Weekend in Review

Starting on Thursday night . . .I've done a lot of writing and a lot of studying. I am going to keep telling myself "I can do this"!

On Friday morning, I had a few errands to run. One stop was at Aldi. Their cheese and meat selection for a charcuterie are excellent. Our team, Auburn, played on Friday night rather than Saturday. Our neighbors invited us over to eat and watch.

I made a charcuterie board to take. It was yummy.

She was baking beans in a dish JUST LIKE my mother had. So this "china" was from the Jewel Tea company - Autumn Leaf by Jewel Tea. The Jewel Tea salesman had a route and he was a door-to-door salesman. He sold coffee, tea, household items, and china. My oldest sister had our mother's china. Anyway, seeing baked beans in this dish made my heart happy . . .and sad!

Our friends have a wonderful outdoor space and the weather was pleasant! Auburn won which made it even sweeter!!

I studied more on Saturday. I went to my WW meeting and ran by Walmart. I actually sat in the courtyard in the sunshine for 10 minutes. It was awesome.

Sunday morning's 5:00 a.m. alarm jolted me awake and I hit the ground running. We were having Fifth Sunday Fellowship following our 8:30 traditional service and I needed to get to the church to meet the Hero Doughnut deliver at 7:30 and put the table cloths on the table.

Since it was a holiday weekend, we weren't sure if anyone would come get a doughnut BUT they did! People were laughing and talking and mingling. That is the point! yay!

While I was at work and before Mark left to come to worship, he put a brisket on the smoker. He has perfected it!

On Sunday evening, we had our son and his family, Mark's sister and her husband, and one of their sons and his girlfriend (our first time to meet her), and another friend that we call a bonus son. Mark cooked the brisket and made his mother's homemade custard ice cream. I baked potatoes and made baked beans and Asian slaw. Mark's sister brought a couple of different kinds of cookie bars. It was a fun night. We laughed a lot!

Bob, our brother-in-law, made this table (or could be used as a bench) from old skis that Mark and George used. He used a pair of skis and a slalom ski. The wood is beautiful. He made a base that goes so well with the skis. This piece of furniture will be used at the farm.

I bought some suncatchers for our granddaughter to paint. She did a great job.

On Monday, Mark and I went to Bass Pro Shop. It is such a cool place.

We also went to the outlet mall and hit a couple of stores.

What did you do this weekend?