This weekend was incredibly fun and exhausting all at the same time. So much so that I went to bed at 8:30 last night at the ripe old age of 29. So where to begin?
We didn't have any plans until 6:30 Saturday night so of course I felt like I could take on the world in that amount of time. We drove to Home Depot to get a few different plants for this seasons veggie garden. I'm still trying to find the right combination of edibles that doesn't require me to water or garden more than I know I'm capable of. In the past I've planted far too many tomato plants which in turn overtake my 12' x 4' foot raised garden bed. This year I'm sticking to one tomato plant, my Serrano chilies, cilantro, basil red and now yellow bell peppers and after this weekend added sweet and snacking peppers and stevia all for Babe. I'm really hoping I've finally got it down this year and that I don't have to continue to make modifications.
After the plants were all added and the grass watered I realized that the sprinklers were unnecessarily watering my driveway. So instead of interrupting my husband during his much needed personal time, I grabbed a screw driver and fiddled around. It took some time but I finally got them working exactly how they should. Then I took a break indoors to do some laundry, clean the kitchen and to do some more quilting. My top is all mapped out after this weekend and sometime this week I'll just have to piece it all together.
I'm really excited about it now that I see how it's coming along. Since there is no free motion quilting to this one, I'm hoping I can have it done in time for my visit with them next Monday. Once it was all laid out, we went back outside to chop cut hammer some wood for a bonfire we were going to have at a friends house. With just enough time to spare I put together some corn dip by birthday boy's request and we headed over to their house.
I was originally really excited to be there and hang out with our friends and my godson. That part was exactly what I was hoping for. I quickly realized upon arrival that we were going to be the odd couple out. We were the only couple within childbearing age that wasn't within 6 months of popping a kid out. There were 5 other couples, three of them were pregnant and the other two had infants younger than 6 months old. Inevitably the conversation went there and I had to do a little sidestepping to avoid the dreaded question "so what about you". I couldn't take it this weekend. Not from strangers and not when I've done my very best to be happy for everyone else around me. Like a bum I ended up inside hiding out while everyone else had a blast. Plus I was hoping while I was away my friend would say something for me instead of having to worry the question would come up again. I was genuinely tired from my afternoon though so I had a little bit of an excuse.
Sunday was just as hectic. Since my brother-in-law was busy with his new baby and sick toddler this week, we didn't have a chance to properly celebrate his birthday. So Sunday we all headed over there to spend the evening. With the new baby around it's giving us aunties and uncles a chance to spend more quality time with our nephew. So all afternoon we played baseball, climbed trees, swung on the swings, dug up worms, anything and everything to keep a three year old busy. By the end of the night he had still outdone us and we ended up going home to sleep like babies.
Now that the weekend's over I'm really looking forward to my bed all week. That and a little Icy-Hot and Jacuzzi time for all the squatting I did this weekend.
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