A few highlights from the weekend!
Friday
- Running with a crane during my run.
- Setting up the hammock and being outside with the cats.
- Prepping all the Mother’s Day cards. Ha, I was so sure Mother’s Day was May 10th (it’s the kittens’ birthday this year!) but so many people were talking about Mother’s Day last week I was getting worried it was the 3rd. Phew, it’s May 10th.
- Pizza and movie night! We got pizza and some appetizers from a local place our neighbor told us about, and Steven said the pizza was really good (I am not a huge pizza fan, so I had leftover homemade Pad Siew and a some of the apps). We rented The Gentlemen – not my style of movie, but it was fun to order takeout and rent a movie at the end of the week!
Saturday
- Wearing the Royals tank my snis got me last summer for the first time.
- Enjoying the sunshine while “helping” Steven with the Dragonstone roof. Steven laughed when I came outside and said “I didn’t hear you come out here, but I could smell your sunscreen.” (Ugh, I still got a sunburn.)
- Receiving a May Day/May the Fourth package from my snis and mom. I was just thinking about how my mom used to always do May “baskets” for us on May 1st! How sweet of the two of them to send us one!
- Receiving the nail polish I ordered.
- Watching Sonic the Hedgehog with Steven. I loved all the Dad jokes.
Sunday
- Running through lots of water during my long run.
- Being able to bend over to cut shingles and take them up and down the ladder a zillion times after running 18 miles. I’m overweight, but am proud of what my body can do, and that I feel fine doing it.
- Being lazy in the afternoon.
Lowlights
- Not realizing the shingles have fiberglass in them. I wondered why my legs were so itchy last night… (I still would have worn shorts to work with them, I’d just have been more careful!)
Your collage makes it look like you have a cat on your head, LOL. I love that you got a May basket – er, a box! That was such a sweet thing for your mom and sister to do. And holy cow, you ran 18 miles and then did something other than lay in a hammock for the rest of the day is incredible! You are one strong woman!!!
Ha, of all the cats, Starbuck would be the most likely to do that! She loves to lick and chew on people’s hair. Ha.
It was so sweet! And all the candy tasted so fresh. I love Dots and licorice!
Thank you!!! <3 I did lie in bed and nap for 40 mins in the afternoon 😉
Reading in a hammock with the cats sounds soooo lovely! I am dreaming of the day when I have a backyard to do that.
I hope you get to experience it! And that your cats sit still and don’t crawl all over the hammock!
I got sunburnt on Saturday, too! But I didn’t have any sunscreen on, so I guess I have no one to blame but myself. It wasn’t anything major by any means, but my arms were definitely redder than normal Saturday evening after we went for an hour+ walk on Saturday afternoon. I suppose I shouldn’t be surprised. I’ve historically gotten some level of sunburn at the Wisconsin Marathon, which is where I would’ve been on Saturday in an alternative timeline where we didn’t have a pandemic in 2020.
The sun was INTENSE this weekend! Totally typical for WI Marathon weekend. I told Steven that we’d likely have hot temps and lots of sun since the race was supposed to be last weekend. Ha! But also, 🙁
Mmm, I love pad siew! The noodles are so soft and chewy. Have you ever tried making it yourself? (I haven’t!)
What was in your May 4th basket? Is it Star Wars-related items?
We have our version of it (in the photos of this post) that we make with lasagna noodles and a bunch of extra veggies, ha! We have bought the actual noodles and tried making it before but we don’t have the right kind of wok! So good though!
Yeah, so it was May Day and May the Fourth be with You themed! There was a separate May Day cup for each of us, both had licorice and skittles and a bag of chips. Then there were homemade cards and some funny Star Wars cut outs, and a box of Dots (my fave!) and a squishy stress ball! Oh! And a full size Cutetito! https://www.amazon.com/Basic-Fun-Cutetitos-Mystery-Collectible/dp/B07DVX1NWT