nice and easy

the weekend was good. i even managed to nap both days!

i got bryan up super early so we could hit the new berlin farmer's market as soon as they opened. we picked up veg for the week, a cherry pie from the amish, and some flowers for mom. he wasn't aware of how early it was when we left the house, just when we got to the market and they were still setting up (they open at 7) so we had to go get him a big coffee as soon as we were done at the market. we headed over to mom and dad's house, where mom had prepared french toast, bacon, fruit, and coffee cake for us. that and the coffee helped wake bryan up. :)

then it was off to the airport to pick up bryan's dad, who is staying with us through tuesday. they had a list of house projects they wanted to accomplish, so we spent some of the afternoon at home depot after a tasty lunch at a local gyro place. their special that day was italian beef, which bryan had just read about in the new issue of saveur and he had a hankering for, so it was definitely serendipity that we wandered into that place. they ended up going out later in the afternoon to buy me a new vaccum cleaner, since mine seemed to die. it turned out it had just over heated (it actually started up on its own, out on the back deck, while i was napping and they were out) but i got a better vaccum cleaner out of the deal so it worked out ok. we had lemon basil grilled chicken for dinner (and that cherry pie for dessert), and i just barely managed to stay awake through the bourne ultimatum.

sunday, we skipped church, and i spent all day at home. i got us some donuts for breakfast (after being too lazy to make homemade chocolate waffles with creme anglaise). bryan and his dad built me some kickin' shelves in the hall closets, so i was able to organize bunches of kitchen stuff in the large closet off the kitchen (it was previously piled up wherever it would fit), as well as a broom closet. i'm super thrilled with the result. we plan on adding racks to the kitchen closet door for more storage too.

they watched some football while i made 2 tuna casseroles to freeze (the mushroom thyme sauce turned out so well i was very tempted to eat it for lunch) and took a nap. after football they continued to putter around doing projects, including an outing to 2 more hardware stores.

mom and dad came over for steak dinner (and some power tool use in the driveway to cut off the extra tops of the fence posts). we had some of those rib eyes bryan sliced from that 12 lb prime rib, roasted potatoes, a salad mom made with raspberries and a citrus vinagrette, and some mini pecan tarts mom brought as well. it was quite delicious. they brought the crib dad built when i was born so we can use it for oliver. :) we tried watching a movie after that but i couldn't make it through and headed up to bed to read some this old house and watch an episode of the uk hell's kitchen (fingers are for burning!!).

i stayed up a little late, which was a struggle, but had the opportunity to sleep in some since i had a dr's appt this morning. i actually lost 2 lbs, which was kind of exciting. :) ollie took a little break from the rapid growing, and no complaints from me (nor the doctor)!

should be a busy week at work, as we're scrambling to meet a deadline. some papers are due friday to a client, and we're heading there next week to present them. it should be interesting. the business trips there are always a good time, though it's a long time to be away from home.

this coming weekend is the big pig gig, a big bbq competition. we also have a tour at the hospital and dad has a marathon (we're going to go see him finish), so we'll see when we're able to hit that up AND still fit in a nap. napping is very important at this point in my life!