Weekend Whining

Guess what?  It's SPRING!!!!

The trees are finally budding out except for that one tree that we suspected last year of dying on us.  It does have tiny nubs on some of the branches, but I'll bet we have to cut it down by next year before we have another catastrophe on our hands.

I'm slowly getting the mulch spread out onto the landscaping.  As much as I use the gloves, my finger tips look like my mom's always did when she would stain and varnish something.

And guess what else?... It was a busy weekend.

On Friday, I took Leon to his mom's as Robb wasn't getting back from his trip until a little while later.  After I dropped off the boy, I called Robb and they were just driving through the same big city as I was in!  Yay!  They met me at a Casey's somewhere between us and I got my hubs back!  We let Tom leave by himself from there.

On Saturday morning, Meri went in one direction for choir and band, Robb stayed home and got unpacked as well as got some worky work done and I headed to my hometown alone.  A nephew's wife was having a baby shower in her honor and I wanted to attend.  

I got into town early enough to pick up my dad and then my mom for an early lunch.  Dad chose a burger joint that he would take us to whenever we went to the dump with him.  It had ice cream cones, seriously, a foot tall off the cone itself.  They still do!

I reminisced about how after school, all of us kids would whine that we were dying of thirst as Mom drove through this section of town.  Look!  There's the 7-11!!  They sell pop!!!!  As soon as we turned the corner past the Catholic school, all the whining would suddenly stop.  It was all residential from there until home so why bother?  Mom didn't remember that at all but laughed at our childish ways to attempt to get what we want.

The shower was really nice and Vianna got a lot of nice things for their first child.  

There were lots of games too!  I won the first one for having guessed how many animal crackers fit in the giant baby bottle!  There were 220.  And for my efforts I won a spa basket, complete with a bottle of wine!  Woohoo!  I was hoping this wasn't the kind of game where you unwrap the gift then give it to the lady of honor.  Because that would be awkward.  

Um... here... You're not supposed to be drinking this.

But I got it and took it home.  I've got plans for it.

 

And how ironic!  My BIL had just posted on FB about a cruise that he and his family had just gotten off of and said that the "Bahama Mamas" that will be enjoying a cruise next January will enjoy this view!  And at that instant I had just won this Bahama Mama basket!

  

So I suppose my sisters and myself are now known as that for this trip!  I'm down with that!

Another game consisted of everyone getting a cup of water with a tiny baby frozen in an ice cube.  As soon as the baby broke free of the ice cube, you were supposed to yell, MY WATER BROKE!

Well, I was thinking it was a longer game and left it sit there, but other ladies were poking it with their pens and being grabby with their hands in the cup!  HEY!  NO FORCEPS ALLOWED!

Ah well, I'd already won something, so I didn't care.

Below is my grand-niece, Maddy and Matthew's flower girl.  She still has the poses down!

So after eating so many chips, salted caramel candies, lots of pop and good food during my drive there and back, I've gained 3 pounds in one day.  I'm drinking lots of water today to flush it out of my system.  Wish me luck!

Back to work!  Lots to do, Lots to do...