We had a long weekend which began last Wednesday afternoon. After a lunch meeting at work, I slipped off and headed home. I threw enough clothes and toiletries in a bag for a 24 hour stay. Mark was already packed and he had loaded the furniture in the truck. We were on the road by about 2:30 headed south to our daughter's house. Laura and Scott purchased a house and had planned to totally remodel it and add on a master bedroom and bath BUT the numbers they were given before they purchased the house DID NOT match the REAL cost of redoing the house. They (and the rest of both families) did some of the work themselves and they hired a local contractor to do the rest. Then they put it on the market while they continued to live with the in-laws (8 months - too long on all sides). It didn't sell in a month and school is about to start, so they spent Monday and Tuesday packing and moving into the house. While we were all at dinner on Wednesday night, they received two offers and one was for full price. Why is life like that? If the offer had been two days earlier, life would have been easier for them. Now we are praying for the house to pass inspection.
Laura wanted two of her grandmother's chairs plus the long table that was in her entry hall so Mark had tagged them for her and he loaded and delivered.
The granddaughters all love their pops. He is THE BEST and MOST CREATIVE playmate.
They built castles and mermaid homes and all sorts of things on the kitchen table . . .so that the little one wouldn't destroy them.
They also played roller coaster . . .which was loud and hilarious and fun. They went on at least 30 roller coaster rides.
We were finally able to spend enough time with the little one for her to "know" us. She would come to us and raise her arms to be picked up -- hallelujah! We haven't been able to spend as much time with her as with the older two and it has hurt my heart.
We got home around dinner time on Thursday night. I had a quiz and a huge project for school.
On Friday, our son texted and wanted to know if our daughter-in-law and oldest granddaughter and two friends could come play in the neighborhood pool. They had a blast. It started raining and they kept swimming!
After studying all day, I headed to the nail salon around 5:00 p.m. for a much needed pedicure. I have NO desire whatsoever to do my own toes, and I realize what a luxury it is to be able to get a pedicure every few weeks. In and around the other things, I washed our sheets, washed a load of my workclothes I wash my dresses, etc. in cold water on a gentle cycle and hang to dry and I keep those clothes in a separate pile so they don't get thrown in with towels and underwear.
Saturday morning - guess what I was doing? Still working on my project for school. My powerpoint presentation is on Maternal Mortality rates. I would get up every hour or so and dust something. I ran the roomba downstairs while I was studying.
I decided that I had to get out of the house for just a few minutes and even though I had ordered groceries earlier, there were a few things I needed to pick up at the Pig. Before going to the store, I stopped at the Shades Mountain Mercantile. I actually bought several things - 3 cups and saucers (antique Fiestaware) and a big red pitcher plus a wooden art piece with colorful fish for the screened porch. I took this photo because I love iron skillets and cookware.
Sunday morning found me at work at 7:00 and then I taught our adult Sunday School class a lesson on tragedy and loss and grief.
Mark and I dug around in the refrigerator for lunch. I didn't cook! He went to our brother-in-law's to make drawer fronts for the kitchen at the farm and I worked on the project plus made a quadruple recipe of one-pot spaghetti for Tuesday night and I baked brown sugar brownies for two neighbors - our next door neighbors celebrated their 50th anniversary yesterday and Lu, who lives across the park, will celebrate her birthday this week.
I've been trying to come visit everyone's blogs . . . I'm just a little slow lately.
What did you do this weekend?
You had a lot going on! Hoping the house passes inspection so the sale goes through. I'm glad you had time with your littlest grandgirl. I don't do my own pedis either. I don't feel like they look nearly as neat as the professional version. Brown sugar brownies sound delish! Hope the project goes well...have a nice week!
ReplyDeleteI sure hope the house passes inspection for for the kiddos. Keep us posted, please! Keeping you all in my prayers and I hope the project goes well. I'm playing catch-up here, too, after being gone for two weeks.
ReplyDeleteSounds like such a fun and meaningful weekend! I love how your family jumps in to help and still makes time for laughs and sweet moments with the grandkids. That spaghetti and brownies sound amazing too!
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