Holiday Weekend

Hi! Remember me? I know, I know. I've sucked at blogging lately. But the good news/bad news is that I've kept notes on what I wanted to blog about! I just couldn't get my butt in gear and sit here to do the writing!

So, let's just start and get one out of the way. This is the recap of our holiday weekend over Memorial Day.

Saturday, May 29th, was Phil's birthday. When it's your birthday, you should be able to get what you want for dinner. That's always been the policy in our family. Phil chose his favorite dinner, meatloaf! Ok, as a big fan of my meatloaf myself, I was happy to oblige.

We ate our fill of some awesome meatloaf and even brother Mike was able to make it for dinner. We had a nice dinner, nice family time. Happy Birthday, Phil!

Ron and I finally got back into bocce on Sunday! We hadn't played at all last year so it was a beautiful morning and the bocce balls were dying to get a little action.

We started a game in our back yard but the grass was too high to play. That dang little white ball gets lost so easily in tall grass! So we picked up our balls and headed down to Lakeview Park. They have an honest to goodness bocce court at the park! I've always said I wanted to go down there to play but we've never done it before.

It's so much different playing on the artificial turf at the park instead of our very VERY uneven back yard. For example, when I take my turn, it takes almost everything in me to get the ball to roll across my yard. Between the ups and downs and the high grass etc. it makes it interesting to aim the bocce balls. On the artificial turf, one good roll and the ball went off of the court! Who knew I had that kind of strength! A different way to play but I'm telling you, I was in my element. I actually beat Ron (kicked his butt!) for the second time only since we've been playing. It was a darn good day and as you can tell, I'm still bragging about it.

Our Monday was quiet. I filled my day doing seven loads of laundry and a bunch of crocheting. Neither activity came out exactly like I wanted. The crocheting was disappointing. I was having a major brain fart and ended up ripping out a row, then doing the row over plus three more rows. It was then that I noticed that I picked up the wrong color EXACTLY where I had started. Aargh! All of that work for nothing! That seems to be the way I crochet though. One step forward, two steps back. I am so the champ at ripping out.

I tore apart our bed and did all the bedding while I was doing laundry. Nothing better than a nice fresh bed! If I'd have only had the oomph to wash the windows in the bedroom I would have been complete! Maybe next weekend.

So, there is the update on our Memorial Day weekend. I know, that probably wasn't worth waiting for! But again, I have my notes so I should be able to get y'all caught up pretty quickly on our exciting life! Hey, it's my story, I can spin it any way I want to!

Before I go, HAPPY BIRTHDAY, BROTHER JIM!!! Sorry I couldn't celebrate with you today, but you were in the thoughts. I hope you had a great birthday!!