At least I had the weekend

Well, I have had a nice long weekend. I took Friday off and the three days have been nice and filled with fun. Throughout the weekend I have had some wonderings, an odd occurence, shopping frenzies, football, a night out and graded a whole lot of papers. I consider it a highly productive weekend - even though the house did not get cleaned, only straightened. Maybe it was more "funductive". The family is all coming over next weekend so I figure that I'll be cleaning all week, why start now when I have so many other things that I would rather be doing?!

Here are some weekend hilights and tidbits:

Friday morning, I went to the weekly assembly at Crandall Elementary School. Here they have a class perform, pledges and announcements, winners drawn from the "Good News" bucket and the birthday twist. Clayson and Trey never participated in this but as you will see in pictures, Ashlyn was all involved!

From the assembly, I headed out to First Monday for some impulse shopping. I get so overwhelmed when looking at all of the stuff that I cannot even focus on what I had in mind. I saw so many people carrying things around and I wanted to ask them what they planned on doing with certain things or how they were going to use it. I am not interior decorating crafty. I need to see it so I can copy the idea. There was a detox booth next to a chips and dip booth next to a craft booth. Random for sure. This randomness causes me to lose my train of thought. When I was leaving a woman followed me to my self-created parking spot and told me that she was about to ask the most odd question I had ever been asked - and she wasn't kidding. She asked if I would mind her slipping into my back seat to try on some jeans. What?! And, I could not come up with an excuse fast enough to tell her no! So, this lady gets in my back seat and tries on her Seven jeans - I drink my coke and eat my cinnamon pecans. Then, she wants fashion advice. You have got to be kidding me. And, she tries on a second pair. I was in shock with the whole situation. Those that know me know what I must have been thinking. I finally escaped the dressing room atmosphere and headed to pick up Ashlyn from school. She was highly disappointed that I picked her up and not Mamaw and Papaw - we don't have ice cream at our house, she said.

Friday night we all five went to Roadhouse. I dared my family to turn me down again. Next time, I won't force the issue. Feeding three boys that all eat like men is too much for my budget. I thought that was what the rolls and butter were for - to fill you up so you're not so hungry. We should have eaten more rolls before placing an order. I think the 32 ounce steak was ordered in their prime of hunger.

Saturday, I spent the morning washing sheets and straightening up before heading to Mesquite for more retail therapy. I was on a fall decorating / good buys extravaganza and found some cute stuff. I am excited about buying the book, Fireproof, to read before seeing the movie. (Jennifer, I know you'll want to borrow this one.) After shopping and a brief nacho lunch at El Fenix, it was off to Clayson's football game. No, he still isn't running the ball but he is one heck of a safety on defense :0) Here are some pictures to prove it.

From football to friends. I got home, straightened again, did a little more laundry and then got ready for a girl's night out in Terrell. I just can't hang like I used to. I was the first to leave. Jared didn't go because he hurt his leg and was sick so he ended up staying home. It was some good country music, interesting conversation and active line dancing. Here are pictures from the GNO.

Sunday we slept in. (I feel guilty, don't worry). The boys went to help my dad and I put Ashlyn on the back porch for her acorn crafts. I put off and put off going to Wal-Mart until it came down to not having make-up for work tomorrow so I knew I would have to face the crowd and the same people on every aisle because having make-up is a must. I wanted today to be a no make-up day but I ended up having to get ready and go to the dreaded superstore. Ashlyn and I came and went from there just in time to settle in for the game. I have been grading papers ever since.

Now, I am off to bed.

p.s. I am so frustrated with the blog posting, I have no control of how it looks. The preview is not dependable. So, I will post this and then make changes. Does anyone else face this problem of unwanted spaces and such?!