Well - this weekend is one for the books...

As previously documented we had a visitors this week into the weekend... Bubba was busy all day Saturday.  It was good for me.  :-)

I was up early Saturday for some unknown reason, but I got up and got moving figuring our guest also had to get moving, as did Bubba so me up early, showered, I headed to the grocery store. I needed a cheap turkey for the Ladies' group dinner, and in order to get the cheap turkey you had to spend $25.  So in a "nice" albeit self-serving gesture I loaded the kid up with some basic groceries and got my turkey.

It has been in the fridge since Saturday morning, it's frozen, it should be defrosted by this coming weekend... Bubba today, Sunday, just noticed that 22 pound turkey in the fridge.  I can't make this crap up.  Captain Oblivious is he -- and thank goodness some days no?!?

ANY way - got that done, came home, the boys got moving, headed out, I putzed around, and then Dad came back, I entertained him for a bit, Bubba and the son came home, they then decided that they needed to take my car... into DC, loaded with stuff.  It was peaceful... good things.

I ran some errands, got color tiles for the Girl's group so we can paint chairs -- I got 2 of the 8 I ordered.  I looked up the site, they have one box delivered, 2 more en route and one somewhere... in the wind.  Frankly - that is one detail I am not going to deal with.

Saturday night proved a BIG surprise!  My neighbors planned a surprise anniversary dinner!  At my favorite Italian restaurant.  Friends and family surprised us all - we had a great dinner, then a better dessert, because the liquor was free flowing and Aunt Ing enjoyed.

So to bed, then Sunday up too early - first time at 5:30 to work off the charlie horse that came to visit my left leg, then after walking that one off I popped a little, headache-go-away and laid in bed for oh- 15 minutes then went back to the land of the dead... until the alarm went off.  We met the in-laws for breakfast.

Now - let me put on my big B hat here... my in-laws brought one of A's brood.  I'm sorry but these children are not as cute as my mother in law thinks they are.  Now I will say this kid (the only daughter) did manage to sit through dinner, she nearly pushed her bowl of meat sauce off her spaghetti onto the table - paused that, had to move the salt and pepper shaker, after she went after it for a second time, and we moved flowers out of her way... the kid ate bread and salad for dinner.  OH yeah and a Shirley Temple.

OK so pumped full of sugar we go to my neighbors for cake and goodies, darling great niece is now chasing the dogs around her house.  I was terrified for the china.  But to my neighbor's credit she told her those where her extra special plates (her good china) so she had to be extra careful.  She was...

They left a bit early as the sugar wore off --- I am again an awful person.  I would in no way bring a kid to a party where they weren't expected.... But my darling mother-in-law thinks those darling children are the cat's meow... breakfast Sunday morning was interesting.  This kid ate 1/4 of a pancake none of the egg or bacon my mother-in-law ordered... and then darling great niece got cranky when she was told to stop playing with the rest of pancake she wasn't eating... but all children get cranky when they are told they can't do something they want to do.

I just don't understand why she would bring this kid with her?  That is a special trip for just one?  I frankly would have been less than thrilled if she had brought them all with her... but we now know she only does one at the time... it makes my head hurt to think about it...

ANY way - rant over... GREAT night, great dinner.

Today - today I am a woman possessed... we went to breakfast with the in-laws.  Walked them around our super-duper grocery store.  They headed home.  So did we.

I stripped 3 beds, remade all three, cleaned out the towels and brought that all to the laundry room, I made a favor prototype for my ladies' group that supports the children hospital.  That meeting lasted 30 minutes... the inventory and fridge clean out - another hour.  I went grocery shopping, didn't need much.  I cooked hard boiled eggs for my breakfast at work this week, packed that all up.  I have right now all the laundry done, last load of undies in the dryer.

I did the Ladies' Group deposit, and cut checks. I have a request from Paperback swap - found that book, got it all wrapped and ready for a post office run tomorrow.  I finished some paperwork for the groups, balanced the Ladies' group checkbook, made a list for stuff to remember this week and now here I sit ready to drop dead.  Oh look at the time... Aunt Ing needs to go to bed.

I don't know where this burst of productivity came from - but I like it.  I need at least one per week - maybe two.  I'll let you know.

Signing off... all this accomplishment has just caught up with me... zzzzz