weekending

 

Happy Monday, friends! I'm linking up with Holly and Sarah for today's blog post. 

How was your weekend? Mine was good! I had Friday free, because of celebrating my dad on Saturday, so I spent a good portion of my morning at the cutest little breakfast spot catching up with my sweet friend Dedee. 

Isn't that adorable? I loved the color scheme inside. It was so good seeing my friend, it'd been way too long! I love her so much, and she is one of my favorite travel buddies. We've spent countless hours together in vehicles traveling to the mountains or the beach, and then we've spent entire days getting to know each other. She is definitely a lifelong friend, but honestly, she feels like a sister. I love being around her and I'm excited to travel with her again next week! I leave a week from today and will be meeting her at the beach for a few days. I can't wait! This is a very spontaneous trip, so I feel so fortunate to be able to get away for the week. 

I spent the rest of that morning running a few errands, then I came home to let the dogs out right before a torrential downpour started. It rained for the rest of the afternoon, so I was so glad that my dad wasn't here. I'd have had to get out with him to take him home and it was raining so hard. Even Todd mentioned it when he drove home early that afternoon—he had to pull over at one point because he couldn't see, and he said for a few minutes, he thought he was experiencing a tornado. Yikes! 

That night he stayed home with me, so we ate leftovers for dinner and tried to watch an episode of our show, but a friend asked him to come and help him with something, so he left for a bit to do that. By the time he got back home, I was ready for bed! I watched a couple of shows while he was gone, so I did that and worked a little on the computer. 

I watched this on Prime when I came downstairs Saturday morning. Todd was up to work a dayshift with the sheriff's department, which means his alarm also woke me up, so I went ahead and showered (and washed my hair) for the day, then came downstairs for a movie and coffee. I love Saturday mornings! He left at seven, and when the movie was finished, I started working on the computer again, for the Bible study we're writing. Now that I'm going out of town in a week, I'm pushing to get finished as soon as possible so that I can help my friend with a few final things before submitting it to the publisher. I ended up doing that all day long! For seven hours, I worked nonstop, and only got up to get dressed when I had a half hour before my sister Trish came over. We left to go pick Dad up, then we took him to Olive Garden for dinner. I love that place! It was delicious, and I ordered my usual—chicken parmigiana—of which I only ate half, so I had that to eat again Sunday night.

We had such a great time! We went back to his house to visit for a while before Trish and I left and went to Lowe's. I was looking for a plant to put on our front porch and could not see any of the instructions. 

Hi! My name is Jennifer and I am this old. (I have to take pictures of the tag to be able to see what it says when I forget my glasses in the car.) I ended up not getting one, but I think I'm going back to pick up one that I fell in love with. I watched a couple of shows when I got home after this, then I went to bed early. I went to church on Sunday, but for the only time each year, I got to sit in the congregation to enjoy the whole service. I always sing in choir, on the praise team, or I'm up in the tech booth. It was so nice to sit there for once! We never have choir on Father's Day every year, because we have a huge men's choir and all men praise team. It's a sight to behold!

I always love to see this and I love hearing all the men's voices singing together. After church, the boys came over for lunch. I made them something really quick and easy, then we went outside for some pictures. 

The rest of the day was low key! I took a short nap, then I ended up watching some movies that night while Todd and Graham worked a shift. How was your weekend? Did you do anything special to celebrate some of the dads in your life? I'd love to hear about it! Thanks for reading my blog, friends. Love to all!