe with one of them before singing and dancing to a Backstreet Boys song of his choice. Then they were allowed in and the rest was history.

2021 | Week 88 of Quarantine | Kyodai | Ethan, Jenny, Sammi

Later that night, Brudda, SIL, and I met up with Jenny and Sammi at Kyodai for some handrolls. Loved the fresh wasabi and practically ate the rest of everyone elses.

Then we went home and finished The Rescue. Ethan watched the end of the movie with us and wouldn’t take his eyes off the screen. The day before Emmy ran away scared because of the fire scenes. This boy surprises us every day.

When everyone went to bed, Jenny and I had hours of conversations, eating pickle chips on the early morning of her wedding day. Sammi came home from hanging out with Le and the cousins and friends on both sides and they decided it was a great idea to be blow drying their hair at 1:30am. Then sleeps.

2021 | Week 88 of Quarantine | Ethan & Rizzo

Saturday morning, I spent some time with Ethan and Rizzo. He loves when Rizzo sits next to him and loves giving him kisses. So sweet.

2021 | Week 88 of Quarantine | Jenny & Le Wedding | Getting Ready | Mellie Dee, Mary, Rosanna, SIL, Deana

Once Jenny’s mum showed up at the house, we headed to the venue, The Rosemary Barn, and met up with the rest of the bridesmaids. We opened our gifts and changed into the silk pajamas and took silly pictures. We had our rehearsal with just the girls and Rich was nice enough to pick up some Raising Cane’s for us so that we could nibble while getting our hair and makeup done.

2021 | Week 88 of Quarantine | Jenny & Le Wedding | Decor

I was able to snap these pictures while waiting in line to walk down the aisle.

2021 | Week 88 of Quarantine | Jenny & Le Wedding

Their first dance with everyone watching and their last dance with no one around. The smiles and laughs especially when it was just them was so sweet.

2021 | Week 88 of Quarantine | Jenny & Le Wedding | Mellie Dee, Emmy, Ethan, Sammi, Mary, Rosanna

Just some pictures with some peoples.

2021 | Week 88 of Quarantine | Jenny & Le Wedding | Food

And just some foods. I had bridesmaid duties and when I got back, my food was taken away. Sad day. But luckily, SIL was down to get some In n Out before calling it a night.

We were going to go out to their after party but it was so late and we were both pooped by the time Jenny and Le decided to leave to the party.

2021 | Week 88 of Quarantine | Sweet Hut, Dairy Queen

Waking up late the next day, Sissy and BIL were nice enough to pick up some goodies for us to eat from Sweet Hut. We hung out a bit and went home. The drive was so long with so many on the road that we stopped by Dairy Queen and McDonald’s for goodies to wake us up.

We did the bare minimum of cleaning up and have been lounging around and relaxing. Half day of work tomorrow and then a whole lot of nothing. I am pumped for some whole lot of nothings.

Filed Under: Eateries & Drinkeries Tagged With: Coffee and Tea, Dallas, Fast Food, Houston, Ice Cream, Japanese, Plano, Sandwiches and Burgers, Steakhouse, Sushi, Texas, Thai, Weddings

2021 | Week 67 of Quarantine | Rachel & Simon Wedding

June 27, 2021 by Mellie Dee Leave a Comment

2021 | Week 67 of Quarantine | Emmy, Ethan, Rizzo

Ethan and Emmy are back in town. They’ve been nonstop screaming their heads off — and crying. Work has been harder with them since they’re so much more vocal but overall, not too horrible.

2021 | Week 67 of Quarantine | Lakehouse Puzzle

Not too horrible because at nighttime, I throw them to June & Mum so that I could relax with my puzzle. Sadly my Lake House puzzle is missing a piece right out of the box. I submitted a form, hoping they can fix my missing piece. Fingers crossed. I’m currently working on another one. 1/3 completed so far. Yay!

2021 | Week 67 of Quarantine | Evin | Starbucks

Super early Friday, I met up with Evin for coffee at Starbucks. It’s been way over a year and a half so it was time to meet up and catch up in person. One hour passed by so easily before we had to bid our farewell.

2021 | Week 67 of Quarantine | Thaicoon and Tea Top with Mum & June

June was off so we went and picked up Mum from work and went to Thaicoon, our new favourite Thai place, for lunch. And picked up a few Tea Tops for her to take back to work. It was nice to get away on a week day with just us gals. I wish Sissy lived or worked closer so we could do the same sometimes.

2021 | Week 67 of Quarantine | Ethan & Jacob Playdate | Mallory & Mellie Dee

Later that afternoon, I took Ethan to Mallory’s so that he could play with Jacob. Emmy wasn’t allowed to since she was being bad all week. Hoping she learns from it and so far, it seems she has.

Ethan mostly ate the whole time he was there and was okay with Mallory holding him for a split second before a small whine came out. We went over to Ashley’s since JJ was playing with them and scored some free ice creams. I think he did a good job meeting new people and at the end, Jacob was chasing after him and they were laughing.

2021 | Week 67 of Quarantine | Rachel & Simon Wedding

Saturday, I went to Rachel & Simon’s wedding early since Michelle had asked if I could help take care of her kids. Sadly, Claire was sick and Jack is VERY attached to momma so there wasn’t much I needed to do. I felt special sitting with the family and being able to have a little Rachel time during the reception. They are so cute! And she looked like Anne Hathaway with her long hair!

2021 | Week 67 of Quarantine | Rachel & Simon Wedding | Food

After the ceremony, I drove Michelle’s car with Aunt Jennifer to pick up with Claire and their PawPaw from the house. We were worried the food would be all gone since it was a three stationed buffet. Luckily cocktail hour was for an hour plus so we made it JUST in time!

I hung out mostly with Amanda at the beginning and we went to all the stations together. Southern Comforts Station (chicken & waffle quarter, deviled eggs & bacon, baked mac & cheese), Dim Sum Station (shrimp shumai, pork dumpling, char siu bun all served with siracha and honey soy sauce), Carving Station (penne pasta alfredo, beef sirloin served with Argentinean Chimichurri, creamy horseradish and red wine au jus, specialty roll with butter).

Our favourite was obviously the carving station. Amanda helped me get a second plate because I was too scared to. The sirloin with the chimichurri hit the spot. Chimichurri sauce is on my list of things to make.

2021 | Week 67 of Quarantine | Rachel & Simon Wedding | Photobooths & Selfies

I was afraid I wouldn’t get any Michelle or Rachel time but was super happy I was once we put the kids in the car for their Aunts and Uncle to take them back to the house. We were able to take pictures, make jokes, and just have chill time. It was nice to see everyone again.

Please look at Michelle’s date since Matt was stuck at work. Haha Too funny. I cannot wait to visit her in three weeks!

2021 | Week 67 of Quarantine | Gyu Kaku with Mum & Emmy

Today, I took Mum and Emmy to Target and then Emmy got hungry so we stopped at Gyu Kaku. I’ve always wanted to take Mum here and it was a perfect opportunity. We finished all the foods and Emmy did a GREAT job. She ate SO much! She had fun popping the edamame into her mouth. With her kids meal, she made a fortune teller and was able to find the hidden cow so that she could get a free s’mores. She had fun.

It’s been a long week but a great one with wonderful memories.

Filed Under: Eateries & Drinkeries Tagged With: Coffee and Tea, Houston, Japanese, Katy, Texas, Thai, Weddings

Jenny’s & Kemp’s Wedding

October 27, 2019 by Mellie Dee Leave a Comment

I’m going to cheat and write as if I published this yesterday because I didn’t get home til almost one am and I was pooped from the drive.

2019 | Sissy's Birthday Celebration at Sushi 9

I was supposed to meet up with Jakob for lunch but due to timing and having to drive to Montgomery for the wedding our timing didn’t work out as planned. Instead I had lunch with Sissy and the family to celebrate her birthday at Sushi 9.

Jenny & Kemp Wedding | Montgomery, Texas

After running a couple of errands I headed to my over an hour drive to Montgomery, Texas for Jenny and Kemp’s wedding. The drive wasn’t as bad as I thought and seeing this sight made my heart happy.

Jenny & Kemp Wedding | Big Sky Barn | Montgomery, Texas | Selfie

I was kind of feeling myself since I haven’t put on full eye makeup in a long time.

Jenny & Kemp Wedding | Big Sky Barn | Montgomery, Texas | Decorations

Her decorations were on point and I loved the wooden name touch. I don’t know what I’m going to do with it but I love it.

Jenny & Kemp Wedding | Big Sky Barn | Montgomery, Texas | Saying "I Do"

There was an announcement to not take pictures during the ceremony but I’m a rebel. But don’t worry, they photographer and videographer were standing next to where I was sitting so I wasn’t in their way!

Jenny & Kemp Wedding | Big Sky Barn | Montgomery, Texas | Emma

I finally got to meet Emma, Wacko & Monica’s daughter. She’s already so grown! She was very shy but still uttered hello to me and gave me high fives and kisses.

Jenny & Kemp Wedding | Big Sky Barn | Montgomery, Texas | Food & Drinks

They catered from Goode Barbeque and had open bar. Everything from the venue to the food and drinks were on point. I’ve found out I like Crown Apple with Cranberry juice as well.

Jenny & Kemp Wedding | Big Sky Barn | Montgomery, Texas | Mellie Dee with Bride & Groom

I was lucky to snag a picture with the lovely couple. Her dress was so freaking gorgeous! Speaking of dresses, my dress had both the bridesmaid and groomsmen colours! How crazy on point was that.

Jenny & Kemp Wedding | Big Sky Barn | Montgomery, Texas | Bride & Groom

These two are so silly, so loving, and so perfect for one another. They’ve both grown a lot as well and I’m so honoured to have witness them tie the knot.

Jenny & Kemp Wedding | Big Sky Barn | Montgomery, Texas | Wacko, Tony, Rachel, Ann with Mellie Dee

It was also great to see familiar faces again too. Well other than Wacko since I work with him and see him practically every day.

Jenny & Kemp Wedding | Big Sky Barn | Montgomery, Texas | Photobooth

But this family always makes me feel very welcomed and always makes me feel like I belong. There were no anxieties walking into the Big Sky Barn alone because I knew with them I felt at home.

Jenny & Kemp Wedding | Big Sky Barn | Montgomery, Texas | Drive Thru

It was a gorgeous wedding. We danced the night away and caught up. There was drunk talk, drunk crying, and drunk love. Don’t worry, that wasn’t me. But I witnessed it all and my heart is full with love for each and every one of them.

The drive home wasn’t horrible since I was still high from all the love and fun we had.

Filed Under: Miscellaneous Tagged With: Barbecue, Montgomery, Texas, Weddings

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