I had an early start to my weekend...unfortunately, not in a good way though. My car died on Wednesday evening. It just gave up. Apparently it needs a new transmission. My husband and I had decided that when the car became too expensive to fix we would get a new one. However, we also decided to remodel the bathroom and that this car may not be a bad "first car" for my son so...no new car. Sigh!
The up side of the story is that once I had come to terms with the fact that we were gonna fork out A LOT of money to fix this car, I had it towed and then let it go, and the rest of the weekend was great!
Isabella and I played hookie on Thursday (due to lack of car) and spent the day lazying away. Then, we went to a youth theater production of Annie where my very talented cousin played Miss Hannigan. It was loads of fun! On Friday I watched the Black Swan with my hubby. It had been sitting in our TV cabinet for weeks, so it was nice to have some grown up time to watch it while Bella was having fun at summer camp. Then I made a big batch of spaghetti and watched two episodes of Glee when Bella went to bed.
Saturday was a clean up day. Vacuuming, dusting, laundry, washing cars...grilling, Battleship, puzzle making, Karaoke. Then on Sunday I went with Bella's Daisy troop to Build-A Bear and lunch as a celebration for meeting our cookie selling goal.
So what started off kind of sad turned into something wonderful. My only complaint is that it's over. But, there's always next weekend :)
How was your weekend?
Joining Amanda.
Sunday dawned overcast and cold. Not great news when we had BIG plans for Father's Day...BIG plans.
But we didn't let a little funky weather get us down!! We packed up our picnic baskets and headed to the park for a day out in nature. What better way to spend Father's Day?
A group of us got together for some fun and games.
There was tennis...
Some scooter riding...
Leisurely walks...
Nature spotting...
And some shelter building.
We had a great lunch and managed two games of volleyball and a game of Cranium, of which I have no pictures because I was too busy participating :)
I have to say, it was a lovley start to what I hope will be a wonderful summer.
How was your weekend?
Joining Amanda for Weekending.
This was our first free-of school weekend!! Woohoo!! So in between doing all of the household chores that we have been neglecting for weeks, we found time to...
Try out almond butter for the first time (Yum!)...
Play a little Wii...
Make some headway on our puzzle project (finished puzzle coming soon)...
And try out a new recipe.
It was a great start to a fantastically fun weekend!!
Sunday deserves it's own post, so...
To be continued...
Joining Amanda for Weekending.
Seems I am destined to be perpetually late for everything these days. Sigh!
Joining Amanda (a little late) for Weekending.
These weekend was spent tying up some loose ends.
Trying to wrap up school activities. Editing papers. Studying for finals. Preparing for end of year parties and performances.
Looking through yearbooks and reminiscing about old times.
Eating leftovers and ordering pizza.
Being blown away by Justin Bieber's rise to fame (watched Never Say Never with Bella).
Testing for orange belt. Many photos, hugs, kisses, and congratulations. Lunch and frozen yogurt to celebrate.
Feeling an amazing sense of freedom when the last final had been taken and the last paper had been turned in.
Having a productive family meeting to discuss our summer plans.
Leaving the household chores for another day to spend time as a family doing nothing in particular, but doing it together.
I think summer has officially started in our household. Although the kids still have a couple more days of school our mindset has definitely shifted. Can't wait to see what the new season brings!!
