It’s been roughly 20 days since we’ve last talked and
I’m here to tell you I just may be
getting the hang of this working full time and raising a kid and husband
gig. Emphasis on may be.
I thought I’d mark my return by having a giveaway!
sharing our weekend with you.
Sorry to get you hyped up about a giveaway, but since my
only readers are my family and I probably should save our money for landscaping
- we have -10% of our yard landscaped. How do you have a negative percentage
landscaped? You have a water line break (in September of 2012) and have the
excavators pull up all your ugly old woman landscaping and also leave a long
pile of dirt that looks like a grave for Abraham Lincoln and then leave it there until Spring – and potential kitchen
overhauls.
Back to our weekend. It was a normal one.
Well, as normal as it gets with a 7 (almost 8!) month old who likes to
put anything and everything in her mouth, then gag on it, then throw it (and
whatever else is in her stomach) up.
Friday evening
we went to the Concordia University Chicago (a.k.a. Concordia) Wind Symphony
concert at church. It was great to see our alma mater perform and doesn’t hurt
that they are fantastic! Our school may not be the strongest in the fields C
and I chose to enter (History/Political Science and Business
Management/Political Science/Communications, respectively), but they rock and
education and music. Even Monkey enjoyed the show (from the narthex).
After the concert we drove Dr. Fisher, the conductor,
and his daughter to their hotel (he had no idea Concordia even had a Business
Administration program or that they offered a Washington Semester program) and
found out Dr. Fisher had never been a Jeep. Imagine that!
By the time we got home it was 10:30 so I think we just
went to bed. Maybe we watched t.v. I don’t remember.
Saturday morning
I slept in. Let me repeat that.
Saturday morning, for the first time since probably October, I SLEPT IN. It was glorious. I look back on that
time fondly.
C rose at 8:00, fed the Monkey, took her to Starbucks, the library, and Sherwin Williams.
Once they were home we iChatted with Grandma and Grandpa
Elsea and sent Monkey away with Aunt Emily so that we could paint the bathroom
and upstairs hallway.
It was a long endeavor (and fortunately I don’t have
carpal tunnel…yet) but the bathroom looks 100 times better (who in their right
mind puts tan and black stripped wallpaper in a bathroom or any room for that
matter?) and the hallway doesn’t have scraps of wallpaper stuck to the wall
anymore.
Now if only we can muster up the energy and courage to
clean, de-wallpaper, and paint our bedroom. Then we’d be done (with painting).
After we were done painting we headed to Easton with
Emily and Drew (and Monkey) for some Piada. If you haven’t had Piada. Do. It’s divine. An I-talian
version of Chipotle.
C went to Barnes and Noble while Emily and I hit up a
few places looking for some work outfits for her new job. Drew decided to go to T.J. Maxx. He’s a self-proclaimed Maxxinista.
Sunday morning we went to church followed by Lowes to
pick up some spray paint for the shower curtain rod (which I have now lost the
pretty, glass ball end of) and look at bathroom towel racks and other householdy
stuff. We picked up a semi-health
lunch from Panera (I may or may not have eaten a bear claw while standing in
line waiting for our food) and headed home so C could watch Chelsea play.
Fun fact: C chose Chelsea as his English soccer team of
choice because it rhymes with “Elsea”. Yay!
While C watched the game I put a second coat of paint in
the bathroom and at the same time regretted offering to paint it because of the
pain it was causing my hand and the pain
I knew it would cause when I took minutes all day Tuesday.
After the game C went golfing and I laid on the couch
while Monkey took an hour and a half nap (she’s known for her 30 minute power
naps so when she sleeps any longer than that we cherish it). I watched Ina
throw a party for those who helped build her “library” (I noticed there were no
manual laborers there, just bosses and interior designers, and also no
Jeffrey).
When C got home we took a loverly walk (Sunday was
gorgeous!) and grilled chicken for dinner. We were also able to eat outside (even Monkey who sat in her
Bumbo seat and ate sweet potato rice puffs – yum!).
We ended our perfect weekend with a trip to Witts.
And now it’s Monday again.
Hope you enjoyed this weekend rewind. I hope to be back
later this week (or later this month).
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