Weekend Wrap-Up

I'm actually posting this on time, that never happens! It was a productive and busy weekend, here are the highlights:

• Took Barney to the vet for his second distemper vaccine.
• Relaxed at home and caught up on the backlog on my TiVo.
• Waiting anxiously for my new cell phone to arrive.
• Played with my new phone for hours. It's so different, but I love it.
• Ran to the grocery store to pick up a few needed items.
• Organized my contacts and synced them to the phone.
• Spent 30 minutes on the phone with Verizon to see why my short code messages aren't coming through and in the end they couldn't figure it out.
• Set the new phone down long enough to get some sleep.
• Deep cleaned the dining room and living room.
• Watered, fertilized and shined the leaves on all my plants.
• Finally watched the second and third Presidential debates. Now I finally understand why everyone was so annoyed by the "Joe the Plumber" references.
• Ran to the grocery store, again.
• Baked a carrot cake from scratch and made Chicken Enchiladas.
• Hosted a birthday party for my friend Christy.
• Stayed up past midnight which is a very rare occurrence for me, man am I getting old.
• Took Barney on a long walk around the Seattle Center and enjoyed the sunshine and fall leaves.
• Deep cleaned my bedroom.
• Organized the magazine holder, I still had magazines from 2005.
• Cleaned the fans (which I have to say is a truly disgusting job) and put them away for the season.
• Got ready for the week ahead.
• Relaxed on the couch and watched Ugly Betty and Grey's Anatomy before heading to bed.

How was your weekend?

Weekend Wrap-Up

It was a rainy and much cooler weekend, you can feel the fall chill in the air. Here are the highlights:

• Started the weekend off with the OSU vs. Utah game on Thursday night at Don's. We made minestrone soup and watched a great game, too bad it didn't end 2 seconds sooner.
• Took Barney to the vet for his distemper vaccine.
• Ran a few errands.
• Completed some household projects and cleaning.
• Enjoyed the cool, rainy evening at home catching up with all the new TV shows my TiVo picked up.
• Woke Saturday morning to NO hot water which left me stuck at home until repairs could be completed to my hot water heater.
• Finally showered. There are Saturdays when I gladly stay in my pj's til noon but its annoying to do so when all you want is to get dressed and start the day.
• Took Barney on a long walk in the rain. He is a *weather wimp* and starts shivering after only a few minutes in the cold.
• Stopped by the grocery store and picked up a few things and then picked up dinner at Teriyaki Bowl.
• Watched License to Wed and a couple horrible Lifetime movies.
• Picked up a cup of coffee at Firehouse Coffee and then walked to Golden Gardens (4 miles roundtrip). I thought Barney was going to give up when we were only halfway done but I gave him some water and he got his second wind.
• Ironed my clothes for the week.
• Baked up some lemon dill chicken for dinner.
• Watched the Amazing Race and went to bed.

How was your weekend?

Weekend Wrap-Up

It passed really quickly, especially Sunday which was bright and sunny and gorgeous. The highlights:

• Slept in and then relaxed at home on Friday morning.
• Took a long walk with Barney around the neighborhood and discovered a neighborhood park just 3 blocks away that I never knew existed.
• Finished organizing my TiVo season passes so that I catch everything I want to see.
• Did a few domestic projects around the house.
• Played pool and drank beer with Don at Rock Bottom.
• Finally tried out Teriyaki Bowl which is 2 1/2 blocks from home and it's pretty good.
  
• Laundry!
• Walked the entire length of Queen Anne Ave and back with Barney.
• More household projects including giving Barney a bath, cleaning the bathroom, dead-heading my patio flowers, watering my plants, coloring my hair and painting my nails.
• Laughed, laughed, laughed with Kat and Don at Whose Line Is It Anyway All-Stars at the Moore Theatre.
• Enjoyed a yummy dinner at the Cheesecake Factory.
• Crossed the 10,000 step threshold for the first time (since I started wearing the pedometer on 9/8/08) with 11,640 steps on Saturday.
• Met a new friend for coffee that I met through this blog!
• Walked with Barney to complete some errands atop the hill.
• Saw Nights in Rodanthe with Kat and cried, cried, cried.
• Had a crazy cooking marathon on Sunday afternoon to prepare for the week including a batch of homemade vegetable soup and Eggplant Parmesan.

It was a busy one. How was your weekend?

Weekend Wrap-Up Catch-Up

Playing catch-up on my Weekend Update entries. Highlights for the weekend 9/12 - 9/14:

• Enjoyed a relaxing day at home on Friday.
• Cleaned the apartment and other necessary household chores.
• Took a sunset stroll around the Olympic Sculpture Park with Barney.
• Sorted through boxes of paperwork in an attempt to get more organized.
• Laundry, coffee atop Queen Anne hill.
• Saw The Women with Kat and Don.
• Oriented Barney's new dog walker.

Highlights for the weekend of 9/19 - 9/21:

• Took Barney to the vet for his rabies vaccine and a general checkup.
• Ran to Pet's Mart and the grocery store.
• Played pool with Don at Rock Bottom and then walked down to McMenamins and enjoyed dinner a few more pints.
• Worked a tradeshow at Swedish Medical Center on Saturday.
• Shopped at the Seattle Premium Outlets in Tulalip where I got a new purse at the Fossil store and picked up a few new blouses and some underwear.
• Survived a trip to WalMart.
• Enjoyed a grilled dinner at Kipp's while Barney and Kayla played in the yard.

I really need to post these immediately because when I don't I forget the details and its much more difficult to put them together. I'll try to be better in the future.