Monday, Oh Monday....

This Monday is bright and beautiful. I wish I could appreciate it more. Right now however I'm ready for my morning nap! Apparently last night was not a night for getting some sleep. Apparently our smoke detectors need new batteries, as one of them went BEEP twice an hour all night. And by the time I woke up and got out to the living room to figure out which detector it was, the BEEP was finished for another hour. Between that beep, Pootie meowing and knocking things off my desk and the not-so-synchronized snoring of Corey and my beloved poochie-pooh, I didn't get many zzzzzz's. So I'm struggling this morning.

So sure, my Monday morning is a struggle, but we had a GREAT weekend!!! First, I scrapped on Friday night with Tami. We both got a lot done and had a good time. We took advantage of the kitchen table at the Fahm, as there was more room, and mom joined in, working on a project of her own. She is making and binding a book of all the cards she received while she was going through the cancer process. The thing is though, it's taking her a lot longer than we thought it would to do this project as she keeps reading and re-reading all her cards. Then she may or may not have to take some time to sniffle! *sigh* That's my mom for you!!!

Anyhoo...I did 7 pages for Bobbi-Jo who just finished a triathlon. They came out great and she was really pleased. Then I did a 20 page 6x6 baby book for Kate and Brian's baby, Ethan! I can't wait to send it to them. It was just a quick one with coordinating paper and some stickers, but I think she'll enjoy it.

On Saturday we experienced monsoon type weather starting in the afternoon. Corey and I took advantage of the rainy day to travel to Manchester with Josie and Ayden. We checked out the couch and love seat that keep asking to come home with me and then went to the mall. Admittedly I pouted all afternoon when the furniture was a no go, but by the time we made it to dinner at the Outback, I mostly had snapped out of it.

The best part of dinner, besides the fabulous company, was the Peach Bellini Josie so kindly shared with me! Oh man, it was fantastic!!!!! Did I mention that more than 2 sips of alcohol makes me pretty darn funny? Nope? Well it's true!!! I giggled quite a bit on the ride home.

We ended up grabbing Jade dog (with a towel over her head so she'd keep the car dry) and went to their house for movies. It was a fun night, minus the part where the dogs had to walk through 5 inch puddles to potty. I don't think it was their favorite either!!!

Sunday was a great day for Corey! The Patriots won and just the fact that football was on, really tickled his fancy. I did some cleaning while he grocery shopped and then went to Joann's for a sale. Stopped to see Rachey at her horse show for 5 minutes, but she wasn't going to show for another 2 hours-ish, so mom brought me home. She and dad stopped by later for Meatball subs after Rachey HAD ridden. It was nice to see them both and feed them up. Mom and I finished the afternoon with a game of Skip-bo. Mom won of course, but only by 2 cards. Dad napped and Jade helped him with that for awhile!

Overall it was just a fantastic weekend. We did end up ordering the couch and love seat on Sunday and it should be here the 17th!!! I simply can't wait!! now I need to clean the carpet and paint the blue wall red and we will be all set!! Oh the joys of new furniture!