Teaholic not quite anonymous

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Our weekend was really nice! Saturday morning Matt made ham and cheese omelettes for breakfast. Then I started the beef stroganoff in the crock pot for dinner. Then we got ready and Matt, Maddy and I went to a birthday party at Chunk-e-cheese and Maddy really enjoyed herself. CeC isn't what I remember it being when I was little. It's actually much better! It was airy, not overly loud and rather pleasant! Maddy especially liked the Carousel and loved putting coins in the slots. After CeC we stopped at Trader Joes and picked up wine as a gift to each other for our anniversary (6 years!). We have 18 bottles now! I'm excited to share some with Matt since we haven't had it in the house for so long. But that will be next weekend. I also picked up some cereal and a few snacks as well. I love Trader Joes cereal. The price is right, it's natural and it's delicious. Matt also found crumpets at Trader Joes and asked if I wanted to have crumpets and tea in my good tea set on the deck while Maddy was napping.

Maddy took a good long nap on Saturday and that was great. She was worn out from her CeC experience! Matt and I did have tea on the deck and it was quite pleasant. I promised myself that we weren't going to do anything overly productive on Saturday and to give ourselves a break on our anniversary. We went out to Lowes to look at stones for our next house project--a patio under our deck. It's been a long time in coming, but it will be great when it's finished. It will finish off the backyard! And honestly, there wouldn't be much left that we need to do to the house.

After Lowes, we came home and ate the stroganoff. It turned out great as usual and we had a ton of left overs so that fed us tonight and will again for lunch tomorrow. I love not having to cook if I don't have to! :)

I slept very poorly last night though. Matt and I had champagne, strawberries and chocolates after Maddy went to bed. I believe the chocolates kept me up! So I was awake from 3-5 this AM. Matt let me sleep in, but let's face it... there's no sleeping in with a toddler in the house no matter how hard he let me try. I got up and we decided to try our church's contemporary service at 11 am and we made it there with time to spare. It's nice that it's not the 9:30 service since we'd need to be out of the house no later than 8:45 to get to church on time and also get a seat. I have such a hard time getting going in the morning and getting the three of us ready, plus stocking the diaper bag with snacks/quiet toys is a feat in it's own. So getting out no later than 8:45 when Maddy gets up at 7:15.... So 11:00 was a nice change. It was also a nice service as well! It was a nice mix of contemporary music (yes, 80's Amy Grant songs live on) and a really decent sermon. So it wasn't all light and fluffy, but the music gave Maddy something interesting to focus on.

Maddy fell asleep in the car on the way home so when we got home she was ready to play again for a while. I did lay her down about 1:10 but she was still awake at 2. I rocked her some and then laid her back down. Matt and I also took a nap today and we didn't wake up until 4:30! Maddy didn't wake up until after 5 when I went to go get her.

After dinner, Matt and Maddy went to Trader Joes (to exchange a bag that was open) and to Giant to get some groceries. It allowed me to really get the house organized and cleaned up while they were gone. I guess Maddy insisted on being held at the grocery store so it was frustrating to Matt to try to shop while holding her and pushing the cart. It was late though, so I guess it was to be expected.

Matt and I are antsy though. Because we took a nice break from the household chores this weekend, we have a long list in our head for what we want to accomplish next weekend. Matt's folks are coming for a visit next weekend so it will be nice for us to have extra hands to watch Maddy while we get a few things accomplished.

Well, that's it for tonight! I have a couple other things I want to talk about, but it will wait for tomorrow. There is laundry that needs to be hung up in the laundry room! Have a great week!

Tea of the day: 3-4 cups green tea throughout the day.
WO of the day: Nothing today!