The Good, The Bad, The Weekend

Flowers at Fresh and Easy

Cheddar Bay Biscuits

Monogram Letters by Me

Living Room Before

Living Room After

I know its been a while since I wrote on here, but I had an awful week. First, I lost my footing in the house and wasn't able to catch myself when I fell. So I fell over like a twig in the wind. It was kind of hilarious. The first thing I said after I fell to A. was "You Can Laugh If You Want Too". It knocked the wind out of me in the moment, but I was basically fine. When I woke up the next morning, every single muscle in my entire body hurt, even my pinky! And worse of all, I believe I reactivated my tailbone injury that I got in 2006 (which took two years to heal last time). I couldn't even get out of bed without A.'s help for three days. It was pathetic. I felt like an old person. Thankfully, I'm finally feeling better, except for my tailbone.

 

But worst of all, last week was a week of drama with my brother in sister-in-law. It was a week that exhausted me so much that I don't have the energy to talk about it. But the gist of it all is this my sister-in-law has cirrhosis of the liver and when my mother wouldn't give my brother money, so he could stay in a hotel and not on the streets, he threatened her life. Believe it or not, I feel a lot better now. It's like I've processed it, compartmentalized it, and moved on. Just another week in the world of addiction. None of it is unexpected.

 

This weekend was the weekend of the Long Beach Grand Prix, so the town was crowded and we could hear the buzzing of the race cars all weekend long (sounded like a hive of bees).  Since A. and I are allergic to crowds, we spent the whole weekend mostly hanging around the house, other than running a few errands. On Friday, I cooked us up a banquet, I'm not even kidding. I made chicken stuffed with cheese wrapped in bacon, homemade mashed potatoes, and homemade mock red lobster cheddar bay biscuits (I'm going to post the recipe later on this week). Plus, we had two chocolate cupcakes for desert! Even for a cheat day, that was a whole lotta food. We felt like stuffed pigs, and couldn't even get up off the couch.

On Saturday, I went to Michael's to pick up some supplies that I needed to complete a project. Michael's is potentially dangerous for my mental health, since I spend a lot of time in that store talking out loud to myself like a nut job. Not even kidding. What is it about Arts & Crafts stores that unleashes my crazy? Once I got home, I set about painting our monogrammed letters that I bought and wanted to hang in our living room, while watching the movie Country Strong.  The movie was really good, but let's face it I only watched it to see what hair piece Tim McGraw was wearing this week. Although I was highly disappointed because it hadn't changed much since he did The Blind Side.  Love the man, amused by his hair piece (they should write that on his tombstone).

Oh and I napped a lot and played a lot of De Blob 2 on the Xbox. I'm not a gamer, but I love that game. Think animated coloring book.  All in all it was a fab weekend.