Last weekend, when Fritz was away to play with Grandmee and Grandpee, the Hubs and I took advantage of the baby-free hours and had a few dates. On that Friday night, we went to a movie that we had both been very eager to see, and of course had to get the yummy movie popcorn. It was so nice to go to an actual movie place to see it happen on the big screen, but the bad part was finding out the movie place had raised their rates since the last time we had been there when Fritz was a newborn. FYI... taking a newborn to a movie was actually quite easy as ours fell right to sleep and stayed that way! However, we would not dare to do that now.
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The next morning we tried to sleep in and did accomplish not getting out of bed until around 10 am, but we had been awake on and off for quite awhile as the house was eerily quiet without having Fritz there. We had plans to go to an awesome breakfast place but decided that Mexican food sounded much better. I had told the Hubs that this should be a weekend where we try new food places other than our usual. So off we headed to our downtown for an awesome little eatery that has a fabulous out door patio, perfect for people watching.
We had a lovely quiet lunch, as when we arrived there were only two other tables filled. For a few moments we were the only ones there, but as it got closer to noon, the place filled up really quickly.
After lunch we headed over to some stores to get supplies for a couple of updates that we have on our 'to sell' list. We are still planning on moving in a few months to a different town, and I knew it would behove us to freshen up our place as much as possible to hopefully get it to sell quicker. I had planned on a lot of out door work, but unfortunately the weather decided against that. I have plans to start that stuff tomorrow, as long as those pesky rain clouds stay away for one weekend!
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After the store trips, we headed home to start a few of those projects. I had gotten some paint to redo our bathroom and kitchen cabinets. We have lived here for 6 years and this was the fourth time I had done painting in the bathroom! Never again in this house!!!
After we got cleaned up nice and pretty, we took ourselves to a very nice/expensive restaurant downtown. Some close friends of ours had moved away a year ago and had given us a gift certificate of theirs to this place. This was the first fancy schmancy place that the Hubs and I had eaten at together. The food was absolutely delicious, the service was exceptional (and um, the waiter was, um, quite hot too-wink, wink) and we had a lovely, lovely dinner.
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The next morning we did more house things, and I was still painting the bathroom and didn't want Fritz to have to smell it when he got home, so my parents were happy enough to keep him one more night. That Monday I drove over to pick him up and was so glad to give him a big hug as I missed him terribly.
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I know it will be awhile before the Hubs and I can have another adult weekend like this. And although we cherish and love our little boy dearly, it was very refreshing to have a weekend free to pop in the car and go somewhere without having to make plans with a baby. I do wish that we can have a few days together again to just be with each other and not have to have other projects going, and I am sure it will happen some time down the road. Hopefully, though, we will not have to wait a year again!
Camping season? Nope. But that didn't stop us from having a bit of fun on Friday evening. Finally trying out our Christmas gift from my parents, it turned into a perfect time for some marshmallow roasting. And oh! How much fun a certain little boy had!
Boo the cat is a Mommy's boy. Straight through, no detours, only ever wants his Momma. Well, that's what I thought anyway. A few nights ago as the Hubs was lying on the couch trying to entice Boo to come see him (which happens about once every 3 years) it happened! Boo actually jumped up to his chest and started the super-paw, purring, love-ys combo that normally is my special time with Boo. Traitor. Oh well...
So with colored lights and colored bulbs and hearts, here it is. One retro, rad looking tree.
And getting out the rest of the decorations, I wasn't feeling the full blown all-Holiday-in-every-corner-of-your-house-decorated thing, so only a few items actually made it out of the boxes. I have to say, it's kind of nice this way. Nice to have a simple Holiday. We won't be traveling, or having a big family dinner with 30+ people, no stresses, just...simple.
*My Mom has gotten me a Peanuts or Lucy item every Christmas since I was a Junior in High School. The one time you are the Lucy lead in a Charlie Brown musical and you get to be Lucy for life!! But... I love her!!
Finding a beautiful flower garden that was not discovered the last time we went to the concert, also can make some happiness come alive.
And of course... a stop at the ducks pond. That makes Fritz smile with happiness.Can't wait for the next time...
The Hubs took the day off from work to spend it with the Birthday boy. We both came into his room upon his morning calls to us, and he was sooooo delighted to see his Daddy an extra day this week! We had not a fancy breakfast, but something just plain delicious and fun. Maple bar donuts. Yummy!
Next a few family members came over for a Birthday lunch and to watch Fritz open all his presents. Unfortunately he was a little too tired to do this at lunch so he had to take a nap early to get ready for all the excitement later that day! Here he is later playing with one of the many presents. Fritz has been stealing Mommy's golf clubs and golf balls for the past couple of weeks as they are just too much fun to play with. So Grandmee and Grandpee got him his very own set!
Daddy found Fritz a neat tool set with a tool belt. I think he was happy to find it for him so Fritz would stop whining so much when Daddy won't give him the real hammer to play with when the Hubs is working on something! It has every thing Fritz will need to help his Daddy with. That's Fritz and his Grandpee checking out the screwdriver.
For dinner we took a small drive to get some take-and-bake pizza. It was so much fun for Fritz to have an extra day with his Daddy, and especially fun when they got to sit together for dinner. Next was some swing time and a little soccer ball action. And after such a long exciting day, Fritz was off to bed and passed out in minutes.
With this complete overwhelming desire to change the colors in my life, I have been on a shopping frenzy. Mostly in my head, but with a few actual pieces. Here is a scarf from Afghanistan that I found at a garage sale. The lady of the sale was donated items to raise money to adopt some children from Ethiopia. Her sister is in the Air Force stationed in Afghanistan and sent her lots of scarfs from the local market to help her raise money. Man, I seriously could have bought all of them they were so pretty!
To me, peacocks are one of the most amazing, beautiful creatures out there!
Red pandas.... so cute!
It's back to just me and Fritz Monday through Friday. The Hubs finally got another job after three months of no work. It is unfortunately two hours away, but hey, it's money. I do feel very blessed that I am able to spend so much quality time with my little man and I have many plans for hours and hours to be spent outside as this will be the first summer that he can really discover the wonders of nature. 
It all started last night as I was looking online at listings. I noticed one that had just came on the market yesterday, and I knew...just knew that was the one. I called our agent to see if we could see it today, and since the Hubs was over working in the town that we were looking for a house in, I knew that he would be able to look at it too. Of course Fritz wasn't excited about the drive as it is two hours away, but I reassured him that if this was the one, it would be worth it.
After lunch we headed over to some stores to get supplies for a couple of updates that we have on our 'to sell' list. We are still planning on moving in a few months to a different town, and I knew it would behove us to freshen up our place as much as possible to hopefully get it to sell quicker. I had planned on a lot of out door work, but unfortunately the weather decided against that. I have plans to start that stuff tomorrow, as long as those pesky rain clouds stay away for one weekend!
We have made plans to go to a movie tonight, and we have reservations to a fancy restaurant for tomorrow night. We plan to sleep in late tomorrow morning, and go out for breakfast before a hike in the mountains. But, sadly, it won't be all fun. We do have plans to clean and re-stain our outside deck. I also need to plant my flowers and do a bit of touch up painting on the house outside. Hopefully we can throw in a trip to the dump to get rid of the last bits of junk from our addition that we did over a year ago! 
