Ok, so apparently I only like to blog weekly, who knew? I actually cannot believe its been that long ago. Time is literally flying away from me right now. I cannot slow things down. I have had at least something planned each and every day after work. Why am I suddenly so busy? Who knows.

Ok, so here is the recap of what I have been doing that has kept me from updating on my site. Let’s see….um….Oh yeah, labor day weekend. Sim nicely volunteered us to pet-sit for a couple of our neighbors’ pets, since we were not planning to go out of town. That is that we watched several pets for several neighbors. All together we watched 3 fish, 2 cats, 1 dog and 1 turtle. I feel like there should have been a partridge in a pear tree. But it wasn’t so bad. At least they all got to stay in their respective homes and we just checked on them all periodically throughout the weekend.

Despite all the pet-sitting, we actually got lots of things accomplished. We installed a new faucet in the kitchen (I love you shiny, functioning, glorious faucet!!) because my old sprayer never worked and I loooonged for a sprayer. You never know how much you love to spray until you can’t. Then we stained/sealed our deck. Its beautiful and new looking again! Who knew that all it took was a good hour or so of work and it is glorious again! Had Sim and I known how easy it was to do, we wouldn’t have put it off for as long as we did!

Once we made our deck welcoming again, all we wanted to do was sit and enjoy it. So we ended up buying a really cool patio set. It has 6 reclining chairs, a huge glass table, a smaller side table, 2 foot rests, and even a cool Lazy Susan for the tabletop. All we need to do is find a umbrella so I can hide from the sun. The best part of the whole thing was the deal we got on it because its the end of summer. Ah, but those people don’t realize that I love spending time outside far more in the fall than the summer! So the investment was quite favorable! (Pictures to come!)

Monday Sim and I went to a BBQ at Adam’s house, where I ate more meat than I care to admit. Adam is quite the chef when it comes to a grill and we all enjoyed the fruits of his labor. Not to mention the weather was incredible. Even for me! We all sat around and ate and talked and ate some more. Finally we headed home because we had to work in the morning and the meat needed to digest.

Now here I am back to work again, longing for the weekend. I went to my water aerobics class with Kristin last night and I am feeling so drained today. Who ever said that exercise gives you more energy was totally lying. Even after eight glorious hours of sleep last night, I am still wishing I could go home and take a nap. Oh well, just another couple days and it’ll be weekend again. Thank God for weekends.

But tonight is “Friends Night” so I’ll have to catch my second wind soon. I plan to serve dinner out on the deck with our new patio furniture. I just hope I remember to take pictures, so I can post them here for all of you who are begging me for more photos….