For some reason, every now and then one of the keys on my keyboard stops working. It has done it since I got it and it isn’t that something is in there…but today it is the K so excuse if I miss it. I have to punch and punch it.
First of all, I would like to remember those who have given their lives for our country. It’s good to stop and reflect. I watched several old movies today about wartime (the old romantic kind) and some of them were poignant to say the least.
It’s funny, I forgot about much of our weekend until I loaded my pictures from my camera. Gosh, that’s kinda scary.
Remember my daily pictures of the theater quite awhile back? Well, for months and months all I could see was the big board fence that covered the whole front of the building. (Remember when we had our big storm and the whole fence left? ) Well, this weekend we had our first weekly street market (that was a lot of Ks!) and the guy who has promoted it and worked at bringing it all about is the guy who is restoring the theater. So……..
This is while they were cleaning the area but it’s nice to be able to see. It won’t be ready until the end of the summer but at least now the view is nice.
Friday night was date night and we were very pleased to get a call from mama and papa-to-be asking if we’d like to meet them for dinner at Red Robin. Once again we split a burger and had great company.
Can you see the back of the boy’s head in the background? That silly kid was putting the special salt in his milkshake! blech!!! The boys at the table next to him were even worse. They seemed to need attention. One of them asked the waitress something to which she replied “go for it” and he went to an empty table that hadn’t been cleaned yet, took what looked like a grilled cheese sandwich, all eaten but the crust, and sat back down and ATE IT! gag gag gag!
Saturday was really nice…weather-wise and fun-wise. I had 3 people who spent much of the day hanging out and knitting. We walked down to the street market and got Costco Kraut dogs and ate them at the sidewalk table. There were lots of people there and about 40 vendors. I didn’t get to look too closely but it seemed to be a hit. Of course, I left my camera in my purse so I didn’t get pictures. Made a new friend while knitting, though, and had fun.
I did knit this weekend but no pictures yet.
When I got home Saturday we decided we needed to get some things accomplished at the house so we headed off to Home Depot. We kind of forgot we were in the Jeep (altho the car would have been worse) and overbought. I wanted flowers for the porch and hubby wanted to finally spend his gift cards he got for Christmas and his birthday last July. Before we went there, we saw that they had a patio set for cheap and we ended up with that, too. Hmmmmmm, how to get it all home….
I held the big flower pot and rose tree in my lap but the back of the jeep was rather full.
And there was one little boy surrounded in the back! I kept asking him if he was till there because the box was behind me and I couldn’t see him at all. He loved it.
Yep, he is sure he was a big helper.
Yesterday was kind of a rest day. We just have to on Sunday or we feel like we never slow down. The little imp and I did not make it to church and I am not happy about it. He has been a bit of a trial to me this week and already ruined one day. We were totally dressed yesterday to go and without warning he just quit cooperating. I am not sure why it was too much to put on shoes and socks, especially when they were right there, but I did not have the desire to force the issue. He loves church, loves Sunday school…but turned a deaf ear to getting on those shoes and socks. So, we stayed home. I next to never do that but he was out cold and we missed first service which we are used to attending. He was cheerful when he got up but maybe he just wasn’t really in gear. I don’t know…but I did not care to spend another day bummed out so we stayed home. He did see me crying and I think he felt bad, I didn’t make a big issue over it, I don’t think I needed to.
The rest of our day looked up though so enough said.
Late last night I started cleaning out my corner of yarn. No small chore. Every basket seemed to be connected because somehow those balls of yarn seem to jump from one place to another. I was kind of intrigued while I untangled them all. How in the world to they do it? As i worked, I thought well, this must have passed this way before as I followed the maze. I broke off very few of them but took time to save most of it. It was kind of fun taking the challenge. Hubby and I went to Walmart-Home Depot-Walmart to get something to put it all in. Now when we get some extra room upstairs it is ready to go. Finished. woohoo!
In the midst of it, we had the girls and hubbies over for a barbecue. The little imp and I caught a glimpse of a visitor across the street.
I know the deer are pests when you have a beautiful yard, but they are so beautiful themselves. We watched it watch us, then slowly cross the yard and continue eating.
A dear friend knit baby a sweater and told me to give it to mama-to-be some day when she needed it. We were all sitting around the new patio table, it was peaceful, and I just felt like it would be a fun time to give it to her. She’s never met Nancy but in the short time I’ve known Nancy, I feel like she has become a real friend. I cannot tell you how blessed I am that she would do this for my grandbaby!
I didn’t get a picture of the pleased Daddy. I will take a better picture of the sweater. Hmmm, how can I do that? It went home with them. Take my word for it, it is adorable! If you are on Ravelry, check it out at memegreen’s page. It’s her own design and she is going to get it out of her head and onto paper. It has 3 buttons in the front and is just so cute.
Tonight hubby brought home strawberries and get a load out of how huge they are!
That is a regular size Fiestaware cereal bowl! Mary had to remind me how to do the straw trick to get the centers out of the strawberries and it worked like a charm.
And now I am going to get a little imp off to bed and head there myself soon. Hope you had a great weekend!
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