It was rather exciting on Thursday after reporting in for jury duty we were told the dispute had been resolved five minutes earlier and we would be free to go in a few minutes. They brought us into the courtroom and the judge talked with us a few minutes. He was quite entertaining and a veritable fount of information for all things countywide. That was the easiest $6.00 ever earned for fifteen minutes.
When the invites went out to celebrate Carole Lewis and honor her work and retirement several months ago Dena and I made plans to attend and not only attend but to make a fun shopping time too. She suggested we get a hotel room, come into the Galleria, shop the Nord and then check in and get ready for the deal at the Junior League. Sounded like a great plan to me, so that is what we did. She picked me up and off we went. Both of us had good shopping days at the Nord and we ate a later type lunch at the Bistro. Since this was a First Place event we figured dinner would lean to the healthy side so we better lay a good foundation. That foundation would be steak and Bistro fries. Yum! We timed it perfectly finishing shopping and checking in at the Omni to get a little rest before attending the dinner at 7:00. As we watched the news on a situation with a high rise crane in the general area, we didn't realize until later that we could have watched the scene unfold from our room window. We had a fabulous time at Carole's celebration and had lots of good conversations and laughs with friends. Saturday morning we did the continental breakfast at the Omni and then headed out to Home Source and The Amish Craftsman. After a vigorous shopping expedition, we ate at Molina's since we hadn't eaten there in quite some time after moving out to Rancho De Five. Everything was delicious! We also took a little drive around Washington and marveled at all the changes the area is going through. A quick stop at the produce stand to show Dena where it is located and she dropped me off at home. Buddy greeted us since Roy was out and about running errands. Both Dena and I realized that just a little break from the routine can be so refreshing although I took a little nap later on.
Buddy expressed her displeasure of me being gone for a night in the middle of the night. She is not as gracious as Roy. Oh, she started off well but sometime around 2:30 am she decided it would be the opportune time to bite and scratch me letting me know how she feels. I caught her before she could get a good whack at me and Roy chased her out of the bedroom twice. On her third return, she had settled down and was content to once again sleep at the end of our bed.
I am so thankful for a husband that believes that what blesses me will bless him. He has always been so good about letting me go places and on trips with friends. I count that as such a wonderful attribute in him. This morning we attended home church and by home church I mean he rode his trek early and then we changed out A/C filters and light bulbs. Slowly but surely I am working on little details for our trip that might be overlooked in a last minute rush. We continue to trim our list down of houses we'd like to look at around Asheville and for a brief ten minutes or so, we contemplated a townhouse community in Weaverville but in the end we knew we wanted more room. We continue to think long range and we are also taking in the facts that we will want our friends to come and visit. We would like to be able to offer guestrooms that don't feel like a quickly worked over computer room or office. I would say craft room but most of you would laugh at that.
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