Mondays...

Ughhh.....the universal Monday feeling.  The weekends just go buy way too quickly anymore. I feel like I go, go, go and yet when Monday comes I feel like I didn't get much of what I wanted accomplished.  Oh well.  Friday I was just totally drained and exhausted so I decided it was a good time for taco night and catching up on all my shows I had dvr'd that I haven't had time to watch.  Saturday I ran around with mom a bit and then we picked up some stuff for Starla's new room and a large canvas for my sister's house and then we headed over to help put Starla's room together and hang pictures.  Mom and I are pretty picky about pictures, we break out the measuring tape and level and chalk, got to make sure everything is straight and at the proper height.  LOL  Saturday evening a few of us headed over to Five Oaks in Sevierville where I purchased a few paintings/pictures for my hallway.  Of course, one must now go back.  :o(  Go figure, those crazy protective corners protect but they also hide!  Top corner of my larger pic is messed up so I will be making a trip back one evening to get it exchanged.  I was so bummed too.  I had measured, chalked my spot and everything and then took those corners off....BOO!!  Oh well.  It is life.  Then we headed over to Smoky Mountain Brewery at Walden's Landing for dinner and a little relaxing.  

Sunday I was up early and off to Lowe's.  Dad decided that he was digging up some of his shrubs/bushes as he thought he had too many of the same thing and well I had nothing really but a small flower bed so I of course offered to take them off his hands.  ;o)  Now that the gutters/soffit are done I decided to get him to help me hang my wind chimes as well.  I love them, mom had them made for me for Christmas and they are a little heavy so I had to wait until I had everything replaced before we could hang them.  It looks nice with all the green out front now although I still cant wait to add more down the front of the house...once you get started you can't stop.  he he

We are on the downside of the Monday work day so that is a great sign.  Monday's for whatever reason just totally drain me.  Ughhh  So this morning I got up and put a beautiful roast in the crock pot with lots of good seasons and onions.  At lunch I stopped in (soaked in a little of the good smell my house is now filled with) and tossed in some potatoes.  After work I will toss in the carrots, take mom to drop the Jeep at the Jeep Dr, go workout and then home to dinner that will be ready!  YAY!  You can totally tell my mom cooked when I was growing up.  There is nothing better than walking in to a house that smells so great with dinner cooking all day!

"Cooking is like love. 

It should be entered into 

with abandon or not at all."

 
~ Harriet Van Horne