Saturday Of Awesome

The most important element of an awesome Saturday is definitely the weather, and yesterday's weather couldn't have been better. Just gorgeous.

David and I both woke up around seven, but I refused to get up until eight so David brought in his laptop and played Majesty after checking up on the daily deals at Woot. It was nice. Our bed is so comfortable! But the need for food drove me out of it and David and I enjoyed bowls of cereal from our awesome bags of the stuff.

We bummed around watching TV for a while until a couple that had asked for our help picking up and transporting a new crib for their adorable baby. It was painful to fill Clifford up with gas (we haven't put gas in him since we got to Michigan; he was still running on fumes from our trip up here in January) but we decided that it was just like we spent twenty dollars on gas each month since we have been here and not eighty all at once.

After that we went searching for a little ice cream and donut shop called Washtenaw Dairy. Oh, Washtenaw Dairy. It was amazing. The people were super nice. The owner was the one serving us, a stout older man. He gave us samples and chatted with us and teased me because I couldn't make up my mind. He gave us the donuts for "two for one, two for one" which means we only spent fifty cents on four donuts. For two heaping ice cream cones and four donuts, he only charged us six dollars. So I put six dollars in the tip jar.

David and I took in the nice weather with a walk around the block, eating our ice cream and checking out the houses. I love how every place has their own feel when it comes to how the houses are built. Their own special look. It was fun. I really liked this one crazy orange house, but David said it was red. We had to stop, take off our sunglasses and examine it. I still thought it was orange and he still thought it was red. I guess sometimes in marriage you just agree to disagree.

After our ice cream was all gone, we went down to Lowe's to check out the two for one (I know! We had a real day of deals) started tomatoes and peppers. We wandered around the lawn and garden section for a good hour and ended up buying a strawberry plant (our planter is coming in the mail tomorrow!) and two tomatoes. We came home and started our garden. Which only consisted of a planter with two tomatoes and another planter with a few squash seeds. I just don't believe that seeds work even though I know they do, so I put in too many just in case.

We had a dinner of bachelor food (mac and cheese fortified with bacon in a peppery chili sauce) and watched TV for a while, then went out again to check out some garden stuff. By this time it was inching towards six, but it was still plenty bright out and very nice. In the truck again ( just because it felt so good to be driving him again) we started to pull out of our little parking lot in front of our building when David spotted something of interest by the dumpster.

"You see that?"
"Yup. Go and get it."'

David hopped out and tossed and awesome padded bench into the back. It is red with a floral pattern and the most comfortable thing I have ever used as a foot rest. I love it.

We then stopped by JoAnn's to check out their fabrics because the plan is to recover both couch and bench this summer. We wandered around feeling fabrics and then yarns. I really have to go back and pick up my crocheting. It was fun.

Then we wandered back to Lowe's and ended up with a purple foxglove, a yellow daffodil, a few violet hyacinths, and a bleeding heart. Of course that meant we got more soil and a couple more planters as well. It was a little painful to see the price on the screen, but we knew that we had carefully picked out our favorites and made sure that if we took care of them, they should come back, year after year. An investment.

David ran off to Kroger while I brought up the flowers and soil, very excited. I got straight to work. Now it looks amazing. I love it. David is really excited for the vegetables, but the flowers are my pet project. I love them so much.

We finished up our happy little Saturday with some Better Off Ted and internet.

All in all, favorite Saturday of spring.