You know when you have a really good weekend? Well, I just had a great weekend. Minus my cold that is not getting any better. Boo. But I totally made the best of it and definitely have a smile on my face today. How was your weekend?
Friday after work, we grabbed some lunch and then went to Target to pick up a few things we needed at the house. But we were mostly there to kill some time. That is definitely dangerous, but we managed to escape with a few essentials. Then I dropped Rory off to get his haircut and I went to Total Wine to get wine and beer for the weekend of camping.
After I picked Rory back up, we went to our coworkers house to try his home brew (beer). It was really good and we spent an hour and a half just chatting and sampling his beers. Then we went to a local boutique to look at a purse I had been eyeing. But when we arrived, they didn't have it anymore. They only had it in their Tahoe store. We went into another boutique a few stores away since they had the same purse. Unfortunately, I didn't like it as much in person, but walked out with a blush color purse that I am happy with.
Then we went home, unpacked our things and then went out to sushi. My in-laws hadn't seen the girls in awhile since they were out of town, so they picked them up from daycare and had dinner with them. We stuffed our faces with sushi and then Rory dropped me off at a bar/restaurant downtown to meet up with my twin mom friends.
We had drinks at
Centro and then went to a bar a couple blocks down and had drinks there. We sat there talking for hours. It was sooo nice to hang out with friends who just get me because they are in the thick of it all too. We walked back a few blocks to another bar and had drinks and danced there. I ended up staying out until 12:30 and taking an Uber home. It was the best night and I can't wait to do that again.
While I was out, I got a text from Rory saying he had a story to tell me about Walter. I didn't think much of it, but it was a big, bad story. Ha. When I got home, there was a candle still burning, but I didn't think much of it. I went to bed.
Saturday morning I woke up and asked about the Walter story and why Walter was still at our house. My in-laws were supposed to take him home with them since we were camping. This is where it gets awful.
We bought two bottles of wine home from Total Wine and put them on the counter laying down before we headed out to sushi. It was in the middle of the breakfast bar. Apparently, when we were gone, about 10 minutes before my in-laws arrived with the girls. Walter pulled the plastic bag off the counter and one of the wine bottle shattered. The other was fine. Red wine went everywhere like someone had been murdered in our kitchen. Wine on the cabinets and on the floor. Then he dragged the bag that had wine and glass in it through the dining room to the living room and onto our couch. All the while, he never cut himself (thank goodness). But it was a huge mess.
Rory didn't tell me about it because he wanted me to enjoy my night out and not come home to that or leave early. So he and his dad cleaned while his mom watched the girls. I guess it took an hour to clean up. They had to wipe down the cabinets twice, pick up all the glass, mop twice, vaccum, spot clean the carpets and wash his blanket that was on the couch.
So I got up and assessed the damage. Our grout is stained in many areas. So I googled how to get it out. I mixed bleach and baking soda and scrubbed it into the grout with a toothbrush. Then I let it sit for 15 minutes, washed it with warm water and then mopped again. I have to throw out the mop head since I am sure it has little fragments of glass in it. Then I had to vacuum the carpets and kitchen twice. The stains are still in the grout, but the carpet and couch are fine. We are going to a local floor place for a kit that cleans wine out of grout. Ugh.
Walter had to be outside for an hour and a half while it was being cleaned. He was a super naughty pup. I am soooo thankful he didn't cut himself and die from it. It was that bad!
So after clean up, we got ready, packed and then headed out camping. We had a two hour drive ahead of us and then we got to relax. It rained off and on the first day, but nothing too bad. We celebrated my cousin's sons birthday that afternoon. He turned 6. That evening, I was exhausted and my cold was ramping up, so I just sat around the campfire talking and hanging out.
We grilled ribs, had some roasted potatoes and a salad for dinner. It was a very relaxing evening. We put the girls to bed late and they slept pretty well.
Sunday morning we got up and I was feeling a lot better. We made breakfast, pancakes and bacon and then hung around camp. The boys played cornhole and a frisbee game where you knock an empty bottle off a stake. It was a lot warmer, so we all enjoyed the sunshine.
Rory and I took a walk around camp and to see how high the river was.
We all smoked some tri-tips for dinner, so we put that on around 1 pm and just let it sit for 5 hours. At 6 pm, we got everything ready and had a huge potluck with all of our friends from nearby camps.
The girls hanging out while we played some games.
My cousin brought over the largest bottle of wine for everyone to share.
The girls hanging out with their new buddy Evan at dinner.
After dinner, we cleaned up and then started the campfire. We wanted the girls to roast marshmallows and have s'mores for the first time.
The girls loved their s'mores, but not much later, it was time for bed. We put them down at 8:30, but Sutton wouldn't go to sleep. Plus she wouldn't let me go hang out with all the women from our camp. So we had to sit in the trailer with them until they fell asleep which was about 9:30. Then I headed over to the main lodge and had some drinks with the ladies. The lodge closes at 10 pm, so then we headed back to camp and then went over to my cousin's camp. My cousin was pretty drunk, so she was really funny to watch.
We called it a night at 11 pm since we were exhausted. The girls slept in until 7 am which was amazing. But I woke up with laryngitis, so I couldn't talk much. I tried, but the girls kept asking why my voice was broken. Ha.
We made breakfast burritos and then packed up our camp. We headed out around 11 am and the girls slept in the car almost the whole way home. Once we got home, we unpacked, showered and cleaned up a bit before my FIL brought Walter home. The girls were pretty unruly that evening and threw quite a few tantrums.
I went grocery shopping, but we had pizza for dinner since I wasn't up for cooking and could barely talk. We put the girls to bed a bit early and then just watched the Bachelorette and went to bed.
How was your weekend?
