Friday's Four

Matt is the biggest stinkpot. Yesterday was our anniversary-four years. I was tired. Truly, I didn't really care WHAT we did, if anything because I was just-tired. He came home. He told me I could go shopping by myself and he would take care of the kids. Foolish man-doesn't he know anniversaries are supposed to be TOGETHER???

Well, I tell him I have no interest in shopping by myself on my anniversary so he offers to make dinner and let me relax. The whole time I am thinking-this is all very fishy. He is acting funny. All week, he has told me to pump so Andrew could have milk without me. Then-he wasn't going to take me out? SURELY, he is GOING to take me out....

But then, he starts fixing a snack tray. Cheese and crackers. Peppers. Popcorn. It is looking less likely that he will be taking me out after all. Then-he said, HEY! Why don't we just have SNACK NIGHT?!?! At this point I am on the verge of being angry. Okay. So. First you are going to make me dinner. NOW-you are just going to make SNACKS?!?!? Is THAT all I am worth to you?!?!

The moment I RESIGNED myself to staying home and sucking it up was when I got out leftovers (I am not about to eat cheese and crackers alone, not when I have a delicious pork roast, potatoes, corny spoonbread and other yummies waiting for me in the fridge. He said he would make me a plate. Then he did. That's when I KNEW we were staying home. So-I turned on my favorite jazzy cd and started making myself a (MUCH NEEDED) strawberry daquiri. With homemade whipped cream. Making lemonade out of life's lemons. or TRYING.

But then-wait. Someone's at the door. Julia? Laura? What are you guys doing here?!? Oh-your the BABYSITTERS! That man! He is so insufferable! So mean! So sweet! I love him so. Four years later and many more ahead, Lord willing.

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Today I am a BIT freaking out. Tomorrow is our picnic and basically-I have NOTHING planned. I don't know how many people will be coming or what they will do when they get here. I am REALLY slacking off here! I am SO ill prepared and SO unmotivated to get things done! I cleaned up the house yesterday-so the only cleaning things I have to do are to vacuum and to clean the bathroom. Oh-and about 10 loads of laundry. WELL-maybe that is an exaggeration. MAYBE.

I have to go grocery shopping tonight and move the patio around to accomodate food tables. then I have to make signs for parking, garbage, etc. THEN I have to make table centerpieces. Then I have to get out our tiki torch lanterns. Then I have to start preparing food! ARGH! Four o'clock tomorrow is approaching too quickly!!!

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Following are some pictures from when the Drijfhout family visited us. There are only a few from the pool because my camera batteries suddenly died. The rest are from a very fun trip to the local candy factory. Amazing what you will learn about your area when you get brochures at the welcome center! I post them now because tomorrow I will taking a whole NEW slew of picnic photos. This blog is getting dangerously close to the photo limit!

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As wonderful as blogs are, have you ever noticed there is a LIMIT for how personal posts can be? You can get 'deep'-but only on the surface. :-)

This blog touches only the surface of some of the things that are happening in our family. Others are too deep to express on a blog. That very general and vague sentence said, if you feel so led, please pray for our family. How? The Lord will know better than I. :-)

With this weekends picnic and all the work it brings-I will not be on until Monday-at the earliest. But when I DO get on-WATCH OUT for another flooding of photos! :-) Have a great weekend!