Weekend Update

Happy Monday, friends!

Although our state is beginning to do some limited reopening, we are still adhering to a strict quarantine at our house. Because this weekend included Mother's Day, we did visit my mom and Skip's mom with our newly established porch visits and yard visits, respectively. My mom has the typical southern front porch with a swing and some cozy chairs, and Skip's parents back yard is worthy of being featured in Better Home and Gardens. Both were wonderful visits, and we love visiting with them while maintaining a little distance for everyone's safety. We loved seeing our moms for Mother's Day, regardless of the circumstances. The venue really doesn't matter.

The trio were wrapping up some things for school on Friday, and they took a bike ride Friday afternoon, followed by homemade chicken fingers for dinner. Skip was up early Saturday and by mid-morning he had decided to pick up mulch so that we could re-mulch the playground. While the weather is so nice, I have been trying to talk everyone into using the swings at least. So we knocked the mulch out quickly... really quickly. Skip was trying to hurriedly unload the first truck load so that he had time to pick up a second truck load before they closed at noon, and he made it. George and Skip were on unload detail, while the girls and I raked everything into place. Afterward, we had some lunch (chicken finger sandwiches), and visited with our moms. In keeping with our quarantine status, we cut fresh roses from our bushes and took those with us. Admittedly, we are a little germaphobic, but mostly we feel like we have too many days invested in this quarantine to contact COVID on a simple errand. Now, if the kids were still in school and we were being exposed anyway, we might feel differently. At least, that was my philosophy in the days and weeks leading up to school terminating on March 13th.

After our visits, it was a little late for our regular Saturday dinner of homemade pizza so we picked up McDonald's for a treat. I don't think the trio have had McDonalds for maybe three months, and they definitely enjoyed it.

The trio wrote out cards for me for Sunday morning, and Skip helped them make breakfast. Basically, I had a wonderful day of doing all of my favorite things... reading, relaxing on the deck, and Skip and I watched Jerry Seinfeld's latest standup special. My mom and I both talked about how perfect this "simpler" Mother's Day was, even during quarantine.

How was your weekend? 

Also, speaking of southern porches, I requested rocking chairs for Mother's Day for our front porch and cannot wait for them to arrive!