We had such a great weekend!!
On Friday Cathy went into work to get her paycheck and ended up staying all day (and night) working on things. She had papers to grade and she did some lesson planning. She ended up coming home around 7:00 and we decided to head to Fuquay-Varina for some Mexican for dinner.
We absolutely LOVE this Mexican place. It's called El Mason and it's soooo cheap and soooo good. They have this page of combo meals and just about anything you can think of is put together into a combo for $7.25. We usually both get water so our meal with tip comes to less than $20.00. They give you free chips and salsa that's made from scratch and delicious.
After eating Mexican we have a ritual of heading over to the DQ (Dairy Queen) for some ice cream. Steve always gets a Blizzard and Cathy usually gets their chocolate covered strawberry waffle bowl sundae... but this time she decided to get a banana-split but in a cup instead of the boat. This caused a GREAT amount of confusion because they have a banana-split Blizzard... but Cathy hates Blizzards (unless it's cookies and cream) because she hates things in her ice cream (weird right).
Anyway, she didn't really get a banana-split... she got a sundae with every topping they have dumped in a cup with bananas. She kept raving about how good it was... and they put it in a 44oz cup. It was MASSIVE and only cost $3.50. Yes... we definietly made out.
On Saturday we waited around ALL DAY for the Maytag person to come with our new dryer... yes we have a dryer but we'll have to do a separate blog just about the drama with the dryer. Anyway, they NEVER came. Talk about pissing us off and wasting the entire day.
We ended up going shopping. Cathy had gone to DSW on Thursday and bought $130 worth of shoes (yes... and they were almost ALL sandals). Anyway... the one pair (cute Sketchers) gave her really bad blisters after wearing them on Friday, so we took them back to DSW on Saturday. Cathy was really good about the whole thing... and DSW refunded not only the shoes but the coupon value (she had a $30 coupon).
Then we went to Old Navy and Steve got a TON of new clothes. They had so much on sale!! He got a bunch of dressy shirts, some belts, a jacket and some shorts. He was very happy with his shopping trip!
We also went to Bed Bath & Beyond and bought some things there. On our trip we also hit Target where we bought more things for the house and some other odds and ends.
Because it was getting late, we went to one of our other favorite places to eat, the Bass Lake Draft House. They have pretty good food... it's sometimes over-priced (depending on what you get). We don't eat there very often, but it was pretty good. After dinner we walked to the coffee place and got some ice-cream.
We came home and watched The Brothers Grimm. It was very interesting... nothing like we had expected. It was good... very graphic and violent, but it was entertaining. Not something that we'd need to see again, but it wasn't bad.
Today we slept in. Steve went outside this morning and watered the lawn and talked to our neighbors. After noon we went to Lowe's for grocery shopping. That's about it for today.
We're both hoping that Cathy's mom's hip-replacement surgery goes well this week. She's going into the hospital on Tuesday and then coming home after Friday. We're praying that it's as smooth as possible and her recovery is speedy. We both wish we were home to help her and make her as comfortable as possible... but we're not able to get back. If you're reading this and you do live close to her... PLEASE stop over and see how she's doing.
Keep her in your prayers please!
Signing off..
The Walkers
On Friday Cathy went into work to get her paycheck and ended up staying all day (and night) working on things. She had papers to grade and she did some lesson planning. She ended up coming home around 7:00 and we decided to head to Fuquay-Varina for some Mexican for dinner.
We absolutely LOVE this Mexican place. It's called El Mason and it's soooo cheap and soooo good. They have this page of combo meals and just about anything you can think of is put together into a combo for $7.25. We usually both get water so our meal with tip comes to less than $20.00. They give you free chips and salsa that's made from scratch and delicious.
After eating Mexican we have a ritual of heading over to the DQ (Dairy Queen) for some ice cream. Steve always gets a Blizzard and Cathy usually gets their chocolate covered strawberry waffle bowl sundae... but this time she decided to get a banana-split but in a cup instead of the boat. This caused a GREAT amount of confusion because they have a banana-split Blizzard... but Cathy hates Blizzards (unless it's cookies and cream) because she hates things in her ice cream (weird right).
Anyway, she didn't really get a banana-split... she got a sundae with every topping they have dumped in a cup with bananas. She kept raving about how good it was... and they put it in a 44oz cup. It was MASSIVE and only cost $3.50. Yes... we definietly made out.
On Saturday we waited around ALL DAY for the Maytag person to come with our new dryer... yes we have a dryer but we'll have to do a separate blog just about the drama with the dryer. Anyway, they NEVER came. Talk about pissing us off and wasting the entire day.
We ended up going shopping. Cathy had gone to DSW on Thursday and bought $130 worth of shoes (yes... and they were almost ALL sandals). Anyway... the one pair (cute Sketchers) gave her really bad blisters after wearing them on Friday, so we took them back to DSW on Saturday. Cathy was really good about the whole thing... and DSW refunded not only the shoes but the coupon value (she had a $30 coupon).
Then we went to Old Navy and Steve got a TON of new clothes. They had so much on sale!! He got a bunch of dressy shirts, some belts, a jacket and some shorts. He was very happy with his shopping trip!
We also went to Bed Bath & Beyond and bought some things there. On our trip we also hit Target where we bought more things for the house and some other odds and ends.
Because it was getting late, we went to one of our other favorite places to eat, the Bass Lake Draft House. They have pretty good food... it's sometimes over-priced (depending on what you get). We don't eat there very often, but it was pretty good. After dinner we walked to the coffee place and got some ice-cream.
We came home and watched The Brothers Grimm. It was very interesting... nothing like we had expected. It was good... very graphic and violent, but it was entertaining. Not something that we'd need to see again, but it wasn't bad.
Today we slept in. Steve went outside this morning and watered the lawn and talked to our neighbors. After noon we went to Lowe's for grocery shopping. That's about it for today.
We're both hoping that Cathy's mom's hip-replacement surgery goes well this week. She's going into the hospital on Tuesday and then coming home after Friday. We're praying that it's as smooth as possible and her recovery is speedy. We both wish we were home to help her and make her as comfortable as possible... but we're not able to get back. If you're reading this and you do live close to her... PLEASE stop over and see how she's doing.
Keep her in your prayers please!
Signing off..
The Walkers
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I also always get the chocolate covered strawberry sundae from the great DQ. It is delish! :) Hope your mom does well with her surgery. Keep me posted!
I don't live close to your mom to help, but I will send well-wishes. Hope everything goes smooth!!!! (Aimee's mom) :-)