An Awesomely Good & Productive Weekend, Oh Yay
i don't think i've written in a few days, but that's alright as everyone else i read is on hiatus or close to it. and that's cool. it's summertime after all, and we're all entitled to take time off, be lazy, and soak up the wonder of air-conditioning. and it probably didn't help toward the end of last week that i was in some kind of weird, blue funk for no apparent reason. work was good and busy. the adorable one loves me. not sure what bee was in the bonnet, but thankfully, it's all gone now.
so this weekend was really good, really productive, and a lot of fun. just what us crazy kids needed. on friday night we took in a decent dinner at the adorable one's favorite chinese restaurant and then we relaxed at the homestead with the girls. i wanted to go to bed early (like 8:00 p.m.), but the love of my life convinced me that the call of ice cream was stronger and we got chocolate shakes.
on saturday, even though we slept in, we decided to brave the crowds and had breakfast at our favorite place and then it was just us on the g0-go the rest of the day. we made it to costco where we picked up the usual stuff--kitty litter, trashbags, etc., and also found a couple of nice polo ralph lauren oxfords for the adorable one, and surprisingly, one is kind of a peach color, which for the cute one, is like wearing pink. very cool. maybe i'll make a metrosexual out of him yet! from there, it was off to the grubstore, and then home to clean like tasmanian devil whirlwinds.
we finally got the house in reasonably decent shape and decided we needed some energy drinks at our local quik trip, droppped off library books (paid my overdue fines, i'm so baaaaaad), and picked up some yummy wine for our supper.
back at the house we did three loads of laundry, stripped the sheets and remade the bed, and then prepped for dinner. i made the roast chicken again, with roast potatoes and carrots, while the adorable one put together an asian pea casserole (super yum), set the table, and whipped up a signature salad (everything went in, including pineapple, peas, red and yellow peppers, red onion, tomatoes, cucumber, carrots, cranraisins, and lettuce, lordy).
matt and amy showed up and we dug in like people that hadn't seen food in a month. an hour later we had stuffed ourselves silly and were comfortably sprawled out. how we had room for dessert (ice cream with cool whip and sprinkles) is beyond me. but we did and it was delish.
we are fortunate to have such great friends as matt and amy, as they understand, at least on some level that i am neurotic about clean up after meals. i am obssessive compulsive about having the dishes washed and put in the dishwasher, the food put away, the table and the counters cleaned off, the napkins put in the wash, and everything back in it's proper place. i'm weird and i'm good with it.
so, when they did leave a few hours later after a fascinating discussion on butt lube and farting, we had little to no clean up. and when we crashed around 11:00 p.m., the adorable one passed out right away. it took me longer to conk out, but when i did, oh did it feel good. you know how it is when you work your ass off like all day and then your body is kinda sore (it happens to us old people) and it takes longer to fall asleep? yup, that was me.
i woke up early, emptied the dishwasher, had some leftovers and crashed out until 11:00 a.m. i convinced the adorable one that we needed something suitable for lunch and convinced him that we should indulge in our favorite french bakery, which was perfect. we did a little exploring and then went home to relax. luckily, about the time we were getting hungry again, matt and amy invited us for ribs and corn-on-the-cob. matt had smoked the ribs since 11:30 a.m. and i have to say, living in the barbeque/grilling capitol of the world, matt's ribs were the best we've ever had.
so, we're home now. we've folded the sheets, put away the wine glasses and antique silverware, and are enjoying "ghostbusters." other than being too short, it's been fun, fabulous, and dare i say it, non-lazy. which is huge for us. huge.
so this weekend was really good, really productive, and a lot of fun. just what us crazy kids needed. on friday night we took in a decent dinner at the adorable one's favorite chinese restaurant and then we relaxed at the homestead with the girls. i wanted to go to bed early (like 8:00 p.m.), but the love of my life convinced me that the call of ice cream was stronger and we got chocolate shakes.
on saturday, even though we slept in, we decided to brave the crowds and had breakfast at our favorite place and then it was just us on the g0-go the rest of the day. we made it to costco where we picked up the usual stuff--kitty litter, trashbags, etc., and also found a couple of nice polo ralph lauren oxfords for the adorable one, and surprisingly, one is kind of a peach color, which for the cute one, is like wearing pink. very cool. maybe i'll make a metrosexual out of him yet! from there, it was off to the grubstore, and then home to clean like tasmanian devil whirlwinds.
we finally got the house in reasonably decent shape and decided we needed some energy drinks at our local quik trip, droppped off library books (paid my overdue fines, i'm so baaaaaad), and picked up some yummy wine for our supper.
back at the house we did three loads of laundry, stripped the sheets and remade the bed, and then prepped for dinner. i made the roast chicken again, with roast potatoes and carrots, while the adorable one put together an asian pea casserole (super yum), set the table, and whipped up a signature salad (everything went in, including pineapple, peas, red and yellow peppers, red onion, tomatoes, cucumber, carrots, cranraisins, and lettuce, lordy).
matt and amy showed up and we dug in like people that hadn't seen food in a month. an hour later we had stuffed ourselves silly and were comfortably sprawled out. how we had room for dessert (ice cream with cool whip and sprinkles) is beyond me. but we did and it was delish.
we are fortunate to have such great friends as matt and amy, as they understand, at least on some level that i am neurotic about clean up after meals. i am obssessive compulsive about having the dishes washed and put in the dishwasher, the food put away, the table and the counters cleaned off, the napkins put in the wash, and everything back in it's proper place. i'm weird and i'm good with it.
so, when they did leave a few hours later after a fascinating discussion on butt lube and farting, we had little to no clean up. and when we crashed around 11:00 p.m., the adorable one passed out right away. it took me longer to conk out, but when i did, oh did it feel good. you know how it is when you work your ass off like all day and then your body is kinda sore (it happens to us old people) and it takes longer to fall asleep? yup, that was me.
i woke up early, emptied the dishwasher, had some leftovers and crashed out until 11:00 a.m. i convinced the adorable one that we needed something suitable for lunch and convinced him that we should indulge in our favorite french bakery, which was perfect. we did a little exploring and then went home to relax. luckily, about the time we were getting hungry again, matt and amy invited us for ribs and corn-on-the-cob. matt had smoked the ribs since 11:30 a.m. and i have to say, living in the barbeque/grilling capitol of the world, matt's ribs were the best we've ever had.
so, we're home now. we've folded the sheets, put away the wine glasses and antique silverware, and are enjoying "ghostbusters." other than being too short, it's been fun, fabulous, and dare i say it, non-lazy. which is huge for us. huge.
posted by the princess at 7/16/2006
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