Labor Day Weekend

I started off my Labor Day Weekend by taking Friday afternoon off to go get my feet pampered. I went to this place called Elite Nails and man, after the food scrub, hot rock massage and wax treatment, I was in heaven! My toes and heels feel great, and it's really been a challenge to keep them healthy. It's been a constant battle ever since Kainan was born, I don't know if there is a connection with that or not, but it's something I am going to start doing for myself to try and keep them healthy.

Saturday, was laundry war 2011. I cleaned and cleaned and folded and folded, and it's a never ending battle! The more cloths I washed and put away the more I found myself thinking that I wished it were socially acceptable to let my kids run around in loin cloths or something...ANYTHING but more cloths! After lunch they were picked up by their father, who just showed up out of the blue...of course the boys just flipped out they were so excited. He told them that they were going to a movie and that left David and I to watching movies and doing a whole lot of nothing. Until our football games started! It's great to have football back on the tube!

Sunday, was the absolute BEST weather day that we've had all YEAR!!! We slept late because it was so dark due to the rainy weather. I was VERY surprised to find out that it was after 8:30 am! I walked into the living room and opened the front door to let Carmen in to eat breakfast...it smelled like rain, it was glorious! It started to rain, and I opened the windows and turned the Air Conditioner off and just enjoyed the quiet splatter of the drops landing on the pavement and window pane. It was the most enjoyable morning that I have had in quite some time. It was the promise of fall that we have been waiting for. It's been such a miserable year, and we haven't had ONE cold break like this since February! I almost busted out all my fall decorations, but I restrained myself...I'll do it in a couple of weekends...

Around lunch time David got called out to a rig that was just outside of Lubbock, so we fueled up the truck and headed out. Dave bought a few lotto tickets and we were super excited when we won $80! We went and ate at Abuelo's and went to the mall, we were looking for jeans to fit Dave, which was impossible. The good news was I found my favorite fall scent at Bath & Bodyworks, it's called Fireside...and when you don't have a fireplace, it smells just like it. So I stocked up because you can't find it after the season is over. We came back to town and decided to go to the movies, and it was ok...we watched Conan the Barbarian...it was real gory and not really like the old one, but it was entertaining. OH! I almost forgot! I got my payment of roasted green chilies! So, after the movie I peeled them and stored them for future use. We picked the boys up and they were upset that they had to come back, how do you explain to a kid that their DAD called and wanted them to leave? Sigh...THEN they told us that they didn't go to the movie...I wish he could learn not to get their hopes up, because it ALWAYS leaves ME picking up the pieces!

This morning the boys slept in until just at 8 am and it was pretty awesome! We rearranged their room a bit to fit a rug that I bought. I spent some time watching movies and cleaning the house a bit. David gave Kainan a mowing lesson and he decided to pay him in legos. They bought a Star Wars one and then super glued it...lol I made a batch of green chili stew and it was SO HOT I had to add sugar to bring it back down so we could eat it! After that it was delicious! I'm looking forward to using my stash of roasted green chilies! '

It's been a really enjoyable weekend at the house, and I can already feel myself dragging my feet about having to return tomorrow...something I don't usually do...but man, after a weekend of that, who needs work?