Saturday, March 08, 2008

A Power Outage... That Works Out in the End

The power went out... for our friends tonight. The group get-together that was supposed to happen at the home of friends (soon to be married! Yay!) was moved here. While it was one of those-- ooh, don't show up for a little while as I run around like a madwoman to clean, please-- it all worked out.

The pizza was good, the dessert buffet was lovely, and seeing everyone was great.

The kids are growing quickly. I wish we did this more often.

Sunday, March 02, 2008

A Little Spontaneity

Monday night, we got a phone call from Mark's Oma (that's grandma, in Deutsch-- aka DH's mom). She was in the large city that closest to us and wanted us to head up on Wednesday night. We decided that it would be too much to drive up on a weeknight and comprimised on Saturday. So on Saturday, we went up to meet her at the airport.

Little did we know that we would have to drive through a parade to get there. And then we had to wait for 45 minutes for her to arrive (God bless the DVD player in the van).

We ended up up eating at a restaurant in the airport. Mark flirted with the wait staff (who responded with lots of grapes and attention). I had multiple glasses of wine.

Actually, it was the best visit that I've had with her for a long time. (Was it the wine?)