“We’re just hands up, roller coaster, flyin’ with no breaks”*

by chuckofish

What a busy weekend! I am very grateful that daughter #1 came home and shook up our routine a bit, because our lives, like everyone else’s I suspect, have become rather sheltered and isolated. But we got out and about a little bit (wearing masks, of course).

We went to a couple of estate sales and got some good books (just what we need) and I made a needlepoint rescue.

Two Nutcracker pillows for Xmas!

The wee babes also came over with their dad and ran us ragged, per usual.

Jumping on the mini trampoline is so fun!
Yes, he did bite his tongue.
Yes, my Dad did my hair today. What about it?
How many donettes can we stuff in our mouths at once? A lot more.

We also played outside with the Cozy Coupe, which the wee laddie decided to push down the hill into the street. I ran after the runaway coupe and fell flat on my face racing downhill. Luckily no one took a picture. He was in the doghouse after that and had to sit on the stairs with his Pappy. I am sure he learned no important lesson from this, but I took the opportunity to give him a short lecture on the doctrine of total depravity.

After they went home we drank the margaritas we had cleverly gotten to-go from Club Taco ahead of time. We sang along to Bob Dylan (very therapeutic) and maybe got a little tipsy.

On Sunday we were adventurous and drove to Hillsboro in Jefferson County, 40 minutes south of us. We went specifically to the Wild Sun Winery where we joined a large group of people sitting outside drinking wine and listening to a Blues band.

It was a beautiful day and we had a lovely, relaxing time. While daughter #1 got us our wine, I saved two chairs on the side of the roof deck. But then a nice young man came up to me and said, “Ma’am, are you waiting for a table, because we’re leaving and you can have ours.” I said, “Yes! that would be great!” That is par for the course in outstate MO.

Well, there are a lot of wineries in our part of the state and we plan to check them all out.

We also FaceTimed with these two cuties…

All in all, it was a super fun weekend and we were diverted from thinking about Life and the Apocalypse. Now it is back to the salt mine/Zoom School. One day at a time.

*”Trip Around the Sun” by : Brett Cornelius / Hillary Lindsey / Nick Brophy