Hey There Monday

Good morning friends. We have a full full calendar on tap here this week with lots happening, including houseguests, meeting new neighbors, and a granddaughter celebrating a birthday. This morning though, I'm joining Holly and Sarah for their weekend recap link up. Here's how ours looked-

Backing up to Thursday because Thursdays are when I think the weekend should start. I volunteer on Thursdays and felt productive in dropping off both dry cleaning and a library book before 8:30 AM. My volunteer stint lasts from about 9-1, then I made one more quick stop before heading home. 

Hubs and I met up with Daughter1 and her family at Max's soccer match a little bit later. His team just keeps on winning and it was fun to watch them advance yet another day in the playoffs. After the game we all went to a local brew pub and had pizza and wings to celebrate. On our way from the soccer pitch to the restaurant we passed this field of cotton in full bloom. 

I'm not usually on this road so have never seen it before, but it was so pretty in the setting sun. I tried to snap a picture as we whizzed by, which isn't the best but it's all I managed. 

We had our first 'table fire' Friday morning. The weather has been absolutely spectacular, and we are spending as much time outside in it as we can. I stayed busy all day with phone calls, meal planning, grocery shopping, and laundry. Hubs played golf. His tee time wasn't until after one and he was playing an hour away so he was out pretty much all afternoon. 

I made a chicken pot pie for dinner and we watched a movie we thought we might have seen, but since neither of us could remember for sure, it was fine. Welcome to 'the third act'-ha! 

Saturday I washed all the slip covers for the chairs in our keeping room. Not gonna lie here...it's a job, but they come out beautifully, so it's worth doing from time to time. These chairs are where people naturally gravitate when they come in to my house, so they get a lot of use.  

There's a seat cushion, a seat back, and then the chair cover itself, all of which zip snuggly around the cushions inside, so it can be a wrestling match getting them off and especially back on. Saturday was an absolutely gorgeous day. I like to set the covers outside on a drying rack so wanted to take advantage of the sunshine.

We have company coming Monday and I'm glad this is done. Hubs washed his truck because that's what he loves to do on a sunny Saturday morning. 

Saturday afternoon we went to a party at a friend's house. So much fun! They had BBQ catered and best of all (aside from the glorious weather I mean) was the live music. Two local musicians who are both super talented, played for three solid hours, no breaks. We've seen them around town in one of the breweries and  some of the dining spots that feature live music, but this was in someone's back yard and felt extra.

The musicians performed on our friend's dock and then the party go-ers sat on the hillside above them. It was a great set up. 

Several boaters came by too, and listened in from the water, and we were kind of wishing we'd come by boat because it was a great night for it. 

Sadly not as great a night for football. We got home and caught most of the Tennessee-Alabama game. Ugh. The hometown team also lost so a double whammy. 

Sunday we woke up to rain, which we haven't had in a long while. We heard an excellent message at church, and hubs and I went to brunch right after. Then it was home to clean bathrooms and do some vacuuming so everything would be nice and tidy for our friends arriving Monday. Hubs and our houseguest worked together for a couple of decades+ and we haven't seen one another in a number of years. We're looking forward to showing them the lake and catching up in person. 

Have a great week everyone!