Long Weekend

Oh, how I love long weekends.

Friday night, Marcus took me to Macon for a date night.

We both wanted Cracker Barrel...yum!

We stopped in Target where I found these...

 oh, yeah...Pretzel Goldfish.

Micah and Maddi have these at lunch at school 

 and I've been dying to try them.

They'd be perfect dipped in chocolate!

Marc fixed our bathroom faucet.

Over the past week, it started dripping.

I am so proud of him for fixing it,

because we really didn't have the money

 to pay someone to do it.

It took us two trips to Lowes

 and a call to our handyman friend, Frank

(he's our go-to guy for everything)

and even a youtube video...

but he did it!

Way to go, babe!

I got some painting done...

I almost forgot how much I love it!

It's so therapeutic for me.

I need to be better about finding

 more time for my paintings!

Today I took Marc lunch at school.

 I got to see his new classroom.

It is huge! 

SCA would love to have space like this!

 Hey, Coach Reagan!

I've been raking pinestraw for a few days.

I called the same guy who put out straw for me

back in the Spring, 

(when we found the termites, 

then Marc was hospitalized, 

and then Brian's hospitalization and death)

but his price went up...way up.

I wasn't willing to pay $5.25 a bale....

so I started raking in our woods.

Now all 3 of our flower beds have 

fluffy, fresh pinestraw!

Over the past week, 

I put out some of my Halloween decorations.

I'm not big on Halloween (just the candy!),

so I don't have much.

I mostly just decorate for fall/harvest.

Silly story about this little terra cotta jack o'lantern...

I found him for only $2 or $3 

in an antique shop downtown.

But he's one of my treasured possessions 

because my mama has one, too.

It reminds me of my childhood.

I looked for a picture of me when I was young 

with Mama's pumpkin, 

but couldn't find one.

Mama always sat him on our front porch 

and put a candle in him during Trick-or-Treat!

Tonight, we went to dinner

(we've gotta stop eating out!)

with Daniel, Jamie, and Brayden.

Pickle Barrel's yummy potato soup

 was so good on a chilly, rainy night.

I stopped by my friend Lauren's house 

to do a color match for a painting...

and came home with a free 

mirror and side table!
Thanks, Lauren!

And today is my Daddy's birthday!

Happy Birthday, Daddy!

Love you!

Now on to a 4-day week!

Hope it's a good one!