Packed & Pooped
we've had another good weekend, but lordy it was a doozy. as the adorable one and i continue to get our energy back, we are seriously amazed at what we are able to accomplish. and i'm not saying that we've conquered the world, but goodness gracious, we do get a heckuva lot more done. yee haw!
friday night was relaxing--leftovers for supper and a wee bit of tv before crashing at 9:00 p.m. (yes, we are quite the old fogeys). which is why we were up and showered by 8:15 a.m. on saturday. which is a real switcheroo as we used to sleep in late. guess we are a lot less depressed these days--a good thing for sure. after breakfast at our favorite spot, we ran errands for two hours, yet another accomplishment for us as i used to get tired a crabby after maybe an hour of doing stuff.
not yesterday! we stopped by the library, got the adorable one's car washed, picked up best buy gift certificates, went to target for chanukah gifts, came home and wrapped a bunch of items and finished the filling the candy bags for wednesday's potluck luncheon at work. then we saw "blood diamond" (very well acted) and had sushi for supper. which was an awesome way to cap off the day. we distributed our holiday gifts to the people who work there that have become like family and were pleasantly surprised and pleased to receive one in return. wow!
so as you can imagine, after all that unprecedented running about, we were quite the pooped creatures. which may explain why we were in bed at 8:30 p.m. the good news is, the adorable one didn't make me go to his company holiday party, which i don't really enjoy. for one, i always feel a bit odd as i am quite different and outspoken of the other wives, and two, the white elephant gift exchange dissolves into a fight over liquor that you can easily purchase at any liquor store. pretty stupid.
anyhoosa, i thought for sure we would have a relaxing sunday. and we did laze about until 11:00 a.m. and then stripped the bed, put on fresh sheets, started a load of wash, and got the dishwasher going. that of course made us quite hungry, so we headed to our favorite french bakery for lunch and then to the grubstore as i decided to make baked chicken for supper. we also picked up the starbucks gift certificate for my brother-in-law and that is wrapped and ready to go with the rest of the goody package we're mailing to them tomorrow.
i finished another nancy drew mystery and started a new one, and then prepped dinner, which is in the oven. hope it all turns out tasty as even though i try to season everything really well, i have a terrible habit of producing bland-tasting dishes. i suppose it's better than tasting bad, but i tend to be fearful of over-seasoning, when i probably shouldn't be. the worse thing that could happen is that my food would taste salty. and yes, for the record, i cook with sea salt, not that silly table salt crap. c'mon!
thankfully the adorable one is taking my advice and calling his folks, which is a weekly nudgefest, even though they are so wonderful and fantastic. the apple so doesn't fall far from the tree in that family and i'm not saying that because i'm married to the fella--his folks are fabulous. in fact, there are a lot of days where i wish my parents could learn a thing or two about being more hands off. i love my parents but they tend to be smothering at times. boundaries are a tough thing to establish, even at age 38, especially when you live in the same town and they are both retired. but they can be pretty cool. they just need to learn how to call once a week and ask me what i want for birthdays and other occasions. seriously.
so now we're just waiting for supper to be done and then perhaps a wee bit more reading. i think we can safely predict another early bed time and a good night's sleep ahead.
friday night was relaxing--leftovers for supper and a wee bit of tv before crashing at 9:00 p.m. (yes, we are quite the old fogeys). which is why we were up and showered by 8:15 a.m. on saturday. which is a real switcheroo as we used to sleep in late. guess we are a lot less depressed these days--a good thing for sure. after breakfast at our favorite spot, we ran errands for two hours, yet another accomplishment for us as i used to get tired a crabby after maybe an hour of doing stuff.
not yesterday! we stopped by the library, got the adorable one's car washed, picked up best buy gift certificates, went to target for chanukah gifts, came home and wrapped a bunch of items and finished the filling the candy bags for wednesday's potluck luncheon at work. then we saw "blood diamond" (very well acted) and had sushi for supper. which was an awesome way to cap off the day. we distributed our holiday gifts to the people who work there that have become like family and were pleasantly surprised and pleased to receive one in return. wow!
so as you can imagine, after all that unprecedented running about, we were quite the pooped creatures. which may explain why we were in bed at 8:30 p.m. the good news is, the adorable one didn't make me go to his company holiday party, which i don't really enjoy. for one, i always feel a bit odd as i am quite different and outspoken of the other wives, and two, the white elephant gift exchange dissolves into a fight over liquor that you can easily purchase at any liquor store. pretty stupid.
anyhoosa, i thought for sure we would have a relaxing sunday. and we did laze about until 11:00 a.m. and then stripped the bed, put on fresh sheets, started a load of wash, and got the dishwasher going. that of course made us quite hungry, so we headed to our favorite french bakery for lunch and then to the grubstore as i decided to make baked chicken for supper. we also picked up the starbucks gift certificate for my brother-in-law and that is wrapped and ready to go with the rest of the goody package we're mailing to them tomorrow.
i finished another nancy drew mystery and started a new one, and then prepped dinner, which is in the oven. hope it all turns out tasty as even though i try to season everything really well, i have a terrible habit of producing bland-tasting dishes. i suppose it's better than tasting bad, but i tend to be fearful of over-seasoning, when i probably shouldn't be. the worse thing that could happen is that my food would taste salty. and yes, for the record, i cook with sea salt, not that silly table salt crap. c'mon!
thankfully the adorable one is taking my advice and calling his folks, which is a weekly nudgefest, even though they are so wonderful and fantastic. the apple so doesn't fall far from the tree in that family and i'm not saying that because i'm married to the fella--his folks are fabulous. in fact, there are a lot of days where i wish my parents could learn a thing or two about being more hands off. i love my parents but they tend to be smothering at times. boundaries are a tough thing to establish, even at age 38, especially when you live in the same town and they are both retired. but they can be pretty cool. they just need to learn how to call once a week and ask me what i want for birthdays and other occasions. seriously.
so now we're just waiting for supper to be done and then perhaps a wee bit more reading. i think we can safely predict another early bed time and a good night's sleep ahead.
posted by the princess at 12/10/2006
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