Sunday, July 24, 2011

WEEKENDING: A BIRTHDAY


















weekending, my favorite part of the week. a time to relax, live, love, just to be. if you'd like to share your weekend either with words, photographs, or both, leave a link to a weekend post in the comments.  Joining with Amanda for her weekending post.

This weekend was...

Spent Saturday doing some
much needed house-loving...
furniture was oiled, hardwood floors
were polished, bathrooms
scrubbed and clutter was
tossed. Prepared Heather's
summer pasta since it was
too hot to turn the stove
on and then spent several
hours under the ceiling
fan reading and relaxing.
Sunday was getting up
early and preparing for
a [an early] birthday
celebration for the youngest
of the son's turning 14 [7-25].
There was spicy shrimp,
lemon rice, roasted okra and
of course birthday cake. Gifts
were given, stories were
shared and laughter was heard
all over the house. 
It was a good weekend...
just too short.
xx
Posted by at
Labels:

16 comments:

  1. AnonymousJuly 24, 2011 at 9:06 PM

    Love that candle! Happy Birthday to your young man and happy birth day to you!

    ReplyDelete
  2. Erin @ Wild WhispersJuly 24, 2011 at 9:36 PM

    Happy Birthday! Fourteen is momentous! Sounds like a splendid weekend!

    ReplyDelete
  3. purplepearJuly 24, 2011 at 10:37 PM

    Sounds like a lovely way to spend a hot summer's weekend. Happy Birthday to your 14 yr old and birthing day for you. x

    ReplyDelete
  4. Val @ Mental ChewJuly 25, 2011 at 1:03 AM

    What a great weekend! When I got to "roasted okra" I got one of those knowing smiles going on. Is your okra done too? We really are just getting started over here. We just hit 72 today!! Woo hoo!

    ReplyDelete
  5. Mrs. FordyceJuly 25, 2011 at 1:09 AM

    Sounds like a lovely weekend, right down to the newly polished floors!

    ReplyDelete
  6. karenJuly 25, 2011 at 7:37 AM

    Happy Birthday!! Time does fly by doesn't it? I cannot believe my youngest is 18 :) I love your kind of cooking, btw.

    ReplyDelete
  7. no spring chickenJuly 25, 2011 at 9:17 AM

    House loving... I like that much better than house 'work'.

    Thanks for the thyroid tip. I'll be looking into that.

    Blessings, Debbie

    ReplyDelete
  8. amanda {the habit of being}July 25, 2011 at 11:09 AM

    sounds like a great weekend full of good eats! happy birthday to your son and happy birthing day to you :)

    ReplyDelete
  9. AngelaJuly 25, 2011 at 11:13 AM

    Happy birthday to your youngest babe! Love ceiling fans and I miss them. I like how you described house cleaning as house loving. I need to try that. Oh and the ice cream recipe: http://allrecipes.com/Recipe/blueberry-cheesecake-ice-cream/detail.aspx
    xo,
    Ang

    ReplyDelete
  10. house full of jaysJuly 25, 2011 at 11:27 AM

    Sounds like you made the most of that (too short) weekend! Happy birthday to your son!

    ReplyDelete
  11. CoryJuly 25, 2011 at 11:37 AM

    What an awesome weekend. Happy Belated to your boy! Just continue that restful goodness into your week with a little leftover birthday cake if there is any!

    ReplyDelete
  12. suzyJuly 25, 2011 at 12:42 PM

    Happy Birthday!
    What a wonderful weekend and a great way of capturing the memories :)

    ReplyDelete
  13. trishJuly 25, 2011 at 2:00 PM

    Sounds like a busy but wonderful weekend.xxx

    ReplyDelete
  14. MJJuly 25, 2011 at 3:43 PM

    Happy birthday to your son!! The meal you prepared sounds delicious! And the cleaning! Wow, you were quite productive! Sounds like you found some time for you too, perfect...
    And I'm glad your joining in the break! It'll be a nice little change I think, just enough before fall arrives :).

    ReplyDelete
  15. cpcableJuly 25, 2011 at 3:49 PM

    Sounds like a perfect weekend with a very happy birthday celebration! Polishing and oiling...that is some serious housecleaning. :)

    ReplyDelete
  16. UnknownJuly 25, 2011 at 7:33 PM

    I agree, definitely too short! Man, did you ever have motivation!
    Could you please come give some of that to me!

    ReplyDelete

Subscribe to: Post Comments (Atom)