This weekend didn't exactly go as planned. I had an ambitious To-Do-List mapped out for both days and do you want to know how many things we managed to cross off this list? Try ZERO.
Normally, this is enough to get under my skin and send me straight to cranky-mode, but I'm really trying to learn to just relax and embrace the itty-bitty moments in life where we give ourselves permission to shirk responsibility.
Sure, we may not have accomplished all that I'd hoped we would, but the impromptu list in exchange wasn't so bad: on Friday night, we attended a last-minute BBQ with friends and our new neighbors that stretched late into the night and had us laughing until our sides ached. On Saturday, we actually slept in past 9:00am (I can't even remember the last time we did this) snuck in some beach time and bookstore/coffeehouse time, and came home to an early dinner. Sunday found us doin' a whole lotta lounging and lazing in our PJ's until almost noon (!), another jaunt to the beach, some artsy stuff in the evening, and breakfast for dinner.
So, no. The grocery shopping never got done. Grace never got her bath (yes, she's indoor-only and we still bathe her). The baseboards didn't get dusted. My DIY project that I've been meaning to do-it-myself for over a month now, still sits untouched in the spare bedroom. The agreed-upon paint swatch from two weeks ago is still taped to our naked, living room wall and the paint has yet to be purchased (I kinda wish our living room would paint itself). The box I needed to ship over the weekend is still unpacked, unsealed and unmailed. And that's just off the top of my head.
But it's all good. No worries. All this will be waiting for us tomorrow, and the next day, and the next day...we'll get to it when we get to it. Life is life. Sometimes it's ok to say YES when you should be saying NO. And if I had to do this weekend all over again, I wouldn't change a thing.
Very cool picture. . .we had a similar weekend. . .the only "spare, do what we want weekend on the horizone" and it was so nice. Wait for a rainy day for that to do list!
ReplyDeleteI didn't do everything I wanted to do, but some of what I needed to do, so it's all good.
ReplyDeleteThe one thing I should have done I didn't do and as a result my kids school lunches were interesting this morning. I can't wait to hear the comments when I go pick them up from school.
Think they'll notice their PB&J is on a graham cracker?
lol, i just imagined your living room painting itself. i got my homework done this past weekend and spent the rest of it fatting around. hopefully i'll make up for it next weekend.
ReplyDeletesometimes you just need weekends like that!
ReplyDeleteGrocery is overrated anyway. At least until you get hungry. Carpe diem, as they say.
ReplyDeleteI am Fickle Cattle.
Sounds like a great weekend to me! Painting our downstairs has been on my to do since we moved in here 3 years ago haha ;) I swear our "to do" list gets longer every month and the pace that we get stuff done gets slower... but with each year we are more ok with it being that way :)Also, if I lived on Maui I don't think I'd EVER get anything done, too much to lure me away!
ReplyDeleteA Hub, that gets you, is the best kind of hub..xoxoxox
ReplyDeleteI used to wave my hands every night before I went to sleep...I made all kinds of pictures and motions and such. My Mom would always tell me to put my hands down and go to sleep!
ReplyDeleteI love your photo...and that your hubby gets you!
Have a great day!
I love it when a "productive" weekend quickly transforms into a fun-filled one!
ReplyDeletegabe: Hello, friend. Thank you for always being one of the first to comment on my posts. :) I appreciate your visits! And P.S. - we still haven't tackled 1/2 of the things on that To-Do list! eek!
ReplyDeleteSusan:PB&J on graham crackers = FUN! :) Theat sounds like a lot more interesting than some of the school lunches I had as a kid! My mom always made (perfect) lunches, but the few occasions my stepdad made lunches, it was butter, cheese and CAPERS on white bread. What?! (I didn't eat them). But I do have to hand it to him for his creativity. ;)
jessica: UGH. The living room still isn't painted. I keep telling myself "this weekend, this weekend", but then of course the weekends roll around and we're too busy playing. Hopefully those white walls will be painted before Christmas!
Melissa: you said it!
Fickle Cattle: Aloha, new visitor! Thanks for stopping by...carpe diem!
Daniele: We're not that far behind you guys in the delayed painting! We moved in almost 2 years ago and we still haven't gotten around to painting the living room! The problem is that we have vaulted ceilings (I think they're like, 15+ft), so the job just seems so much...bigger. :\
Jenn: Amen, sister! xoxo
Jen: I can just picture you as a little kid gesturing. :) Thanks for visiting me!
Jan: You and me both!