Hey friends! It’s time to link up with Holly and Sarah for Hello Monday and dive into our weekend moments. I hope you all had an amazing weekend and are feeling pumped and ready for the last week of July. Can you even believe that it’s the last week of July? The days are just flying by so fast!
Friday Night
Friday night, Steve and I went out for an early dinner at our local club. We ordered the seafood platter, which was delicious, although a lot less generous than the ones we used to enjoy at the Motor Boat Club. It seems times are tough in the restaurant world these days! The generous platters we used to enjoy have now doubled in price, so we thought we’d try this new venue. We are mindful of the fact that we are planning a big trip next year. So we are eating out less these days and trying places that offer better value. This place wasn’t one of them, but we enjoyed the night anyway and may have stopped off at McDonald’s on the way home for a burger and fries. Haha!
Saturday
Saturday was a day for pottering around, getting this and that done. One of the tasks was a sewing chore. Sam bought a Sloppy Joe online, and when it arrived, it had a gap on the sleeve where the overlocker must have missed. He emailed the clothing company for an exchange, but they refunded him the cost price and he got to keep the sloppy Joe. A few stitches later, and it was all fixed.
I caught up on some blogs, and in the afternoon, my cousins came over to book more things for our trip to the USA next year. Steve put together a quick cheese board for us to munch on while we bought Disneyland and Universal Studios tickets. We also scoured the internet for accommodation.
I’m giddy with excitement about our big adventure, though I can’t help but feel a bit nervous too (especially with my fear of flying—gulp!)! While we were sorting out the details, I had to face the fact that the exchange rate wasn’t in our favour. It seemed much better when I was doing ‘girl maths’ in my head. But we’re still super excited and looking forward to our trip! 23 weeks, 5 hours, and 23 minutes to go!
Sunday
Sunday, I went to my aunt and uncle’s house for lunch. I hadn’t seen them for a few months, and it was so good to catch up with them. We were so busy chatting and eating, and I forgot to take any pics. My aunt is an amazing cook, and we had the most delicious tender and juicy roast pork with vegetables and other sides.
In the evening, I went to my other aunt’s house, and we watched some of the Olympic events. This time, I’m just not as into them as usual; I usually get really excited about the Olympics. Steve, on the other hand, watched the four-hour-long replay of the opening ceremony on Saturday. I only saw a few glimpses and wasn’t particularly impressed with some aspects of it. Did you guys watch it? What did you think?
Some of my cousins were visiting as well, and I caught up with our fur cousin Zila in her fancy outfit.
That wraps up our weekend! And of course, it was back to work today. I had a feeling that last week’s spring-like temps wouldn’t last long, and I was right. It was freezing cold today, and I’m sure it’s snowing somewhere because the wind is strong and the chill is biting, brrrrrr!
Thanks so much for stopping by today and I hope you have a wonderful Monday morning or evening wherever you are!
I look forward to being back here on Wednesday for What’s Up Wednesday.
See ya!
Your cousin’s little dog is adorable. It sounds like a good weekend overall. I understand about the opening ceremony of the Olympics. I used to watch every minute of it, but I only watched part of it this year. There is just too much talking by commentators and they repeat themselves constantly. #MMBC
Fur cousin Zila is a cutie! You were lucky with that Sloppy Joe #MMBC
Awww I love how you spend such quality time with your family members- you are blessed! Ah that seafood platter? Another sign of inflation around the world…gotta love it 😉
Your fur cousin is adorable!
We aren’t as into the Olympics this year either, for some reason. We watched a bit of swimming and biking yesterday but were not that into it.
Yes, we are very much into the Olympics. We watched the recorded Opening Ceremony, and did fast forward through some of the “tableaus” and countries. But I loved the techno music part and I looooooved seeing Celine Dion, she was amazing.
I had to look up what a Sloppy Joe was, I had never heard that term before. We just say sweatshirt.
I am so excited for you to be planning your big trip, I can only assume you’ll be the family with the matching t-shirts?! haha
Hahaha!! Yes, we will! 🙂
Haha I love the little dog outfit!
I haven’t gotten to see any of the Olympics yet! I really wanted to watch the opening ceremonies but just didn’t get around to it. How exciting to have more of your Disney/Universal trip planned!
Yeah Olympics not holding my attention as much as in the past either. I’ve only seen half the opening ceremony, recorded to watch when had time, and so far it has reminded me of a long over played Old Navy commercial.
A Sloppy Joe over here in mid-west USA is a loose beef sandwich with tomato/BBQ sauce on a soft bun, and what you patched is a sweatshirt. so interesting to see the different terminology, makes me smile. (bell peppers have a different name when you point them out too.)