Monday, October 21, 2024

The Weekend Recap...Prost!

We had a nice weekend, somewhat low key, but honestly things never feel completely low key here. I don't think those are words that would be used to describe us. 

Thursday is my day to volunteer and I'm out of the house most of the day. I'd made soup on Wednesday evening to take to a friend whose husband has been in the hospital, so I packaged that up and hubs and I made the delivery. We decided to grab dinner out and had a nice meal at a local favorite spot. The moon was amazing every night last week. 

Friday I had an appointment for a facial and hubs had conveniently booked himself a hair cut in that same time frame. Approximately. Both appointments are in the nearby city so we were able to take one car. It required a little logistical planning, but I dropped him at the hair place and the plan was he would Uber to Costco after, and I'd meet him there once my facial wrapped up. 

A facial is the most relaxing hour of my life. 

Carry on. 

I wasn't thinking when we left the house and forgot to bring the cooler which meant Costco shopping was a bit limited. We live an hour from Costco. We did get the paper products restocked and hubs grabbed a jar of his peanut butter stuffed pretzels along with a few things like batteries, Mr. Clean erasers, and Rao's spaghetti sauce which I like to keep on hand, but nothing cold. Bother. 

We had lunch at a nearby bakery we enjoy and realized we were very near the outdoor furniture shop where we bought some of our porch furniture. We decided to make one more stop. Question-why is outdoor furniture so ding dang pricey???

We need a lot of outdoor furniture. We have a lot of outdoor furniture, but now we've added all these new spaces and people gotta sit. This store has so many beautiful things but since we didn't know we were making a stop here we didn't have any measurements with us. 

Batting 1000 on preparedness Friday. 

As it turns out the shop has a free design service and someone will come to the house to draw up a plan, make recommendations, and tell us what would fit best in all these new spaces. We said yes to that, and the designer will be here tomorrow. I'm anxious to see what he suggests. 

We didn't get home until almost dinner time at which point who felt like cooking? BLTs for the win. After dinner we watched a few episodes of that new show called High Potential with Kaitlin Olson. It's cute and doesn't strain your brain which is what we needed after a long day.

Saturday we sipped coffee and watched College Game Day, then watched Clemson win their game while somebody got a haircut. The groomer comes to our house with a van designed for just such a purpose and the little brown dog does not enjoy the experience at all. 

But he sure looks cute. 

Our VOLS played Bama which is a rivalry for the ages and we watched the first half at home. Volunteer football is so hard on the nerves. Always. We had plans to meet up with friends at a local Octoberfest celebration so had to head that way at halftime. 

Not quite like being in Germany but lots of fun nonetheless. 

Hubs hat is the real deal. 

The beer tent had big TVs behind the bar so hubs and I stood there to watch the last few minutes of the game. When the VOLS won the whole crowd around us cheered. For those not in the know, everyone in the SEC roots for whatever team is playing Bama, unless you happened to go to school there.  

The weather all weekend long was beautiful, but Sunday was perfection. Sunday afternoon hubs and I took a long walk in the neighborhood and hubs threw the ball for the little brown dog.

There aren't a lot of Halloween decorations in our neighborhood, but this chicken skeleton is a good one. 

We're still really green here, although a few trees are finally starting to turn. We've heard some of the roads into the mountains are now navigable so we'll take a drive up there soon for some true leaf peeping. 

Hubs had a project going on at the dock and I spent the rest of the afternoon right here working on my Bible Study (Jen Wilkin's Revelation), catching up on my blog, sipping tea, and reading one of the books I've currently got going-Lady Tan's Circle of Women by Lisa See. It's good so far, and I always enjoy her books. 

Fall is my favorite. 

And every once in a while I guess we can do low key. 


I'm joining Holly and Sarah for their regular Monday morning link up today. 
What kind of fun did you have this weekend? 

16 comments:

  1. We had a designer come do that with our basement and while we made a few changes I did buy most everything they recommended and we love that space now. It sounds like you had a really lovely weekend. We had such beautiful weather I was looking for excuses to get outside.

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  2. Looks like a great one! I am underwhelmed by the Octoberfests around here! Wish we had a good one!

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  3. I was so glad to see the Vols win too! Those views outside look so relaxing. I was so amazed at the moon as well last week. That chicken skeleton is funny and something I haven't seen. Have a good Monday!

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  4. We had German beer/food this weekend too! Sounds like a nice and productive weekend for you.

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  5. Sounds like a lovely weekend but not too low key :)

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  6. This is a great weekend recap!! Your photos are always great and your little brown dog is adorable. I agree with you on facials being the best! I need to get one scheduled soon. It's been too long. My now former boss went to Alabama and he has the red and white over his office door. I don't follow sports now - it was more fun with Joe - but I am sure Danon is not happy with his team losing. I'll hear about it when they come to dinner this Saturday.

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  7. Sounds like a nice weekend. Our Costco is thankfully 10 minutes away. Nice of you to take some soup for your friend. Hope her husband feels better.

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  8. A post filled with happy people and lovely photos is always a good post

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  9. I didn´t know that about Alabama but I can totally see that, knowing what I do about football. We are not in SEC land but football is huge here due to OSU so I am familiar with many of the rivalries. When I was growing up, we always took a cooler into town when we shopped for groceries in warm weather! Sorry you forgot yours since you don´t live exactly close to Costco. Your weekend sounds nice- great pictures as usual :)

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  10. What a fun filled weekend - lots of variety. I love your husband's hat - perfect for Oktoberfest! We are also studying Jen Wilkin's Revelation in our fall bible study! it is really making me think!

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  11. Your weekend sounds delightful and a great big YES to the VOLS win over Bama. And I thought it was only LSU fans who always cheered for whomever played against the Roll Tide. We have this long-time resentment thing with Saban.

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  12. Beautiful moon! I love those pretzels but haven't bought them in years. Hope your appointment goes well for the patio furniture. Mark loves watching all the college games besides the professional games. I'm just not into it so things can be very boring for me on the weekend. That is cool that the groomer comes to the house. Looking good! Octoberfest sounds like fun. Looks like a nice walk and I love the hammock.

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  13. What a great weekend!! I love the little Oktoberfest and your husband's hat! So perfect! Our trees aren't turning yet in Georgia either. I think it's been so dry lately that they're just falling off and not turning. Go Vols! Such a great game!

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  14. What a great picture of your hubby and dog on the hammock. I agree about the outdoor furniture prices. It seems to be more expensive than indoor furniture! I like High Potential for just the reason you said - a light show to wrap up a day. Hope you have a good week!

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  15. We have to remember a bag with the cold packs for Costco, too. It is a bummer when we forget. Our Bible Study is the Genesis 1-11 by Jen Wilkins. That last photo shouts low key!

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  16. You may remember that we are Auburn fans . . .we were glad y'all won!!

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