Day 3 of weekend

pj serenades us at the graduation celebration

the day started like this:

~alarm going off at 5, then out of bed 5:15 (usual time again)

~floor exercises and 1 hour on the bike

~put dishes away while coffee is brewing

~7:02 first cup of coffee- yea!

~set oven for potatoes to cook while at church

~put chicken in cooker to keep warm

~shower, shampoo and ready for church 8:06-departure 8:20

~wonderful message by paul mcdowell (one of our deacons)

~went to the second service to hear the youth praise band play aka the resistance (they are really getting good)-amelia (yes, the one who used to live next door to us is playing the bass and johnnie on the drums lives in our neighborhood now, caitlin on keyboard and vocals and kristin doing vocals-the video isn't the best, i wasn't in a good position to take a full length, but pj does have a part that you can hear distinctively.

~11:40 counting offering with jack

~12:40 lunch time (was famished!)

~second pot of coffee
~quilting (on the sewing machine)
~a quick chat with kathy
~cooking chicken for tuesday
~cleaning up the kitchen (in between flipping the chicken :-) )
~some hand quilting
~putting fliers in mailboxes about the cookout coming up in june
~checking clubhouse for cleaning supplies (in the rain-yuk!)
~answering some emails
~getting this blog post ready
~heading to get chicken wings for the graduation party tonight at youth group
~dropping andrew and chicken off at church
~a stop at kohl's
~6-8 celebrating the seniors at our church: blake, zach, shayla, kristin d, kristin l, and rachel

~posting this blog

~going to bed at 9:00

day 2 of weekend

it went something like this:
~up at 6:00
~2 smallish loads of wash (while this is going)
~floor exercises and 1 hour on the bike (usual routine)
~7:50-finally my first cup of coffee for the day!
~iced cupcakes
~washed potatoes for sunday dinner
~made picnic lunch for kenya festival
~sorted newspapers, magazines and cans
~straightened up the kitchen (again!)
~did other bits of straightening up
~shower and shampoo and ready to go by 9:15
~kenya festival until 1:00
~a bit of a break at home then off again at 2:15 for bowling to celebrate andrew's b.day
~some knitting during bowling-we had a good time, played 3 games, will consider a knee brace next time, could really feel the knees while we bowled
~5:45-moe's for andrew's birthday dinner (this day was definitely about what he wanted to do, real good family time.
~6:45 home for cupcakes and birthday singing
~snail mail today included a post card from mary-very very cool
~2 more loads of wash
~roasted potatoes for sunday dinner
~some quilt time
~watching vh-1's top 100 songs of the 90s with pj
~some blog time
~plans to hit the bed by 9:30-starting a new book a foreign affair
the other photos from the day are on flickr-i really liked the classic car show-have always been a fan of muscle cars.

day 1 of weekend

my weekend officially started once i got home at 5:20-made good time considering i had to make a couple stops on my way home from work
~got a post card from katie from paris-love getting snail mail
~pizza for dinner
~made roasted chicken for sunday dinner
~worked on the multi-shapes sweater while enjoying the evening sunshine and a glass of wine
~watched baby blue jays getting birdseed from the feeder
~spoke with HOA president about pool issues
~spoke with karen about birthday ideas, knitting, mary's many photos from paris and seeing her on tuesday
~made 18 cupcakes for andrew's belated birthday
~cleaned up the kitchen- for the second time tonight
~did this blog posting before bed
~headed upstairs at 9:00 to read david baldacci's the collector (almost done-its really good now!)
that's it so far for the weekend, lots of activities planned for tomorrow, hope to get some good photos

a (doable) challenge

saw this posted on ali's blog, plan to join in-have much planned for the weekend, but hope to get some knitting and quilting done, as well as, getting ready for dillard and school being out! look for photos here and on flickr. with all that's going on i'll be missing the yarn harlot, and knitch's inventory sale~~~ :-( oh well, happy friday-it's gorgeous here in atlanta.