Wow! What a weekend!

This was one of the most productive weekends we've had in a long time. It's a good thing, too, since it's bookended between two extremely busy weekends: last weekend we were in Roanoke and next weekend is Canal Days (Come on down! You'll be in the company of 200,000 of your closest friends for what promises to be an excellent weather weekend!). Just a summary of some of the accomplishments of the weekend:

• I planted a couple of herbs and veggie plants in the garden;
• Mark mowed the lawn and weed-whacked;
• I mopped the kitchen floor;
• Mark tore down some loose wallpaper in the side entrance (only to reveal that one wall had YET ANOTHER layer of wallpaper);
• We finally bought new smoke detectors (but who knows when they'll get mounted) and bird seed (the birds and squirrels have been waiting patiently);
• I made a strawberry-rhubarb pie (lucky Morey!);
• We went to the farmer's market, the Asian market (pork dumplings this week!), and the Indian Market (samosas next week!);
• I did four loads of laundry (and put it away!);
• I vacuumed and dusted upstairs (I still need to do downstairs);
• We swept and mopped the front porch (which was yellow from so much pollen dust), and brought the jade plant out for its summer vacation;
• We went for loads of walks, including one that culminated in smoothies all around;
• and lastly, we took a nap today!

Satisfaction! Contentment!