We ended up stopping in Boonville for lunch. “Glenn’s Cafe” had mostly good reviews (only one bad one and it sounded like it came from another food place honestly) so we headed there. Downtown Boonville actually looks like someplace we’d like to go again. They had a lot of little neat shops and food places and they weren’t too far away from Warrensburg.

The food there was pretty darn good! We enjoyed the much needed nomming and have plans to go back again soon. I had the pulled pork sandwich and it was amazing. i would buy it just for the bread it was on because the bread was that good. Cody really enjoyed his gumbo too.

We continued our trip and stopped at one winery that had a rather rude lady manning the counter. She would not drop the fact that I had blue hair and her questions and observations went from genuine curiosity to down right rudeness.  We didn’t stay long and since I have not nice things to say, I just won’t mention their name. I didn’t think my blue hair was *that* bad.

Then we went to an amazing winery. Truly. This place has fantastic views, amazing food, great friendly staff, and delicious wine. I really enjoyed our time there although it was hot so we had to move under the shade for a bit. Summit Lake Winery had really good sweet wines. The spinach artichoke dip was okay, too much cheese for our tastes. The brownie skillet was amazing and I’m now hunting for small cast iron skillets…

We continued our trip and ended up in a town that time forgot. No cell coverage, no gps, nothing. We went up to stonehill winery first and it was okay. It’s really busy which is great for them, but it wasn’t something we’d go to again. I can buy their wine in stores, their people weren’t friendly towards me, we couldn’t sample wine because it was so full and the sample person blew us off. We bought the boys a bottle of raspberry grape juice and left. We tried to go to another winery but they all seemed to close at 5 pm so we ended up going home. Oh well.

I read good things about that area so maybe I just need to go back another time? who knows. Maybe it’s just too big time for me since I like my wineries small and friendly? We didn’t let it ruin our day but it was annoying.

There were stops at various thrift stores on the way but I didn’t purchase a single thing from them! Amazing! Couldn’t find something I wanted to cart home though. oh well.

It was a nice little boyless trip though and so much easier without kids needing to stop and pee or eat or be bored. Not that I don’t love my kids, but I wouldn’t mind a trip or two without them again

We’re totally trying to hit up more wineries though so if you know any within oh 4 hours of Warrensburg, MO please feel free to share them with me!

So now other parts of this room are on my list and we’ll be doing it in the next month or two. I have… ambition. Maybe it’s a little too high. IDK, but I’m willing to find out. I will be fixing the rest of the bad plaster spots, removing the book cases on the back wall, removing the built up fireplace surround that was improperly done, removing the closet you see in this photo, replacing the trim, painting the ceiling and ceiling trim, removing the fan, sanding the floors and adding more poly, recovering my couches, adding doors and more.

It’s a long list but each project is doable. I think. I’m scared about the closet, but I think I can do it!

So I went there a week or so ago and asked Julie to make me a cake. I gave her almost full control. My requests were simple: chocolate, coconut, caramel. Everything else? Up to her. So she had Keri from Joyful chaos Cakes whip something up.  Okay, not only is Keri a totally awesome yoga instructor (taught the Warrensburg community center on Wednesdays, Thursdays, and Saturdays… in case you want to go), she makes a damn fine cake. Seriously. Look at this thing:

Her description “Five layers of alternating chocolate and caramel cake are separated by a coconut cream filling and frosted with a browned butter frosting. The finishing touch is toasted coconut pressed into the sides and drizzled with chocolate sauce and homemade caramel.” My description “mmmmMmmmmmm ammnomnomnom”

Look at that. Isn’t it amazing? Why yes, yes it is. We actually managed to not hork it all down like greedy little pigs but it was by far the best cake I’ve had in a very long time… maybe ever. OMG so good! We split the panini (which was excellent as usual) so that we’d have room for the cake. The potato, leek, and bacon soup was also amazing (and I’m going back for lunch tomorrow just to have more of it).

I love Cafe Blackadder. I know, I sound like an infomercial or something, but they have great food. Julie is a fantastic cook and the menu changes weekly. Andrea is incredibly friendly and makes a great waitress/hostess person. Seriously, if you’ve got a question about the ‘burg, ask Andrea because if she doesn’t know the answer, she knows someone that does.

They really made our anniversary a wee bit more special. Thank you ladies. I heart you

More photos later. For now? A second slice of cake of course!

Ten years of being married to someone that loves me even when I’m dying my hair funky colors or having a super melt down panic mode.

Or tackling some weird project late at night

10 years of relying on only each other

10 years of this mug

10 years of having someone that is a problem solver… even if it means walking a couch home from the store down the street.

It’s been an amazing feeling to know that we hit the 10 year mark when so many people we knew didn’t think we’d last more than a month or two. Here’s to another epic 10 years Toad.

I’ll post later about our lovely day (he’s taking off work) and our winery tour weekend (Thanks Jordan for watching my boys). For now, I’m busy basking in 10 years of marriage.