Get Away

 Hey everyone!!!  Welcome new friends (Yay New Friend Friday)!  :o)

 Do you ever have a weekend where you do nothing at home, you pack everyone (and everything up) and you just get away?  I LOVE those weekends.  Fortunately for me, I'm going to have one of those weekends!!!  My DH is in Toronto taking an audition, and instead of staying home, being nervous, and eating too much food (mostly chocolate...my go to nerve-calmer...), I am packing up the dog, the clothes, and heading out to visit his parents and to celebrate Mother's Day with HIS mum!  This will be one of the first Mother's Days that she does -it's WAY more fun to do girl things on Mother's Day with a girl!  ;o)  We are going to have massages and possibly pedicures!  YAYYYYYYYYY!!!  I mist admit that I am sad that we will be spending another weekend apart, but he is auditioning for an awesome job in an awesome place, doing exactly what he has worked SO hard to do.  I can't hold that against him -I'll just enjoy being an only child for the weekend!  Yippee!

Sometimes I feel that these types of weekends are healthy for our emotional well being!  My DH would -I can see it now- roll his eyes at me and say that all HE needs for emotional health is peace, quiet, and some TV!  JUST KIDDING! -he referees soccer as his healthy hobby, I prefer to be pampered.  Don't blame me that mine COSTS money!  :o) 

I hope that those of you who are staying home, enjoying the weather, and spending time with family can have a get away weekend soon!  I also hope that everyone has had an awesome Friday!

Thoughts on Mother's Day

I have always wondered about Mother's Day.  I mean -why is there just ONE day for mothers?  I wondered why there had to be a reason to do something special for the women in our lives who work so hard for us!  Not that I minded -it was always really nice to spoil my mum and spend the day with her. 

So -to all of the mothers in my life -I hope that you don't need just one day to know how much I love and appreciate every single thing you do!  I love you!!!


PS -Craft posts to come soon!  I have lots of overhauls to post, and projects I've done to pat myself on the back for.  :o)

Have an awesome Friday, everyone!!!

The Absentee Blogger

Hey Everyone!!!  I just looked at my last post date, and realized that I've been absent!!!  I'm so sorry!  But know that I check your blogs every day so I'm up to date.

Things have been busy for the Priesters -and when I say busy, I mean nutso!  Beastie has been trying to finish three huge academic projects, complete a professional recording of a Dvorak piece, and prepare to that the Toronto Symphony Assistant Principal Bass audition on Saturday.  His finals week has been stressful for the both of us, to say the least!  I made a nice dinner last night so that we could have one last evening to visit and talk through the month.  He's got such a good frame of mind about everything that I can truly say he's Peaceful even through this patch of rough waters.  I'm so glad I married 'im!  Okay -no more mush!

On to the good stuff!  What have I been doing, you're asking? -I can tell you're asking yourselves this, don't deny it!  :o)  I've been to Goodwill, the Habitat for Humanity Re-store, and LOWES!  We're going to be overhauling our master suite this month and it includes cabinets, molding, and LOTS of paint!  I'll make sure to post pictures of everything that I've purchased (I can feel my husband cringing when I tell him I've found something else for the re-model, hehe).  We have a REALLY old wooden dresser that's getting a makeover for the front porch.  It's to match the two white rocking chairs, little lamp (from GW), and the two pillows I made.  For the inside, I have cabinets to refinish and that darned window I've been working on for months!  Hopefully tonight I can get some of that accomplished.

I hope you all have a marvelous Tuesday morning!  I'm thinking that this day will FLY by!

*hugs*