Sistah Pat

Not exactly original but certainly appropriate!  I slept until 9:30 this morning when the phone woke me up (yes, I’m home again.)  I sat out in the spa last night and looked up through the trees to a 3/4 moon and then came in and climbed way up to my bed and it was like floating on a cloud!  So nice!

After we went to bed, it appears that DS unloaded the car from the dolley, unhooked the dolley, and moved Manny back into the driveway.  We were so tired when we got home, we just pulled up in front of the house and planned on dealing with it this morning.  Nice that he took care of it for us but I think I’m still going to be tied up with Manny for a long time.  Pretty sure I’m going to have to scrape the squashed bugs off his grill and windshield with a spatula!  Gross!  Of course, I have to unpack everything and shampoo the carpet but there’s no rush.

The house is immaculate!  David, Stacy, and the kids stayed here to housesit while we were gone.  It’s really close to his job and they enjoy the pool and spa so they like to stay but they really did an exceptional job this time.  The flower beds need weeding but they’ve obviously been watered well and the house looks great! 

DH has a four day workweek this summer so he has Saturdays through Mondays off.  His birthday is this coming Friday so he has that day off as well.  With a four day weekend coming up, I’m trying to think of somewhere we could go.  Just the two of us.  I’ll have to think about that.

I think it’s going to take me a couple days to get back in my routine but I’m really looking forward to some fresh fruit and veggies and grilling out tonight! 

By the way…I’ve got all kinds of junk showing up on my dashboard from the “Word Press Development Blog”.  Anyone else getting this?  How do I get rid of it?

5:30 - I’ve waded through quite a bit of laundry today but still have a little to go.  Went to the store and picked up stuff for dinner.  Grilled hamburgers (which I eat very rarely) sounded good, homegrown tomatoes, California Caviar, and watermelon.  Don’t know if DS, David, can get here for dinner but he, Stacy, and the boys are invited because I know the kiddos are dying for their souvenirs.  Don’t know about the name, California Caviar, for that Mexican black eyed pea dish.  Seems to me like it ought to be called Black-eyed Seniorita or something.  Since I made it up, I guess I can call it whatever I want.

We stopped by a winery that I like outside St. Louis for some of my favorite sweet wine.  It’s from St. James winery and it’s called Velvet White.  I only manage to get up there once a year or so and I stopped and got 7 bottles.  Think I’ll work on one this evening.  Feels good to be home.  I’m not really intensely dieting yet, think I’ll just relax a little bit for a couple more days.  Won’t eat any junkie junk but a couple glasses of wine and a hamburger probably won’t do me in.  I’ll keep Mr. Scale confined to the RV for the next day or two.