Sat-ur-day

This picture is how my Saturday ended.Here is how the rest of the day went:

cleaned house

ate breakfast (Voodoo choco donut and a bowl of fruit) while watching The Haven (show on SyFy I just discovered Friday night)

Saturday Market for berries (and cotton candy)

Carpinito's for Yakima Valley corn on the cob

Homemade peach jam

Homemade blackberry jam

The evening spent in Mukilteo at a friend's 10th wedding anniversary/vow renewal party

and there was dancing, and I danced.

Saturday Satisfaction

I'm reporting back to let you know my Saturday has been going really good.

Here's my list I put together on Friday night. It's not in any particular order (except for the first item)

• Sleep in - spent one week on vacation waking up at 9 a.m. then back to getting up at 5:45 a.m., on Saturday I'll find a compromise. - woke at 8:00 a.m.
• Deep clean the bathroom - need I repeat that I've been gone the last two weekends? - it's sparkly and smells good
• Vacuum - ditto the above
• Sew - working on a lap quilt, table runner and some other items, plus a backlog of quilt tops that need finished, not to mention just yesterday I ordered some Christmas fabric. - still have the rest of the weekend
• Saturday market - this one is dependant on somewhat decent weather, looking to see what local produce is out there. - so much fun, glad to see so many people there. Saw a black poodle in a dress and a 12 year old boy playing his clarinet with a basket for money! And the funniest thing happened. I was sitting on a bench munching on peas. Wally was waiting for the bathroom. On the side of the building was two garden hoses. Well Wally perfectly stepped on one of them that was laying on the handle and a big shot of water sprayed straight up in the air, we think it missed the guy sitting on the other bench.

My 5.00 flowers

• Maybe Carpinito Brothers, depends on what I find at Saturday market. - Washington berries from Carpinitos!

• Petco for a new dog bed. Did you know they make orthopedic beds for older dogs? - 10.00 less at Wal-mart and she approves.

This is Missy, she is 11 years old.

• Walk James Hill, it's been a very long time. - the hill is still there and if you don't do it very often the uphill climb totally kills your calves, 45 min round trip.
• Buy a few See's Chocolates and savor them (have a gift card from Mother's Day that isn't used up yet). - yuummm! (still have 2.00 left on my gift card)

Saturday Intentions on a Friday Night

Friday night means two things at my house, 1) husband will be watching Friday Night Smackdown and 2) I'll be on the computer.
I was out of town the last two Saturdays so I have quite a few things I'm hoping to accomplish tomorrow.

Here's my list in no particular order (except for the first item)

• Sleep in - spent one week on vacation waking up at 9 a.m. then back to getting up at 5:45 a.m., on Saturday I'll find a compromise.
• Deep clean the bathroom - need I repeat that I've been gone the last two weekends?
• Vacuum - ditto the above.
• Sew - working on a lap quilt, table runner and some other items, plus a backlog of quilt tops that need finished, not to mention just yesterday I ordered some Christmas fabric.
• Saturday market - this one is dependant on somewhat decent weather, looking to see what local produce is out there.
• Maybe Carpinito Brothers, depends on what I find at Saturday market.
• Petco for a new dog bed. Did you know they make orthopedic beds for older dogs?
• Walk James Hill, it's been a very long time.
• Buy a few See's Chocolates and savor them (have a gift card from Mother's Day that isn't used up yet).

Missing from the list is laundry and grocery shopping. Both were just done on Tuesday. Not much laundry so no big deal and groceries can wait until Monday.

Monday - ahhh, a holiday. That means anything I don't get done on Saturday I still have Monday. Did I mention I'm in the top 10 of the master list of procrastinators? There's something that I do well.

Here's a beautiful photo for your enjoyment of my favorite vacation spot. Henry's Lake in Island Park, Idaho.

Two Days After Thanksgiving

Today I:

• Went on a two mile walk
• Ate breakfast at McDs with Wally (they have the best ever chocolate milk)
• Watched the end of "Becoming Jane Austen"
• Helped hang Christmas lights on the front of the house
• Went grocery shopping
• Read a lot of blogs, it was fun, you start with just one and then you keep linking through their friends and find people you know and just keep reading, Natalie calls it "blog stalking"
• Did not eat cheesecake
• Ate a lot of fruit (apple, orange and now a pomegranate)
• Did laundry
• Made beef stew for dinner (no turkey tonight, but the leftover fresh cut up veggies came in handy)
• Tonight we plan on watching "Get Smart"

Saturday Vacation Day

We had a fun Saturday. It was like taking a day off from all the ordinary things you have to do on Saturday. In the early morning I got my grocery shopping done and we took some things to the hazardous waste recycle and also dropped some things off at the Thrift Store. In the afternoon we drove to Northgate Mall to pick up our granddaughter. We brought her back to our house where she played with the dog, teased Grandpa, ate a little, watched a little TV and just had some fun.

Then we went to a small local festival where we had snow cones, walked around and she played in the bouncy obstacle course. We then tried out a new place for dinner called Shake N Go where we had delicious hamburgers, fries and shakes.

Then we met her parents in Seattle to drop her off, did the drive-thru at Krispy Kreme and came home. It was a nice day.