My Kind of Weekend

Friday:

• Sold our old house, met the buyers and handed them the keys, appliance manuals and garage door opener.
• Hired a baby-sitter and went on a great downtown date (and celebration). First we ate dinner at a nice restaurant. Then went to a nightclub for dancing to a band called Wonderbread5.

Saturday:

• I finally reconquered the yard at our new house (I had been spending all of my weekends maintaining and fixing up our old house).
• Attended a surprise birthday party for a friend of ours.
• When the kids went down for a nap, we did too.
• Had dinner at our neighbor's friend's pizzeria while watching some fights, even though they were only boxing.
  
• Rented a good movie called "Invincible" with Mark Wahlberg, based on the true story of Vince Papale.

Sunday:

• Church in the morning.
• Took a short afternoon nap.
  
• Replaced the spark plugs on my car. It was missing a cylinder, but now it runs fine.
  
• Attended a birthday party for a friend's son from church.
• Paid bills and balanced checkbook (to me, ridding the bulletin board of financial obligations and getting rid of our stack of receipts is a good feeling).
  
• Watched the latest episode of Spike TV's The Ultimate Fighter (downloaded the bittorrent).

To summarize, we finally jumped the hurdle of a major challenge (house sale), had a really good date night together, accomplished some major chores, got some sleep, spent some good times with friends, enjoyed the outdoors during beautiful weather (at both parties), relaxed by watching a good movie, and enjoyed a tv show too. Life is good, if even just for the moment.