April 25, 2005

What an enjoyable weekend! Friday morning, we had John's retirement party. Brent got to take care of Julie's dog, Cody, while we were at work. Cody hung out with him while he was mulching the Miller's yard. He's a great dog. The party was fun. The scrapbook that Kathy and I worked on was a hit. We ended up spending more than we planned to on the party. Oh well. Wednesday is "Administrative Professional's Day", so we're gathering more money to purchase Diane a gift card. Anyway, Friday night, Brent had a basketball game at 10pm....yes, that's right folks....10 o'clock in the EVENING on a FRIDAY NIGHT! Crazy. But, it was fun. So, it was late to bed that night. But, sleeping in on Saturday was so nice. I felt very productive, too. I vacuumed the couch, chair, and everything else downstairs. The pollen was covering everything. I even worked on giving the upstairs bathroom a good scrubbing. Laundry, Laundry, Laundry. It feels so good to do something productive.

Brent went out and bought a new CD case so that he could organize ALL his cds. I thought I had a lot! NOPE! We do have a lot of duplicates, though. He worked hard to alphabetize and group them by genre. We had 2 over-flowing grocery bags full of empty cd cases. (It made him mad, though, because he found more at his parents house, so he had to rearrange everything last night!)

That evening, we went to the Millers to help with an engagement party they were hosting for a friend at church, Carl, and his fiance, Jane. They are a cute couple who are probably in their early 40s, and never been married (that I know of). I had made these notcards which said, "The Key to a Happy Marriage...", which we put together in a flip photoframe, titled, "Carl and Jane's Keys to a Happy Marriage". It was decorated with musical notes. Carl is very musical. Someone did a similar gift for us for one of our showers. I thought it was something personal that they wouldn't already have. Boy, were some funny comments written...."Carl: worship Jane" and "#1: always say 'Yes, dear'." It was a fun evening. But, we didn't get home til after midnight.

Needless to say, I was beat on Sunday. I took a majorly long nap at the Millers. There's just something about their couch! I was able to do some more cleaning when we got home. But, I wasn't able to sleep well last night. Hopefully, I can tonight. It's cold today, and mom said they had about half and inch of snow in Abingdon yesterday. I'm ready for the warm weather to stay!

It looks like this is going to be an eventful week. Tomorrow, Brent has another basketball game....at 6:30, which is MUCH better! Wednesday, church until the wee hours. Thursday, dinner at Kenny and Boomba's (we're getting to meet another young couple who'll be at the second session of camp). Friday, take a breath, then Saturday-Sunday, babysitting the Coleman boys overnight. Whew! Glad I got the things around the house done this weekend.

Hope everyone is seeing less yellow on their cars and such. Hope you have had a good Monday so far and have a great week to come.

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