What We Did This Weekend:
The Easter Bunny Brought a Wheelbarrow
Our weekend was pretty basic. You know the drill by now: Date night Friday, random stuff on Saturday, church on Sunday. So let's get to it.
Our date was going to be moved to Saturday between sessions of Stake Conference, but I found out that I didn't need to go to the leadership meeting that afternoon, so we went to dinner on Friday as usual.
We tried to find some new and exciting place to eat, but we ended up at Culver's. Part of the problem with trying to find new places, is that you're not sure what you're getting. My biggest concern is whether the portions will be large enough to fill me up. Nothing's worse than going to a nice restaurant, eating a fancy meal that's high on style and low on content, and stopping at Wendy's on the way home to grab a Jr. Bacon Cheeseburger just to fill you up.
So, like I said, rather than chance it, we decided to go to Culver's for dinner. One factor in our reasoning was that we're planning on a weekend trip to St. Louis later this month for a game between the Cubs and the Cardinals, so we wanted to keep it cheap this week. Another reason we chose Culver's is their nutritional information chart. We don't have to guess how many calories we're consuming. They let us know exactly how many fat-filled calories we're shoving in our pie holes. Most people look at the menu when they're deciding what to have for dinner. We check out the nutrition facts.
Saturday Brookie had a meeting at church in the morning, so I stayed home and cleaned house, so that when she returned, we could go to Home Depot for supplies. The weather was great Saturday, so we took advantage and bought some things we needed for our first garden. I generally dislike spending money, but my dislike turns to disdain when we're spending on stuff that is as fun as a wheelbarrow.
So, yes, the Easter Bunny did find us, but had to come a day early, and left a wheelbarrow full of chemicals to keep the critters out of our plants (and hopefully moles off our property), landscape timbers, and a pair of grass shears.
After we mapped out our future garden (4'x20'), I moved dirt, and Brookie used a hand-tiller to till the ground. Hopefully we'll be ready to plant some time this week. One positive aspect of 'working your land' like we did Saturday, is that we burned enough calories for a rare trip to Sheridan's for a few scoops of frozen custard (oddly enough, Sheridan's doesn't have a nutrition facts sheet).
Sunday was the concluding session of Stake Conference. It was a broadcast session from Salt Lake City for us and 61 other stakes throughout the mid-west. So we got to hear the prophet again this weekend.
After stake conference, we talked to our families, and wished them a Happy Easter. Sunday evening we had ourselves a pretty good Easter dinner: green beans, baked potatoes, and a pork tenderloin roast. Mmmmm. When your food is that good, who needs Peeps?
And that's what we did this weekend.
Our date was going to be moved to Saturday between sessions of Stake Conference, but I found out that I didn't need to go to the leadership meeting that afternoon, so we went to dinner on Friday as usual.
We tried to find some new and exciting place to eat, but we ended up at Culver's. Part of the problem with trying to find new places, is that you're not sure what you're getting. My biggest concern is whether the portions will be large enough to fill me up. Nothing's worse than going to a nice restaurant, eating a fancy meal that's high on style and low on content, and stopping at Wendy's on the way home to grab a Jr. Bacon Cheeseburger just to fill you up.
So, like I said, rather than chance it, we decided to go to Culver's for dinner. One factor in our reasoning was that we're planning on a weekend trip to St. Louis later this month for a game between the Cubs and the Cardinals, so we wanted to keep it cheap this week. Another reason we chose Culver's is their nutritional information chart. We don't have to guess how many calories we're consuming. They let us know exactly how many fat-filled calories we're shoving in our pie holes. Most people look at the menu when they're deciding what to have for dinner. We check out the nutrition facts.
Saturday Brookie had a meeting at church in the morning, so I stayed home and cleaned house, so that when she returned, we could go to Home Depot for supplies. The weather was great Saturday, so we took advantage and bought some things we needed for our first garden. I generally dislike spending money, but my dislike turns to disdain when we're spending on stuff that is as fun as a wheelbarrow.
So, yes, the Easter Bunny did find us, but had to come a day early, and left a wheelbarrow full of chemicals to keep the critters out of our plants (and hopefully moles off our property), landscape timbers, and a pair of grass shears.
After we mapped out our future garden (4'x20'), I moved dirt, and Brookie used a hand-tiller to till the ground. Hopefully we'll be ready to plant some time this week. One positive aspect of 'working your land' like we did Saturday, is that we burned enough calories for a rare trip to Sheridan's for a few scoops of frozen custard (oddly enough, Sheridan's doesn't have a nutrition facts sheet).
Sunday was the concluding session of Stake Conference. It was a broadcast session from Salt Lake City for us and 61 other stakes throughout the mid-west. So we got to hear the prophet again this weekend.
After stake conference, we talked to our families, and wished them a Happy Easter. Sunday evening we had ourselves a pretty good Easter dinner: green beans, baked potatoes, and a pork tenderloin roast. Mmmmm. When your food is that good, who needs Peeps?
And that's what we did this weekend.
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