As you may or may not know, yesterday was my birthday!! Make sure you follow me on instagram (LoveLacey365) so you can keep up on all my fun day to day things!!!! Usually Mr. J & I go out to dinner on the weekend and call it good. But this year he had some vacation days he didn't plan on using and asked if I had any ideas. Well after a family vacation was planned, I said what if you took my birthday off and we just spent the day together. So that's what we did! There was an antique store about an hr and a half from our house that I have wanted to check out so we loaded up early in the morning and went for it. A HUGE thanks to my mom (who I hope reads my blog) for helping out with the kids! We couldn't have done it without you!
At the antique store we found an amazing table! I took some pictures so that I could recreate the table with our 'need of update' kitchen table. It's hard to tell in this picture but the top is a grey/brown type color. And the bottom is an off white. SO gorgeous! We found lots of fun things and had a good time.
Next up I was starving (that is not surprising!) so we started to check out local restaurants. When visiting a city we love to try to find local places to eat. You know those little hole in the walls tend to be the best! Well when I looked at the map I found a place called "Slappy's rib shack". We HAD to go! I said we could at least drive by and see what it looked like since it was kind of on the outskirts of town. Well it was a little tiny building (no seating inside) with 2 HUGE smokers out front with smoke pouring out. We both said THAT'S IT! We went in and Slappy himself helped us order, was very very nice & helpful, and can I just say that there is no picture of the food for one reason. It was SO good and I was SO hungry that it was gone before I thought of a picture. I"M SORRY! But if you are ever in Rochester, IN RUN do not walk to Slappy's! I personally liked the pulled pork better than the ribs (and yes we ordered both) but they had so many amazing choices. They even had fries that had pulled pork & nacho cheese on them. OH goodness!
After lunch we walked around Big R which is like a tractor/farm supply store. They had baby chicks and ducks in so I was in heaven just watching them and dreaming of the day we can get our own chickens. After Big R, I spotted a winery on the map! I HAD to go! So we stopped at Schnabeltier and did a wine tasting! They make their own wine and cheese to go with it. The girl in the shop (sorry I didn't get your name) was SUPER friendly and told us lots about the winery and the wines and how they came up with the unusual name and mascot! I ended up buying a bottle of wine to bring home and got to keep that adorable tasting glass! Love to find these little gems!
After the winery we had NO plans and a long drive home. Most of the drive was through the country which led to lots of fun talks and just general enjoyment of being together and the amazing sunshine! Soon we found ourselves pretty close to the next town so I started to look to see what was there. Not much to be honest but they did have a local coffee shop (another favorite of mine) so we swung in. Can I just say how AMAZING the house was? I literally walked through the downstairs (which was the sitting area of the coffee shop) saying "Oh my gosh!", "Oh look at that!", "OH how beautiful". I wish I could have gotten a picture to show you how amazing the woodwork and walls and just the general beauty of this old house! If you ever find your self in North Manchester, IN go directly to KenapocoMocha! The lady that works there was very very sweet and the coffee was AMAZING!
We stopped a few more places on the way home. Nothing too exciting just general pop in and wander around types before getting Chipotle and heading home. I had the best day with Mr. J and felt so special that he took the whole day to spend with me. It was a great birthday!
Love, Lacey
No comments:
Post a Comment