Weekend Fun

What a glorious couple of days it's been!

On Friday afternoon, M3 set off for Augusta to enjoy a weekend with the Savannah Family.  We ended up staying a day longer than planned, and I'm so happy we did.  Even though I ate way more than I was supposed to (Operation: Skinny Unicorn is not going as planned right now) and drank way more than I was supposed to (oh well), it was rejuvenating to have a weekend with friends, talking and laughing and enjoying one another.  Cassie even taught me how to use dry shampoo!  (read: I may never shower again).  When we came home this afternoon, I found myself super motivated to clean the house and tackle tasks on my long-term to-do list that I have written in Sharpie on a cardboard tablet (it's very Old Testament).  I've been cleaning and scrubbing and doing laundry and planting plants and reorganizing.*

And I've got to get back to the scrubbing, but here are way more pictures than you probably want to see from the weekend.

*Also, I believe that I was motivated to be clean because I'd spent the weekend in Cassie and Hugh's sparkling clean house and remembered how nice that can be.  Shoot.  I was so motivated that I even took a shower and shaved my legs.  Apparently it's not sexy or cute to have hair on your legs so long that you can braid it.

Happy Tuesday

It's funny sometimes how the simple things--friends, sunshine, and a big family-style meal--create some of the nicest moments.  On Tuesday, Cassie was in town for work, and we ended up having an impromptu dinner party with our friends Brian and Ann (or, as you might know them, parents to Iris and Opal). 

It was just lovely, albeit a little bittersweet.  The only person missing from our Savannah Family was Hugh, who's off becoming Mr. Awesomepants Doctor, a pursuit which precludes one from being able to spend an evening drinking and hangin' out--or, as I often say, chillin' out max and relaxin' all cool an' all.  Shoot.

So there was no Hugh, which sucked, but there was a cute dog.

And wine spritzers. (a.k.a., "attempt to drink less wine while feeling like I'm drinking more wine")

And kindred spirits.

And a baby who's growing like a weed.

And a table decked out in Fiestaware. 

I love this time of year!