Weekend without Daddy

Maybe it is the cooler temperatures but I have found renewed energy lately. I invited a new friend and her children over for dinner on Friday night since she was also husbandless for the weekend. We had a nice evening of dinner, drinks, Wii dancing, and dessert.

Then I worked on garage sale stuff. I got up at 5:30am and worked on putting stuff out in the driveway. My first customers were looking through my items while they were still in the garage at 6:30 am. I really wish E was around to help with the sale. I had some really great customers but some others that I found pretty insulting. I was asking $5 for a two wheeler bike and a man came by and asked me if I would take $1. Really?? If I found a bike for $5, I would be thrilled! Considering the kids were left unsupervised in the house for six hours, the house was still in pretty good shape. I did have two sweet friends that came by and helped me. I really appreciated it and was very busy with sales most of the time.

If that wasn't enough for the day, we had the opportunity to go camping that evening. I packed up and we headed off to the camp with friends. The boys loved every minute of it. They ran around like crazy little boys, ate hot dogs, made s'mores, tried to go fishing, wrestled, peed on trees and slept in a tent. I have to say it was the worst night sleep I have ever had but worth it for all of the smiles that were on my boy's faces.

Did I mention I was a planner?

I love to have vacations to look forward to! We always have our annual trip to the Outer Banks of North Carolina but I have a few more things to look forward to this year.

We will be going to Virginia for the holidays this year but......this year we will be driving! It is going to be a first but we are going to try it. There are so many black out dates to use frequent flyer miles around the holidays and I don't want to pay $2,000 to fly so we will be taking a road trip. I hope we don't run into any snow storms as that will slow down our already 21 hour drive.

My childhood best friend should be coming to visit with her adorable twin girls in March which will be lots of fun. The whole family is planning a trip to go and visit them in Alaska in June. What an opportunity! I am so excited about being one with nature and experiencing the great outdoors.

In July, my best friends from college and I will be having a fun and relaxing girls weekend in Myrtle Beach. After our snow storm adventure last year, we decided to try the summertime next go round. We are staying in a condo and will be enjoying time together for a long weekend!

Then we will be going on our annual trip to the beach with my family which is always wonderful. Hopefully this time we won't have the jellyfish and freezing cold water issues.

Now if I can only talk my husband into a Caribbean/tropical island trip for our 10 year wedding anniversary in the fall.... He is a world traveler...why can't I be one too?