Weekend Wrap-up (5/8-5/9)

Well, the Crocker Park Health & Wellness Expo was kind of a bust, in my opinion. The speaker I was going to see wasn't there. In fact, I didn't see ANY speakers. Maybe the weather kept people away, but geez. Will I go next year, um, probably not. But I did get to spend some time with my friend, Sue, so it was worth it! And I stopped by Barnes & Noble to look at the magazines (since I don't have nearly enough). They were having a demostration on their new electronic reader-nook.

While I'm not totally sold on these things-as I posted before-I can see their benefits. But at $259, I certainly won't be running out & getting one. What I do want to run out and get is this thing:
Its so incredibly cool, but not sold in stores, so I would have to wait for Brian to order it online. Yeah, I'll wait for that. But I love it & I really want it! How pretty would it be between the wine fridge & the TV? Fantastic, I think! Anyway, moving on.

After being home awhile, I realized I had nowhere to go, so I jumped at the chance to take a hot bath & change into jammies. Bubba has 'movie & food night' on the dry erase board in the basement kitchen, so that was the plan. He & Brian went to the grocery store to load on junk food. I gave them a short list, so I re-made the rice & bean dish from the other night. I haven't named it yet. Suggestions?

Then, change of plans-everyone decided to sleep out in the tent. Clearly, they are all nuts! I stayed inside and read. I'm now reading The Help. My girlfriend is letting me borrow it, but she said I had to hurry, so I stopped reading The Memory Keeper's Daughter for now. I was only about 10 pages in so, I think I can pick it back up after I'm done with that one.

Today (Sunday) is a day of getting things done. My house is out of hand! So everyone is cleaning & doing laundry & basically getting caught up for the week to start. I know its a 'holiday', but there is SO much to do. (Them cleaning this much is the only present I need!) And since we are going out to dinner Wednesday and we have family coming in this week, it all has to get done at some point, so today is it! But HAPPY MOTHERS DAY to all you mothers!

On another topic, this whole weekend and end of last week, I felt gross & bloated. I have been snacking too much, drinking too much & eating pretty unhealthfully. So, this week I really need to reign it in, and since we will be eating out this week, I'm not sure how its going to go. I would love to do juice/raw fruit/veggie sort of cleanse. Maybe I can do that for Monday & Tuesday, eat lightly at dinner out & pick back up. Or maybe I'll just put off dinner out until Friday night-that's a better idea. I like to enjoy myself when we eat out & that of course includes wine! Yes, Friday=better.  We'll see how the week goes.

Hope you all had a great weekend! See you tomorrow!