Alabama Tracks

Easter this year was definitely not traditional for me.  In fact, tradition went out the window.  Food and all!  This past weekend started with a cookout at a friend’s home on Friday night.  It was fun but yet at times I felt out of place as there were mostly techies there.  After turning in around 10:00 (we feel old) we got home and headed to bed.  Saturday was a day of a huge list of things to do.  Joel and I got up early and proceeded to wash clothes, clean the bathrooms, change the sheets, clean the kitchen, make and frost a cake, mow the yard, attend cake class, go plant/tree shopping, transplant newly bought plants and tree, dusted, got a quote from Lens Crafters for my glasses, went to Claires for Easter jewelry, and dinner at Quiznos.  What a day.  It seemed I never stopped.  Then came Sunday.  I had my first Easter outfit (complete head to toe) in 2 years on.  I got so many compliments which helped seeing that the outfit is definitely different from what I normally wear.  I sang in choir for both services and then Joel and I headed to Olive Garden for dinner.  No ham for us this year. (At least on Easter.)  We then stopped by a friends home that is being built, did a walk through, and Home Depot to look at new edgers - our weed eater is on the fritz.  I took a short nap, we ate leftovers for dinner, watched Schindler’s List (I had never seen it) and a short  stint on the computer rounded out our day.   It was a quiet day mainly focused on each other and quality time.  It was a greatly needed day.

Tonight Joel and I will go see Buildign 429 and Tate in concert in Prattville.  I’m looking forward to it.  I can’t say that I need to give the night up seeing that I’m headed to Birmingham tomorrow for a Farm City Luncheon Rewards Banquet but oh well.  It will be something different for us to do. 

Cake class continues to go well.  Saturday we did a fondant cake. Fondant is pretty cool. It’s like working with playdo.  I like it for it’s moldability (an Erinism) but for the classic taste, I much prefer the buttercream.  I have decided to do my wedding cake final out of buttercream as a result.  Two more classes to go and I’ll be done.

So this weekend will be a trip to Knoxville.  I still have yet to find someone to watch my girls and a cake will need to be made.  I’ll miss Choir this week and I’ll tape American Idol and House.  We have no fear of running out of things to do around our place. 

There isn’t a whole lot going on these days that I would say would be eventful.  This week is proving to be one that is unpredictable though.  I had every intention of working out yesterday afternoon until around 4:00.  I realized at that point that my department meeting was going to go over and any thought of working out was now gone.  I headed out of the office at 5:30, home to cook dinner, and then out to walk in the neighborhood with my husband.  What a beautiful evening.  I love this time of year.  Everything is starting to bloom, the birds sing what seem to be new songs, and everyone is out doing something active.  It was great.  We opened the windows and enjoyed the breeze as it came through the house cooling everything down again so the A/C wasn’t needed.

Thursday my husband will head out to Atlanta for the day to participate in a gaming convention summit.  This time it is only for the day as they are not paying his way.  I was a little disappointed only because we have a wedding this weekend that we could have doubled the use of the hotel.  Instead we’ll head back over to Atlanta for the day for Laurel’s wedding. 

I start cake class 3 this Sunday which will prove to be interesting.  We’ll learn fondant, more flowers, and tiered cakes.  I’m enjoying the classes but I must say that I’m ready for my Sunday afternoon naps to begin again and longer lunches with friends.  While class is going on, our lunches have been quick places where we can get in and out so I can get home and packed up again for class. 

I’m ready to get out in the yard and start working.  The yard needs to be mowed, my pansies uprooted and something new needs to go in.  It just looks tired.  My roses have come back really well and I already have a bush full of buds on one fo them.  Joel is getting antsy to extend the porch of which I still think is going to take a back seat to many other things.  Now that we are out of debt, other things take priority when the money only goes so far.  Budgeting projects in is key.  He has so many ideas for the house and some I just don’t want to put the time and money into just yet. Everything takes time and money so we are realizing.

So this will end my meanderings for now.  Maybe as more transpires I’ll have more to write about.  Until then……