The Weekend (Not) According to Plan

I went to Maryland on Friday to visit my friend Tonda and to go to her daughter-in-law's baby shower on Saturday. However, Friday evening,  the daughter-in-law's water broke and she was admitted to the hospital and by Saturday morning, they had their baby boy.  And the shower was cancelled. Tonda and I went to the hospital Saturday morning, not knowing the baby was born yet, just to check on them and to see how things were. Tonda was over-the-moon excited to find out she was a brand-new grandma and that everyone was okay.  I got to see the baby and oh my goodness was he tiny! Only 3 lbs and a few ounces, he looked like a little Thumbelina doll. I would have been afraid to hold him he was so small.  Hopefully everything will stay good for him and he will be going home in a couple of weeks.


Anyway, after we stayed there a bit, we then went shopping for baby clothes which is always fun. They have such adorable things for babies, though admittedly it would have even been more fun had it been a girl. They do have cute things for boys, but man oh man...I'd go crazy buying little girl things. Maybe it was better they had a boy after all...it saved me money.


Also went to Trader Joe's and bought about 8 boxes of their frozen steel-cut oatmeal. I love that stuff and I wish we had a Trader Joe's near us so I could purchase it.  But since we don't, and I was in one, I bought quite a bit to last me a couple of weeks.  Well, I won't eat it all at once...I gotta space it out to save it. I know I could make it, and I did try and then froze it, but it just didn't work out.  And I don't want to have to get up every morning and have to make it. The frozen stuff is so much easier and I can take it to work with me...like I did this morning. 


Sunday morning we just went to Starbucks and then a little antique store and then I went home. We always have a nice time and reminisce about our Marine Corps days and life in general and I am just always happy to see her.


When I got home, this was in the mail for me:

This was the other bracelet I had ordered from a different vendor on Etsy.  It is very dainty and I like it, but I think I actually like my cuff bracelet better. Plus they sent a care-for-this-bracelet and it says to take it off every night, don't get it wet, etc etc.  Well it was something I don't want to take off, which with the cuff I don't have to.  So too many rules with this one and I probably won't adhere to them. At the moment I have both of them on, one on each wrist, and if this one turns color like the little note says, I will just take it off.


After being home a bit, I saw the dogs had no water at all (apparently I am the only one who ever notices this) so I put water in the their dish and then I went to Pet Smart and bought a huge water bowl  (and another toy... a wishbone thing they can play tug with) and then came home and filled up their bowl so they should be good a couple of days at least. Makes me nuts that no one gives them water and they do drink a lot.


Even though the weekend wasn't exactly as planned, it was still pretty good.  But I do need a weekend home and do the things that need to be done because heaven forbid no one else is going to do them...even if they did notice them, which they don't. Only I seem to.  ***sigh***