Long Weekend Recap

The last weekend was so long that I can't remember everything.  Let's see.

On Wednesday it was mostly about preparing for Thanksgiving.  We got to sneak out and pick up the kids at school, which is always awesome.  Pies and brownies were baked and brownies were eaten.  We took the kids and their German ancestry (on their Dad's side) to a German restaurant and I ate wiener schnitzel.  More proof that my days as a member of the picky eaters club may be coming to an end.

On Thursday we celebrated Thanksgiving.  I helped Jen with the cooking.  Mostly with the lifting as I don't want her to hurt her back any worse than it already is, so let the big guy carry the heavy stuff.  We watched most of the Macy's parade.  The kids proved how worldly they are.  They both commented on how the entire parade is really just one great big commercial.  They are brilliant!  The holiday feast was shared with my parents and Jen's parents.  We all went around the table saying what we are thankful for, and we all included my mother's health.  May the remission continue indefinitely.

On Friday Jen's back was in really bad shape.  We were supposed to take the kids to see the new Muppet movie, but she couldn't handle it so she stayed home.  The movie was fantastic.  We were laughing out loud all over the place.  The only down side was that Jen wasn't there.  We made up for it a little bit by telling her every single thing that happened in the movie.  The kids went to their Dad's for the weekend in the mid afternoon, and Jen and I went to my parents' house so I could run a quick errand for them.  When we got home we had leftover Thanksgiving dinner.  Our microwave started acting screwy.  This becomes important later.

On Saturday Jen and I went out to breakfast and then paid another visit to my parents.  We discussed our microwave troubles and they suggested going to Dracut Appliance to look for a new one.  We checked it out, but our microwave hangs above our stove and under our cabinets and we didn't have the measurements so it was just a browsing trip.

At first...

Our freezer is a little screwy these days too.  Come to think of it, so is our dishwasher.  Our oven is okay, although there are a couple of quirky, bothersome things about it.  By the time we left the store we were mentally remodeling the entire kitchen.  We were moving the appliances, building new cabinets, taking down the wall between the kitchen and the dining room, and pretty much redoing the whole space.  The amount of money required to pull that off is way out of our range right now so we started thinking about doing those changes a bit at a time.

On Sunday we made a trip to Home Depot.  We picked out new appliances and were all set to order them, but the oven we wanted was out of stock.  The fridge we picked is pretty simple.  It was also comparatively cheap.  We went on the website, searched for available items within the dimensions of the space our fridge is in now, and picked the one with the largest capacity in cubic feet.  So in a couple of weeks two of our wonky appliances will be replaced and we'll be well on our way to remodeling the kitchen a bit at a time.

In the afternoon I did a little raking and Jen cooked an awesome dinner.  After that it was time for band practice number two.  We were much better this time.  Last week we picked a handful of songs to work on, and we managed to pull all of them off.  We were feeling pretty damn proud of ourselves.  After practice Jen and I had a date night planned.  The date consisted of the two of us sitting on the couch petting the cat's belly.  Really, when the cat decides to allow you to pet her belly you really cannot refuse.  It ended up being the simplest date night ever, and it was fantastic.  I loved every second of it.  I love every second I spend with my wife.

And that, my friends, are a few of the highlights of this past holiday weekend.  I can't wait to see what we do next.