On Saturday morning, Matt and I decided to start working on our patio expansion. I know, that doesn't sound very exciting, and really it wasn't, but I enjoy working out in my yard performing manual labor (sometimes). The whole patio expansion came about when Matt got a new grill for Father's day. His precious new toy couldn't sit in the grass, now could it? So we decided to bump the patio out a few feet and curve the sides out to the edge of the house. Seems simple enough, right? We worked our butts off hauling sand, gravel and pavers. By saturday evening it was looking pretty good, but we had to stop to get ready for our evening.
Saturday night we had plans - a grown up night out with other grown ups. We went to a dinner party hosted by an old friend who was in town for the weekend. I really didn't know what to expect. Yes, I knew everyone who was attending, but I don't know, Matt and I don't get to do a lot of hanging out with an adult crowd, so there was a definite unknown factor involved. We didn't even know what time to tell our babysitter to expect us home (which ended up being way off!). Dinner was at 7, but the conversation lasted until midnight. I love that!! Interesting people, great conversation, good food, lots of red wine - it was perfect!! I definitely need to get over myself and invite people over for dinner.
Sunday was much of the same on the patio project. We actually finished, which feels really good. With so many half finished projects around this place, having something finished is a major accomplishment. We even went beyond our expectations and transplanted some liriope around the edge of the patio AND cleaned up our mess. Go us!!
This weekend was one of those weekends. I can't say that anything monumental or super exciting happened, but it filled me up and left a smile on my face. This is how weekends are supposed to be!
