Thursday night I had the priveledge of going out with my dear friend Ashley.  We decided to get pedicures because it was going to be a beautiful spring weekend and the fact that we couldn’t remember the last time we got our toes done meant that it had been WAY TOO long!  There is a local place called Nail Pro that gives the absolute best pedicures I’ve ever gotten in my life (for $20).  I don’t know about you, but there is something about having pretty toes that lifts my spirits.  I’m a girly girl if you haven’t caught on by now.  Having freshly waxed eyebrows seems to have the same affect, but you all know too well what happened to my wax last weekend, so I won’t be enjoying that luxury for a while, or at least until I get a new pot of wax.  :(  Anyways, back to the story…I got a pedicure, my feet looked beautiful and my parents were taking all three of my boys for the entire weekend starting on Friday morning!  My sweet hubby laughed as he saw that I had a LONG “to do” list for our “relaxing” weekend.  :)  He knows me well!!  Friday I had my consult with the surgeon.  Everything went well and after reading his long ‘bio’, I know I’m in VERY good hands.  They stuck a scope up my nose and down my throat in order to take a look at my vocal chords and they let me watch.  That was pretty cool.  My surgery is scheduled for Monday, March 23rd.  Thanks to advances in medical technology and surgical procedures, I’ll go home a few hours after surgery.  I don’t know any details about recover except that I’ll have to take it easy for about a week afterward. 

After my appointment, I had about two and a half hours before Josh would get home from work.  I was in heaven!  At home, all by myself.  I had that place spotless within an hour.  The entire house was vacuumed, swept, mopped, dusted, clean sheets on all the beds, windows open, candles burning…it was amazing.  I need to send my kids to a babysitter for about two hours one day a week and I’ll be good to go!

Friday night Josh and I went to the mall, grabbed a bite to eat, and wandered around Barnes and Noble for a good two hours.  It was pure bliss.  We sat and sipped our iced lattes while skimming through a few magazines that had nothing to do with parenting, homeschooling, or discipline.  On Saturday, we had praise band practice in the morning, but after that we hit the ground running!  Here is a glimpse of what I got accomplished on Saturday without children there to interrupt every ten minutes…or five:

~put the boys’ winter clothes away and swap with spring clothes

~weed the garden and lay new mulch

~drop my steam cleaner by a friend’s house 

~clean out the garage and re-organize the shelves

~take a load to goodwill

~order/pick up contacts

~clean out the “shoe closet”  (this is the coat closet in our foyer…yikes!)

~dust chandelier in the dining room (those things get mighty dusty and I tend to not notice until we have guests around the table!)

~clean out the cabinets under the kitchen sink (throw away empty bottles, straighten cleaning supplies, make a list of things I need to replace)

~clean out the vanity in the boys bathroom

~wash the new sheets for the guest room

~sanitize the bath toys and throw the yucky ones away (I don’t do this near enough!)

~put mattress pad back on Jesse and Owen’s bed

~clear clutter off the top book shelves

By Saturday night I was pretty exhausted, but I can’t even begin to describe to you the feeling of accomplishment and relaxation knowing that my house hasn’t been this clean in a very long time.  I still have a few loads of laundry to fold and put away, but overall, it was the BEST weekend I’ve had in a LONG time!Â
My boys are home now and I missed them very much.  It’s definitely important for married couples with kids to have some weekends alone a few times a year.  Sometimes we need reminding why we got married in the first place.  Not that we forget, but it’s easy to get “lost” in the role of Mom and Dad and forget that we were first husband and wife and we still love each other more than anything in the whole world…and with a little peace and quiet, we still have LOTS of fun together.  Thanks Mom and Dad for keeping the boys this weekend!!! I love you!!!

…tomorrow we are heading to Atlanta to visit a friend who just had her second baby.  I’m so excited to meet the new arrival!!  I’ve had a bit of baby fever lately!

Have a Marvelous Monday everyone!

~audrey

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