Where'd the week go? I'm still focused on LAST weekend.

This week got away from me somehow. I was going to tell you about my awesome weekend, but now it’s Friday and would you then think I’m painting life to be rosy and beautiful all the time? Eh. I don’t think I’m going to worry about that.

So. I think everyone should regularly take random Mondays off. It is so gratifying to wake up and know that there’s nothing specific you have to do. Sure, you should probably get up and get the kids to school. Sure, you made a suggested list for yourself. But to not truly have to do anything? Marvelous.

Friday Fondue was a hit. I made sure there were plenty of things that Henry could eat if he chose not to dip, and it worked out. I cooked up some kielbasa and French bread, put out apple slices and grapes (and tortilla chips, per Spencer’s request). It turned out delicious. Henry ate about half a pound of kielbasa and some bread and grapes and the rest of us finished up the rest. And CHEESE. It was delightful.

Saturday … I’m having a hard time remembering what we did Saturday. Oh! It was monsooning most of the day, so we headed out to Ikea (I don’t know why, nearly every time we go to Ikea it’s raining terribly) for a shelf for Spencer’s bed area and random other assorted items (it is Ikea, after all). I think I actually did well – I got some new wine glasses and a couple martini glasses, the shelf (so I got what I went for!) and a lamp for the shelf too. There was a bicycle race going through downtown in the middle of the monsoon so we couldn’t get home or to a feasible restaurant for lunch, so we stopped at Whole Foods for the hot bar for lunch. I loved it – Henry had pizza, Spencer had mac & cheese, I had sushi and C had soup. C wasn’t so happy with it (crowded, wah wah expensive … but I think it was mostly because he didn’t want to stand in line for a hot sandwich and therefore didn’t get something he really wanted. It was really the same price as us all eating at Panera or something).

When we got home, Henry had passed out (he does not nap) so I got a little time with my older son, getting his bed space together so he has his own little space. He now cries if he’s not allowed to read before bed because it’s just too late. My dad came over for dinner and I made orange garlic scallops. I usually see my dad once or twice a year, so I suggested he come over for a non-holiday for dinner. It was nice, and he didn’t stay long so there’s wasn’t a ton of awkward silences because I didn’t know what to say.

Sunday, C had a thing with friends (my guy friend and HIS friends, but who’s picky?) so I took the kids and my mom to a local carnival. When Spencer had to miss the state fair on his birthday, I told him when this carnival came around I would take him to it. So I got armbands for the three of us (Henry refused to ride things without me) and we had junk food and rode lots of rides and mom got Spencer’s face painted and somewhere around pure exhaustion, we left. I do not lone wolf well, so I try to do fun things those times so I don’t feel screamy. We got home in time for showers and baths and a little dinner before bedtime. I had to use my eye makeup remover to get the face paint off Spencer – that was heavy duty stuff!

Monday. An extra day off. I went ahead and took the kids to school because I rarely get to, and then my mom and I went off to the new Trader Joe’s for shopping extravaganza. All week now I’ve been cooking TJs food and it’s been delicious – Tuesday was grilled pizza with their garlic pesto dough, Wednesday was their smoked apple chardonnay chicken sausages with Muenster cheese and roasted brussel sprouts. Thursday was chicken goyza dumplings (which I told Henry were chicken nugget dumplings, because the ground chicken has less texture and if it was just chicken he wouldn’t bother to try them. It worked! He ate three!) and brown rice. I loved everyone here and on twitter’s suggestions, and will keep them in my back pocket while I continue to shop there (once the parking lot is a little more stable).

AND BASEBALL! It was opening day, so C and I went with friends to the baseball game and it was FANTASTIC. We won, but also we just had such a good time. Yay, baseball.

And this post is incredibly long, so I’ll say happy weekend! There’s more planned for me, what’s going on with you?