HOT TUB Splurge_Early Anniversary

So, Big Splurge of the Year.....  It was February...  We have always said we would love to have a Hot Tub.  When we built our house about 18 months ago--we planned on getting one.  Had the electrical wired for it and everything.  Then one day, we decide to go 'check them out'... Well, that put things into perspective... We left knowing that would not be something we would be doing day 1 with the new House and just planned on one of these years maybe getting one...  Fast forward.....  One Friday, I had to work and Kent was off....  He called me and told me he had stopped at a Yard Sale in our neighborhood -This is funny--because he never stops without me.  He proceeds to tell me that the House is for Sale and they have a Hot Tub that they are selling--I'm like and....??  Lol  Later that day I decide to stop at the sale just to see if he over looked something that I might need want.  Well, one thing leads to another, and we go out back to check out this Hot Tub.  It was just what we had wanted--matter of fact even nicer.  It was practically brand new and fully loaded.  We thought about it over night--went back and forth alot--but knew that this was probably our best chance of getting once as we got a really good deal on it!  We were so excited once we finally made the decision..  But of course, one thing led to another and we decided to rather than just stick it out back on a platform in the yard to have pavers installed.  Normally, we would do this ourselves, but the Hot Tub had to be moved ASAP--since the house was for sale.  So we had to hire someone and then it decided to snow--not once not twice but like 3 times in Arkansas.  Never do we get SNOW--We get ICE.  So, it took us a few weeks longer to get it....  And we are so glad that we did....  Kent has been building a ledge to go around it that will hold tropical Plants for privacy and drinks.  Later we plan to make a Arbour over the top and extend out the pavers so that we can have a better place for seating around the firepit.  We spend alot of time outback so we will definetly enjoy!  It was not something that we had planned on--but sometimes those are the best times....

0301 Eureka Springs, AR

March 1st.... We celebrated our 3rd anniversary by going to Eureka Springs.  It took some time to come up with a get away--we were trying to keep it to just a week-end trip--so that narrows it down with our location.  We took our time getting to Eureka--stopping at Flea Markets on the side of the road, bought Black Apples on the way that I later used to make Kent Apple Dumplings when we returned home. We stayed in a 'tree house'--which was really neat.  The entire week-end we never saw one single person.  It was the perfect get away...  We took our my favorite wine 'Polka Dot' and had our very own Happy Hour every night in the tree house before we would go in search of Dinner.  Our typical Day was sleeping in, going to a late breakfast, we would roam around downtown with all the shops--didn't buy much.. Kent got sunglasses and we bought lots of incense We Love Incense! We also rode around alot listening to CD's that I had brought and to the 70's from XM.  It was so relaxing... we would skip lunch and opt for Dinner.  We had some really good Italian Food--our favorite was a complete little whole in the wall in an alley called... Oasis (Tex-Mex--very authenic).  You were practically eating in the kitchen--Luved it!  Our tree house had a Jacuzzi tub and we were always to bed early...  Most relaxing get away I think we've ever had. We are usually so active on our trips.  This is just what we needed though......   We stayed 3 nights and dreaded to leave behind all the one on one time we had....  We stopped in a small town right outside Eureka that had like less than 1,000 people and had breakfast at this cute little diner. And then we took the long way home.. passing thru Rogers and Fayetteville.  All the way home, we were planning our next trip, thinking about the plans we have for the summer.  Planning our first Garden for this Spring....  We love to talk about all the things that we want to do, places we want to go and things that we probably will not get the chance to do..  We have alot of Dreams....

We did not x-change gifts this year--even when we do its usually something small.  We both have the same thought--it's never about Material things...   But this year we did happen to stumble upon something that we've always said we wanted--but just didn't want to splurge that BIG.....  More on That later....

Kent:  If/when you read this blog....   You are the best husband/ friend I could ever hope for....  I luv all the time we spend together....  I luv that we ride to work together, I love our Thursday Date Nights, I luv 'our nest' upstairs, our Friday's that we have off..  I enjoy your company so much.... We have so much fun, whether it's working on projects, going to Yard Sales/Estate Sales, Camping, or just hanging out. You always embrace my thoughts, hopes, and Dreams and live them out with me.  But most of all I love You!