Weekend in Review

After the long work week, you always want to reward yourself with a nice relaxing weekend, right? So, Friday afternoon I shock treated the well (water supply for you "Cul-de-sac" people) since it had started to get a sulfur smell. I had treated it with a chlorine solution last weekend, but a faint odor remained. This meant no use of the house faucets for 18 hours. The relaxing weekend had begun!

Next, what would be the ultimate in relaxing, romantic friday night for my wife and I? How about shelling lima beans? Yup, that sounds good! I can't believe that when I was pursuing Laura that I didn't break out this date night idea! In all honesty, it was not bad, and it was somewhat relaxing sitting on the sofa next to Laura, talking and shelling. It was a date though. After all, we were watching the movie "Date Night". It's safe to say that our date night was less eventful than Steve and Tina's.

Saturday morning found us blanching beans and getting them in the freezer (it's the date that keeps giving!). Once that was done, we got a call from Mom and Bruce who were on there way to his mother's birthday celebration, and were making good time, so they wanted to swing by and see us. After a frantic rush to get the house in company-worthy appearance, they arrived and we had a nice visit.

The afternoon plans were to meet our friend Michelle at the local car dealership to test drive some vehicles with her. The vehicles she was looking at were the Ford Escape, Mazda CX-7, and Hyundai Santa Fe. While any new vehicle is appealing, it was clear that the Hyundai was the best option for our friend. After that, she asked if we would got to another dealer and go for a ride in a vehicle she had test-driven the week before for a second (and third) opinion. The last test drive was the Kia Sorento, which pleasantly surprised both Laura and I. It will be a tough decision for Michelle, but in the end I think both are reasonable vehicles.

Sunday morning started with sleeping in, and then church. After church, it was back to the house for lunch, football, and lawn mowing for me, and to school for Laura. Fortunately, we were able to get everything done, and manage to actually "relax" while watching The Amazing Race at night.

And that is our weekend in review. Back to work tomorrow.