Fully Alive…Ready to Smile

posted by erin on Nov 25

My weekend started out on a nice note when my dh was so sweet and brought me these lovely roses out of the blue when he got home from work…

Then off we went for dinner and a movie while my parents (live-in babysitters) watched the kids. We went to a restaurant we’d never been to and it was AMAZING!! It was this little, nondescript Italian restaurant that Jer had read great reviews about online. Once we got past the entrance we were in this cozy little place (12-14 tables). The service was impeccable. the food was great, the presentation was beautiful and I have absolutely no complaints. We had such great personal service from our waiter (he even brought us little mugs of steaming hot water to warm our hands on when we first arrived because we had to walk a short distance in the cold wind from our car). It was all very professional and wonderful. After dinner we went to see a movie which I wasn’t too sure of at the beginning, but good won out over evil, love conquered all and I was able to let out a happy sigh at the end. So I guess it was alright.

Saturday dawned a beautiful day and after taking Ella to dance class we stopped by our house to see how it had progressed in the latter part of the week.

Since I last posted a picture (Wednesday) the roof was sheeted and the windows and doors were installed. Here’s the front view…

…and the back. Now don’t get all excited, it looks bigger than it really is. The lower level is the walk-out basement which we are probably not finishing out so it just looks huge from the back.

On Saturday evening Jer convinced me that I wanted to go for a walk/jog after the kids were in bed. I’m so glad I did (even though I didn’t want to go out) because it was an absolutely beautiful night. The air was warm, no wind and there was a light snow falling which made it so pretty in the hazy moonlight. My parents live in the country so we jogged down a gravel road and it was so peaceful. I was wishing there was a way to capture the way it felt and share it with all of you since it was too dark to take a picture.

This morning when I woke up I felt like a train had hit me, backed up and run over me again for good measure. That’s how sore I was. It took me a long time to get going. After church I baked cookies and then we were off to Chris and Tara’s for the Grey Cup (CFL football version of the Superbowl, for those of you who have no idea what I’m talking about) where we ate way more food than was necessary and unfortunately cheered for the losing team. I hate football, so this was more of a way to kill time than anything. And looking at Winnipeg’s quarterback and his blue eyes (sigh) all evening was no hardship, right Tara? The eyes looked much more startling with a helmet on making the eyebrows less of a focal point…

Hope you all had a fabulous weekend : )