dual personalities

I love four-day weekends! There is enough time to do what you need to do, and a little time left over at the end to get one’s head in order for the new week.

Our weekend was super-fun and full of family. We pulled off the Thanksgiving feast without a major flaw.

We fit ten adults and two wee babes at the table.

We mixed and matched our china and crystal to  make it work. The food was all ready at the same time and was yummy. The beer and wine flowed freely.

The wee babes were as entertaining as usual.

So many skills.

But, of course, what would a holiday be without an emergency call for some broken appliance or downed system?

The thermostat broke and we had no heat, so that had to be fixed on Thanksgiving morning! Later in the weekend our washing machine broke and that one is pending. C’est la vie.

On Friday, daughter #1 and I brought up a lot of Christmas stuff from the basement. We decorated the mantel.

We also  had lunch with our best buds at our favorite restaurant Cafe Osage.

And we did a little local shopping on Small Business Saturday.

We even sat outside and drank a beer on the patio–it was that warm–and listened to the symphony of leaf blowers in the neighborhood! Anyway, it was a glorious weekend combining friends, family, shopping, cooking, walking outside, decorating, movie-watching–all our favorite things.

Now it is Monday and time to face the music of another work week. Onward and upward.

*Psalm 100:4