Ok, I love my husband, but last week was WAY too much pressure for me! Here's the breakdown of what we did (with the whip cream details left out):
Monday - Alan had a dr. appt in the morning (his doctor open up his brace past 20 degrees), so he had to work until 7 pm. Picked him up from Frontrunner and we went shopping for new jackets. Hit the mall and didn't stop until we were both starving for food. Ate at Panda Express and Jamba Juice.
Tuesday - picked Alan up from Frontrunner @ 5. Went out to Tempanyaki's. I was not very impressed with the food this go around. The salmon was good but a bit gummy, as well as the chicken. Hit Tai Pan Trading, but I'm too cheap to purchase anything without my coupon. :)
Wednesday - Alan worked from home. I got home at 4. Alan went out and bought crab, not just any crab legs, but ENORMOUS crab legs and cooked them up along with an Italian pasta. Excellent dinner. We then decided it was high time for some pie and so we picked some up at Marie's.
Thursday - Got my hair cut and colored. Picked up Alan at 5. I had been drooling since Tuesday over the itty bitty piece of Orange chicken Alan shared with me on Tuesday evening, so we headed back to Panda for a double scoop of Orange chicken. Ate more pie. There were just so many choices of things to do that we couldn't hardly think of one! Plus we were a bit limited since Alan is a bit limpy (or is it gimpy?) right now. Running through the corn maze or haunted houses sounded fun but I knew I would lose Alan.
Friday - Picked up Alan at 5 and drove right home. I wanted to just relax and take it easy. Finished off the pie. Realized my week without kids was over and I still hadn't: laundered and replaced their bed sheets, cleaned their bedrooms, organized their school work (the piles of pages they want to "keep"), cleaned the kitchen or put away the dishes (we only had to run the dishwasher once), replace the outdoor light bulbs with cool Halloween bulbs, buy them something cool to have on their beds when they returned, etc. etc. etc. Determined one or two things I "had" to get done and tried not to stress about the rest.
Saturday - Drove up to Pocatello and had an excellent conversation with Alan on the way up. We can talk to each other about just about everything and anything. We don't need the fancy dinners or outings, we simply need conversation - politics, religion, whatever. I think we both realized this is why we love each other, and that's all we needed.
5 comments:
Perfect. It doesn't get better than that!
Okay...so when I passed your house this morning I saw...what the heck...Housekeepers? I am so jealous of you right now. We had an open house on Sat and I slaved all week getting my house clean and it's still not clean...UGH!
My secret is out. Yes, once a month I have them come in. Don't be jealous. I've been where you're at and being home with 4 sweet children was always tight on $, but worth every penny saved.
Sounds like fun, I'm very jealous. I'm sure the kids had a great time at their grandma's too.
I don't know who had more fun, the grandkids or grandma D' I enjoyed having them with me. I hope we get to do it again sometime.
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