Weekend update: Friday, day date with Doug. We fell in love with Chili's new Sweet and Spicy Chicken. It's to die for! Friday night, double-date night for Doug and I to Cafe Sabor with Stott and Wendy. After dinner, I went south to Carol's. I'm VERY excited to be hosting a bridal shower for her daughter, Madi! A late night with Carol, gabbing, planning and somewhere in the middle, we watched Abduction, the Taylor Lautner movie. WOW. Suspense from the get-go. He could be the next Tom Cruise with his stunt abilities. And that smile. He's a cutie. I actually forgot that he was Jacob after a few minutes.
Saturday morning, Doug and I were lying in bed thinking about his need for a home office. Our home has five bedrooms. We need one more. Somewhere in the conversation, I had this idea. A BIG idea. A few years ago, my mom moved in after her cancer diagnosis. At the time, I had a new mission-style computer cabinet in my then scrapbook room. To give mom a main floor guest room, we moved the hutch downstairs, with the help of six very helpful friends. However...they teased, "when you want it back upstairs, don't call us!" Moving it was a nightmare! We knew that it would have to be disassembled to bring back upstairs. I digress.
And so... I had this idea... let's disassemble and then move that cabinet back upstairs, then rebuild it in our room and move my armoire downstairs to replace it in Quayd's room. Again, this meant disassembly, not to mention emptying cabinets, changing dressers and their contents, rearranging other furniture and more. At first, Doug had that "deer in the headlights" look. Then, after some discussion, we agreed that, yes, it might mean a day of labor to get it done, but then once done, he would have a perfect solution. He would no longer have to "set up and break camp" every time he needed an office and he would have the privacy that he's missing when working at the kitchen table or in my gallery.
Long long story short... by the end of the day, we were enjoying Pizza Hut dinner and Doug, now, has a lovely little personal space of his own. And. Best of all!!! He can close the door on this hutch and I don't have to see one bit of clutter! The one space in the house that is and always has been "off limits" to me and my cleaning obsession is Doug's dresser and desktop, when he had a desk. So, this is a great win-win solution. He has his space and when he's not working at it, he closes the door and it looks lovely! It was a huge, full-day project, but Doug was very happy when it was done. As we reassembled, there was much teasing... my philosophy, "if it doesn't enhance the space, it doesn't belong there." He came up with all sorts of things that he thought could be enhancing... tools, boots, all sorts of things up to "enhance" his globe. NOT. I love that this man makes me laugh every day.
We finally had a beautiful little storm on Saturday. It was snow, then slush, then rain all day until later in the afternoon when it started snowing THE biggest snowflakes I've ever seen in my life. Everyone was talking about how huge they were. We're talking tennis ball size snowflakes! BEAUTIFUL! We only got a couple of inches of snow and then it turned very cold and the snow became crunchy and icy. Still, it's white! More snow expected this week.
Best laugh of the weekend: Grace and I found a cute haircut on Pinterest. Well, I thought it was cute for me! So, I sent the photo to Liza. Immediately, I started receiving several emails from her in this order:
Liza: For a formal dance?
Liza: For a troll doll?
Liza: For a baby?
Me: Cackling now.
Liza: For a Chia Pet?
Liza: For DAD??!!?!??
Me: Choking and coughing now.
Liza: Hehehe. I think I am funny.
Me: You just made my blog.
Liza: Oh dear.
I guess I'll pass on the haircut. BTW, Gracie is most excited about setting up her own Pinterest account. She's my decorating girl.
Sunday, we enjoyed a celebration of the return of our favorite niece, Jocelyn (not to be confused with favorite neices Tessa, Brooke, Lindsay, Liz and Becky and the younger girls...) from her LDS mission to Houston Texas. Jocelyn really has a special place in the hearts of my girls. They were thrilled. The meeting was wonderful and the family gathering after was lovely. Dinner was excellent. Catching up with family is always the best. We actually drove back home to grab my camera and I never took a single picture. Bad Aunt Sophia.
One other special moment for me was the sweet note I received from favorite niece Tessa, thanking me for my help with her wedding. My favorite thing, she referred to me as her "own personal fairy Godmother". I'll take that as one of the best complements I've ever had from anyone in Doug's family. Sweet. I heart Tessa and Kellan. I know that the wedding was in November, but I couldn't pass up a chance to post another shot of my lovely niece and her sweet hubby!
It was a great weekend! What more can I say? Life is good.
What you do today can improve all of your tomorrows.
We need a picture of the "troll" haircut! Too funny!
Posted by: Marilyn | Monday, January 23, 2012 at 02:37 PM