Busy Weekends

Last weekend we headed down to NC to visit Rod's family. It was a lot of fun and although we didn't do much, it was exhausting. Rod's mom was visiting from AZ so it was nice to get to see her since we hadn't seen her since last December. On Friday night we had an early Thanksgiving. The boys love their mom's stuffing and although I have made it 4 years with the help of their mom, I still don't know the recipe. Saturday we just spent hanging out, playing with the doggie, shopping, napping, and eating. On Sunday we made breakfast, did a little more shopping, watched football, went to dinner, then played a board game as a family. On Monday we drove home. It was a great weekend spent with family, I just wish we could see them more often. Last week was pretty uneventful for the most part. Rod and I both had Tuesday off for Veteran's Day. We spent the day cleaning around the apartment. The rest of the week went by pretty quickly. I subbed at my old school on Friday which was a lot of fun. I spent most of the time looking up houses for sale and reconnecting with an old friend. I've started looking out house just to keep my eyes open. I really want to have kids in the next few years, but I don't really want to be living in a one bedroom apartment when we do. I'm hoping to be able to find a house that we can afford, but my concern is that I'm not going to be able to find a job next year with the economy the way it is. That's what I did during the day at work. Then when I got home I spent the next few hours cleaning our apartment. Then two of Rod's coworkers came over for dinner. It was really nice to hang out with them and get to know a couple in the area. Hopefully we'll get together again soon. Yesterday I got up went to David's Bridal in the morning. My friend is getting married and her wedding is in February. We needed to order our dresses so two of us went to look at dresses. We ended up ordering the same dress and my friend (the bride) bought us white sashes for our dress. We are both wearing a red dress with a white sash. The two of us that got our dresses are the Maid and Matron of Honor and if the other two bridesmaids like the dress then they will probably have red sashes with their dress. Our dresses will be very cute in February. Then we went out to my parents and took my dad to dinner for his 55th birthday. We tried this new Japanese restaurant which was pretty good. It was nice to get to spend time with my family. Today we went to the mall and walked around for a bit. Then we came home and have been watching football and just hanging out. It's been nice to relax a bit at home today. I can't believe Christmas is in 39 days. Where did this year go? Our weekends are filling up very quickly as the holidays quickly approach. I'll update again soon when there is something exciting going on. Hope everyone else is doing well and looking forward to the holiday time spent with friends and family.