The Weekend And Then Some

Now that I'm living life as a lady of leisure, I base my weekends on Colby's schedule--if he's at work, it must be a weekday, if he's at home, well, I guess it's a weekend!  So last week, Colby had a Friday through Monday off for Memorial day, and we jam-packed our weekend full of fun and projects.

As I mentioned in my last post, I went to see Sex and the City with a group of girls on Thursday night.  I've got to be honest, the vicious backlash that came after the release of this movie has me flummoxed.  I'm not sure what people are expecting from these movies.  Granted, I agree that they aren't as good as the tv show, but the movies are a fun, escapist couple of hours in a theater with girlfriends.  So, with that being said, I got a bunch of laughs and thought the movie was highly entertaining.  Plus, any excuse to lay eyes on John Corbett for a little while is OKAY by me!

Friday, we joined some other friends for a morning of boating on the Wando River.  It was an absolutely perfect day to be out on the water, and while I didn't join in on the wake-boarding or dare hurl my body into the creature infested water, I did a spectacular job of stretching out and absorbing as many sun rays as possible.  I wish I had a better picture to share, but Colby has been severely slacking in the photo-taking department lately!  It was this or one of seventeen thousand photos of water.

Friday afternoon and ALLLLL day Saturday were spent shuttling back and forth between our backyard and Lowe's, where we are thinking of petitioning for our own parking space.  Colby built a gorgeous retaining wall for a new herb and flower garden and I finally got around to cleaning out the garage.  We're waiting for the delivery of the flowering plum tree that we bought as the centerpiece for our garden, but as soon as everything is in the ground, I'll definitely post more pictures.

Sunday, we gave ourselves the day off and went to a barbecue.  I brought along this cake, which was not only the prettiest cake I've ever made, but the most amazingly delicious cake by a mile.  Of course, as was the theme of the weekend--no pictures, but you can easily replicate my barbecue experience by eating half of the batter out of the bowl, baking the cake, and then eating it all in one sitting.  Happy Memorial Day!

Monday, we got back to work on our respective projects, and I filled my new china cabinet with all of my lovelies.  Also inherited from the same grandmother whose hope chest I mentioned in my bedroom makeover post, was a beautiful collection of Fostoria American crystal and her Brentwood White Lace wedding china.  My parents also gave me a gorgeous set of Magnolia china years ago, and I finally have a place to display the main pieces instead of stashing them away in cardboard boxes and cabinets.

All in all, it was a spectacular, though exhausting weekend, and Colby and I are down to just three more weekends before his four month long deployment.  I haven't talked much about the deployment because I still haven't accepted that it's actually happening, but we did make our list of things to get done before he leaves, and are scratching things off of it each day, so it's definitely starting to become more real.  Ugh, who says acceptance is any better than denial anyway?

Comments

[Lynn]

Sounds like a fun, productive weekend!

[Heidi Renée]

Do you use your china? We have some "good dishes" we got as wedding gifts, but I hardly ever get it out. We both had our own sets of everyday use dishes before we got married, so we usually just use those.

Of course I clicked through to see the cake. I haven't had cake in aaaages and now I can't think about anything else.

[garden state prep]

It sounds like you had a great weekend! I think John Corbett is aging quite nicely, and he looked great in the new movie. The china cabinet is lovely!

[Brittany]

One request... Make that cake when I visit? ;)

[katelin]

oh love that cabinet and glad you had such a lovely weekend.

[sophie]

Glad you had such a fabulous weekend. Hang in there with the upcoming deployment--you will get through this one as you have all the others--one lousy day at a time.

[A Super Girl]

Not like I need to tell you this, but enjoy every minute with Colby. Boo, deployment. Boo.

[Same Sweet Girl]

Oooh boating is so much fun!!! I bet y'all had a blast. That cake looks DELICIOUS!!!! Mmmm wish I could have some cake right now! I saw that you are trying to lose weight...so am I!! It looks like you are doing awesome!! I've got 7 more pounds to lose in the next 24 days. I hope I can do it!! :)

I am so excited that you are about to graduate school doing the same exact thing that I want to do!! That is too cool!!! Thank you soooo much for your comment and advice!! I'd like to hear about everything as you graduate and find a job and all! I can't wait!!!

[Jessica]

Sounds like a great weekend! And very busy too. Re: SATC, I didn't go in thinking it would be amazing or change my life, but it just was...so corny. But yes, John Corbett was ridiculously hot.

[CW]

Hey there...new reader of your blog, and wanted to comment re: SATC. Most of the backlash I've personally read about or heard was related to the movie's offensive treatment of Muslim women and Islamic culture in general. It wasn't just inaccurate, it was degrading. I think that was just really surprising for many of us who know the show as a voice for female empowerment.