Boring!

What a boring weekend I had!

Jerry had to work Friday and Saturday nights because of co-workers needing to switch shifts around. So, since my friends were either out of town, busy packing to move away, or live in Dayton, there was no one available to entertain me.

Friday night, I got caught up on laundry and reading a bit of the text that I will be teaching in B2B.

Saturday, I tried REALLY hard to sleep in, but I failed. It's way too bright in the bedroom and the only window faces the East. So as soon as the sun is up, so am I. I did a few things around the house, enjoyed some pancakes and then woke Jerry around 10:30. The weather was GORGEOUS and I just wanted to be out doing something, but he had to work at 1:00 so there really wasn't anything that we could do when you factor in him needing to be back home to get ready for work. So I called my parents. I met up with them to go shopping for new furniture for their recently finished basement. I'm hoping it's completely finished SOON so that we can have a basement-warming(?) party. But I have a feeling we will be breaking it in around Christmas time. We may have had an excellent late lunch full of endless shrimpy goodness, ran a few more errands, and collapsed in simultaneous food comas back in the basement.

I was going to take Jerry dinner, but he wasn't hungry. So I ran to the Cone for a cookie dough wizard which Jerry ultimately ate most of when I went to visit him at work. I am officially swearing off the Cone. They keep increasing prices while the product quality seems to be going down. I am no longer impressed.

When Jerry got home, we attempted to watch Get Smart...but I fell asleep...typical.

On Sunday, I went back to Ma & Pa Hoell's for our usual Sunday breakfast (this week: omelets!) and to steal the coupons from their Sunday paper. Let's go ahead and chalk that one up to cost savings! After continuing my relentless pursuit of a shade that will block out the morning light in the bedroom, I came up empty and decided on ordering a cheap (probably temporary) solution from Bed Bath and Beyond Online. After taking Jerry some not great boneless wing things from Wendy's I returned home to do a little school work and to make a fabulous Chicken Enchilada Pie that could have fed the entire neighborhood. I must learn how to cook for 2 - or we need to find friends to bring over to try my latest kitchen endeavor. By the way, I highly recommend www.dinnermadeeasy.com for quick dinner ideas. Haven't had a bad recipe on there yet, just lots of leftovers!

Our Sunday night ended with a small fire in the fire pit and I was tapped out from this exciting weekend!

I'm looking forward to this coming weekend because Jerry and I are "double-dating" with soon-to-be-mama Kelly and her hubby on Saturday. We will just have to show them our favorite Mexican restaurant: El Pueblo! And Monday is Labor Day. Jerry and I are going to try to make it to his hometown of Hillsboro to catch the Highland County Fair (He really wants an Elephant Ear) on Monday, but that's still up in the air. All that after accompanying Mindy and friends to the Bengals game at PBS against the Colts (super cheap tix!) on Thursday.

Coming in the next few busy weeks of September:
OSU v. USC
Parents going out of town and the resulting dog-sitting
Two 4-day work weeks
Rosh Hashanah
Christine's Wedding
My first day of teaching
The Perfect Turkey

Stay tuned for all the fun and maybe a few pictures.