Windy Weekend Top 10...or maybe just 9

Happy Tuesday, blogbuddies! I hope everyone made it safely through the weekend, that your yards and homes were spared from Irene’s mischief and that any hurricane party hangovers have been cured. Before the weather personalities started talking about Irene, Robert and I had decided to have a quiet weekend with no plans. Any guesses on how that turned out? You guessed it! A blank calendar at our house doesn’t last very long. The weekend turned out to be pretty fantastic… the Top 9 kind of fantastic… yeah, I know, it's usually 10 but I just couldn’t think of one more… so here we go…

9- Whoopie pies are a fantastic way to break in a new mixer. I’m not sure who was more excited about my birthday present- me, because I’ve wanted a stand mixer forever or Robert, because sweet treats are suddenly much easier to make.

8- When you’ve spent hours taping and painting the bathroom, an hour before the job is done is probably not the time to say, “Baby, are we SURE this is the color we want?” As it turns out, once everything was put back together, we decided our Coventry blue bathroom is beautiful and we’re not planning to change it any time soon!

7- When picking out a new bedspread, if you say it has “plants” on it rather than “flowers”, you’re much more likely to get a man to agree to the purchase. (And by the way, it looks fantastic and I love it all over again every time I walk into the bedroom!)

6- There is absolutely no meal on the planet any better than a country church’s covered dish lunch EXCEPT for a country church’s covered dish lunch that includes Ms. Ernie’s strawberry cake.

5- You know you’re in the South when you spend the morning at church and the afternoon at the firing range. Be advised… this girl can rock a Glock… just saying J  

4- Advice of the weekend- Even if you think you’ve checked to make sure everything’s in the car, check again. Getting home to realize your belated birthday fruit pizza is neatly wrapped up on a kitchen counter five counties away is more than a little disturbing.

3- I do believe Jason Bateman is making a comeback. In the past few weeks, we’ve seen two of his movies (Horrible Bosses and The Switch) and they were both laugh out loud funny. It would be “ill advised” to miss either of these films!

2- When the Governor tells you to stay home, any pounds you put on in following her advice do not count. It’s not your fault you were held hostage by crockpot pot roast and whoopie pies.

1- Much to someone’s (who shall remain nameless) disappointment, even though the label says “camouflage spray paint”, there’s only one color of paint in the can.

I hope your weekend was full of great food, funny moments, and people to share both with. I hope it was something memorable, something monumental... something more.