Miscellaneous Monday

Hi guys! I am checking in from my home away from home for the next couple of weeks...Whippany, NJ!

I am traveling for work for the next couple of weeks and I will be hanging in Whippany, NJ. And, before you ask, it is not near a beach and it is not warm either...Boo....Hoo!!!

Enjoy this miscellaneous post of a bunch of miscellaneous pictures from my cell phone.

I found this little gem of a treat when I was in West Virginia last weekend! It is amazing! It is so good I am now going online to order some to give to everyone on my Christmas list! I swear this little jar was gone in 1 day!

I am going to try to re-create this adorable face on a pumpkin to enter in the pumpkin contest next weekend. I will show you a picture when I am done decorating next Friday night.

I decided I need to clean out all my water bottles so I bought a bottle brush last weekend and got to scrubbing....do you think I have a collecting issue??? I never thought about it until now - WOW...I have A LOT of coffee and water bottles!!

I also found this little gem last weekend in West Virginia. It was at a flea market for $5. We needed a mic stand for my meeting and this worked out perfectly even though it is supposed to be for a video game RockBand...HA HA! I scribbled the face for anonymity purposes.

My cousins daughter posted this picture. She is visiting this beautiful place - Interlaken, Switzerland. It turns out that this is where my Mother's side of the family is from. It looks so beautiful there!!! I now know why I love water!!

Like is mentioned above, I am working in Whippany, NJ for the next few weeks. These New Jersey drivers are crazy. I thought we were bad in Pittsburgh but we are great drivers compared to here. On my last trip; I almost got hit four times during a half hour drive from Newark airport to Whippany, NJ. So, this trip I chose this car hoping people will think I am a cop - LOL! It seemed to work a little I think...LOL!

Last, but not least, I pulled over to get this photo as I was leaving the hotel this morning.  Don't the dark mums look great with the yellow?!??!? I just thought this looked soooo pretty!!! They have these colors all over the town and it looks amazing!

That's it for me today. I am off to read your blogs!!! 

I hope you all have a great week!!! 

HUGS to you all!

Fun trip; fun training

I was MIA last week in blogger land due to an unexpected group training trip.

My team had to travel to Whippany, NJ for some training.

We rented a van and off we went for the week...

We stopped for lunch at a little tavern/bar along the way...Toasted Monkey Tavern! The food was good, waitress was hilarious but food was really, really slow. To their benefit, they are not used to getting big groups on people on Monday afternoon...they are busy at night and weekends so I think that was the issue.

Little selfie with one of my co-workers...


We had an intense week of training. Seems weird right; training for employees when they are closing down our site? Well...we are losing a lot of people already and I think it is their way to keep us engaged and hopeful for the next year until the closing.  I figured if it is training on my resume...I'm in!

We had one really nice group dinner at a local Italian restaurant called Trattoria Toscana. It was amazing!!!! Seriously!! If you are ever in the Whippany, NJ area make reservations and go here! I think you have to have reservations...it is always busy and rightfully so!  

They start your table off with a complimentary order of bruschetta...it was sooo delicious! 

I ordered the capellini pasta with Gorgonzola sauce and shrimp! It was so creamy and delicious!



Thursday we began our drive back home.

On the way home; we stopped at Legends. My brother-in-law recommended it and it was fantastic bar food!

We all shared a bunch of appetizers.

Here are the fried pickles...



and fried onion blossom strips...


Before we left; we asked the waitress to get our picture as a group...here we are after eating tables full of fried deliciousness!!! My adorable co-workers!!! Dave on the far left, Matt next him and then me, Terri and Liz! Such a fun group of people I get to work with...at least for another few months!! :-)


Have a fantastic Tuesday - hugs to you all!

Do you ever splurge and eat "unhealthy food"? How often? Do you like fried pickles? What is your favorite fried appetizer? Do you like to try new places or always return to the same restaurants?

HUGS!!

Random Thoughts

Happy, happy Wednesday morning everyone!

I hope you all are having a fantastic week so far!!

I am still in Whippany, NJ on my business trip and working too hard to be able to explore anything so far..HA!  It is fine with me since it has been pouring down rain since I got here anyway so there is nothing to do except hunker down and stay dry!!

Here is my adorable rental car - if only it would quit raining long enough for me to drop the roof!!!!

Back view..super fun to drive Mustang!! If I did not live in a state that got snow; I would buy this car! It is so fun to drive!!


Since I am not a smart traveler; I did not check the weather before I left Pittsburgh, PA and I did not bring a coat, raincoat or umbrella with me! UGH! So what is a girl to do...SHOP of course! I ran to Target (thank goodness there is a Target EVERYWHERE!) and found this cool littel guy! It folds up backwards so you never get wet or have to hold on to the outside of a wet umbrella! Great invention! I got the last one and it did not have a tag. 



It was supposed to be $19.99 but the man at the register gave me the price of $11.99 since it had no tag...WHAT?!??! Great deal right?!?!?!?It has a super comfy handle too!!! I am digging my new umbrella...just hoping it fits in my suitcase for the trip home - HA!



This is the elevator in the hotel I am staying at...funny, hugh?! It is a pretty fancy place and usually they are all about details but someone missed the awkwardly placed numerals on this elevator- HA!!


I am trying to stay on the healthy train...so, this is breakfast! I did good, right?!?! I avoided all carbs, including pastries and bagels!!!


And this was lunch!!! It was delicious!! AGAIN, healthy choice! I have a Wegman's right next to my hotel and I remember my sister talking about how good their sushi is so I found this! It is a spicy and sweet poke tuna with quinoa and brown rice.  It was the best poke bowl I have ever eaten - for real!!!!  The juice was perfection too...so fresh and yummy! I think I am going back there tonight for dinner! HA HA!

Like I said, nothing fun to report yet so this is a very random update on what I have been up to in daily life! FUN FUN FUN!

If the weather ever clears up; I found a beautiful park nearby and I promise to take you there with me and get lots of pictures!

I hope everyone has a fantastic rest of the week!!! HUGS!!!!