Going thru the big D and I do mean Dallas.  (That is a play on an old country song–I know, I am not that funny.)

We spent last weekend in the Dallas area–Arlington to be specific–right next to the giant spaceship stadium to be exact.

There was a nice little walking path from the hotel to the stadium and the baseball field.  Trooper owned it as usual.

The baseball field was a beauty!  I really wish there had been a home game that weekend.  The field is open unlike the Astros.  Honestly I hate attending sporting events in some enclosed air conditioned dome.  Weak.  If you can’t handle some weather then you probably aren’t that big of a fan and should just go watch at home.

Trooper had his first high-rise experience.  It was interesting.  If we opened the blinds he flipped a switch and was like Trooper-on-crack-dog.

Jordan and I used the complimentary hotel shuttle as an excuse to have dinner and drinks.  Usually only one of us gets to enjoy a margarita but with a DD we both got to enjoy.  While in Texas…eat Tex Mex.  We went to Marianos and I ordered the Acapulco Enchiladas [corn tortillas stuffed with shrimp, topped with avocado, black olives, and sour cream sauce].   I traded Jordan two enchiladas for his side salad, everything in moderation.  Of course I had chips and salsa with a Patron margarita as my appetizer.

Yeah…moderation went out the window when we ordered dessert.  Black bottom pecan pie with homemade cinnamon ice cream, brandy sauce, served bubbling.  Words cannot describe this dessert.  I will never eat pecan pie again because it will taste like cardboard in comparison to this dish!

Trooper quickly adjusted to hotel life.

Trooper finally adjusted to road trip life.  He had to sit on my lap in the front seat the entire drive to Dallas so this was a nice change in pace.

Best part of traveling in Texas?  Rural Texas finds.  This trip we stopped at Woody’s, the jerky capitol of the world according to its sign.  I picked up homemade strawberry preserves and more sweet potato butter!  The hubs picked up jerky (of course) and apple-cinnamon BBQ sauce.

Don’t worry fellow Texans…we also stopped at Bucees to use the bathrooms!

After a long weekend we managed to come home and unpack immediately.  Unpacking was enough effort for the night-we ordered Buffalo Wild Wings for dinner!

In other news:

There are some great healthy living blog websites being established that giveyou a forum to read featured posts and browse blogs categorically.  Yay!  These are great resources if you love reading healthy living blogs.  I am involved in the two listed below:

• Healthy Living Blogs- created by Sound Eats
• Houston Health Blogs- Yay for finding healthy people in Houston!