Weekend Recap

On Saturday morning we got up and did a few loads of laundry.  We had a birthday party to attend at noon and I had no clean pants to wear.  We cleaned the house, got ready and headed off to the birthday party.  Our friends' son turned 4 and he had a fireman themed party.  They always have excellent food at their parties because the mom works for the company that owns Chili's so we had chicken crispers, egg rolls, buffalo wings, not to mention the steak and chicken they grilled for fajitas and yummy, homemade queso dip.  Good food always equals a good party.  

After a couple of hours at the party, we headed home to get Keith and Garrett ready for their little excursion.  Keith loaded up his guns, ammo and various other hunting accoutrements while I packed the clothes and things they would both need for an overnight trip.  Garrett loaded down a bag with the toys needed to entertain a 3 year old.  I tried to explain to Garrett what was going to happen, since this is his first time being with Daddy and not Momma overnight.  Keith has business trips that he takes, sometimes for an entire week, so Garrett is somewhat accustomed to not seeing Daddy for a few days, but he always sees me everyday, so I knew it might be a little different for him.

After they left, I posted my last blog post and then headed to the movies.  I did see "Twilight" and there was quite a few more people seeing it than I had expected.  That movie has been out for awhile so I had hoped it would be a small crowd.  The overwhelming majority of the movie watchers were obviously teenaged girls.  And with teen girls comes nonstop chatter.  Thankfully where I sat, there weren't any around me, but about 10 minutes into the movie, a couple came down from the back of the theater and sat beside me.  I heard the guy say "Maybe it will be quieter down here."  He was one of two guys in the entire theater, but he seemed to enjoy himself.  I heard him laughing at several different spots, though he probably just found the story line a tad funny since it IS for younger girls.  

Anyway, the movie was pretty good.  I found the cast they picked for the characters to be a little odd, but I always feel that way after reading the book and then seeing the movie.  I apparently have a different imagination than the casting director.  They also had some "off" scenes in comparison to the book, but over all it was a good movie.  I do want to add that the director definitely went out of his way to make Edward Cullen (the male lead) about as romantic as a 17 year old could possibly be.  The book of course portrays him as a romantic, but the movie included these little things that I noticed to make him even more "swoon worthy".  While I enjoyed it and appreciated the fact that he's just a movie character, I do feel badly for all those teenaged girls out there who've read these books and seen this movie and are now on the hunt for their own Edward Cullen.  There's no guy on this planet who would meet up with the qualities that have been given to this character.  But I'm sure there are at least a few teen girls who think he does exist somewhere and won't settle for less than him.  I feel sad for them when the day finally arrives that they realize this character is just that, a character.  Nothing that a real life guy would ever live up to.  Overall it was a good movie choice to pass the time with.

Since Saturday, I've had several people remark on the fact that I chose to go to a movie alone.  I just wanted to say for the record that I enjoy doing things solo.  Sure, I like to do things with friends or my husband, but I also don't mind doing things on my own and can appreciate the quiet and solitude that comes with going it on my own, including going to the movies.  It's not like you can talk to a friend in the movies anyway, at least you shouldn't be, if you are, then stop, it's annoying.

After the movie, I came home, took a shower (yes it was only 7pm), got into my pj's and settled onto the couch to watch another movie.  We have a fairly extensive movie collection that we seldom watch.  I debated between "The Notebook" and "Titanic" but decided on neither because they're too depressing, though I love them both.  I settled on "Hitch" (with Will Smith and Kevin James).  It's funny and a semi-chick flick.  When it was over, I went to bed, watched a bit more TV and fell asleep with the lights and the TV on.  Woke up at 3am, turned off the light, left the TV on and went back to sleep until 8am.  My alarm hadn't even gone off, I just woke up on my own.  The joys of being 30.  I went to church, came home, finished the laundry, washed all the sheets on our beds, cleaned the kitchen, cleaned my bedroom, and about that point Keith and Garrett got home.  

Keith gave me a rundown on their weekend.  Before he went to his parents' house on Saturday, he stopped at a sporting goods store in Athens to buy a few more things he was needing.  He said Garrett made shopping almost impossible (LOL), but he got what he needed, just didn't have time to browse any (welcome to my world!).  After visiting with his parents some, Keith went down to his dad's shooting range to "sight in" his gun.  I think that just means to make sure the scope and everything was set properly.  It took him 2 shots to bullseye, so he was happy with that, he even brought home the target to show me.  At 6:30 or 7:00pm, he and his friend headed out to the spot where all these wild hogs have been spotted.  They only waited for an hour or so and then 9 or 10 hogs came through.  Keith picked out the hog he wanted and shot it.  His friend attempted a shot, but missed.  The rest of the hogs took off, but Keith's hog was down for the count.  He took a lot of pictures, but I'm going to refrain from sharing them here, they're pretty gross.  It was a huge hog though.  He had some shots of it in the bed of his truck and it took up a lot of room.  He took it by his parents' house to show them, Garrett was still up, so he showed him too and took his picture with it (only a man would do something like that).  Then they hauled the hog to the back of his friend's property where he said the coyotes would eat it.  Turns out you can eat hogs like that, but they don't taste all that good, so Keith didn't bother with the ordeal of butchering, cleaning, etc.   

On Sunday, Keith did some more target practice, and then he and Garrett left for home when his parents left to go to a funeral.  They stopped in Athens for lunch and then were on their way.  Keith said that Garrett was very ready to see me and didn't even want to stop for lunch.  Then from Athens to Kaufman (about 40 minutes), Garrett talked nonstop about David Cook.  Believe me, Keith gave me lots of grief about that.  I promise you, I do not talk about him to Garrett (or anybody).  But I do listen to his CD in the car and Garrett knows who it is.  That's it.  For some reason, Garrett asks to listen to his music all the time and is always asking if the singer on the radio is David Cook.  I am not intentionally creating a tiny fan of his, it's just happened.  (But hey, if my 3 year old likes his music, you probably would too.)  :)

So that was our weekend in a nutshell.  I thoroughly enjoyed my alone time.  I realize that it was probably the last one for a very long time, so I'm trying to lock in my memory of a quiet, clean house and the chance to watch a movie in peace and quiet.

In closing, 3 weeks from today is my ultrasound.  I'm nervous and excited at the same time.  We'll see what's hanging out in my belly, a boy or a girl.