Mary Oliver

"Tell me, what is it you plan to do

with your one wild and precious life?"









Tuesday, November 16, 2010

Weekend Update



I had a fabulous and relaxing weekend, despite all the driving I did. On Friday night, we went to J's graduation from the police academy and had two wonderful surprises. First, he finished first in his class, which garnered him a number of awards, and secondly, he proposed to L!
They are officially engaged now! Such a sweet moment. Steve's happy, although he looks a little stunned here.


I left Saturday morning and drove out to Blacksburg for a lovely visit with Melissa. We went to an art show featuring one of her friend's art work, ate out, went to a craft show where I bought a few Christmas gifts, went shopping, ate some more, watched a movie, made pumpkin pies and homemade macaroni and cheese, unclogged a sink, and enjoyed the gorgeous weather. Oh, and I knit a lot throughout most of that. The pictures never seem to show how rich the colors are but trust me, they were breathtaking.



I left Monday morning after breakfast at Gillies, a Blacksburg landmark, and meandered my way home. I stopped at the Mud House in Crozet for what is now my traditional rest stop for a lovely latte and cranberry cookie (my lunch) and a little knitting.
I love that place. The leaves were so beautiful that I decided to take Route 250 from Crozet to Charlottesville, driving past the UVA campus. Such a pretty place. I wish I had stopped but it'll have to wait until another time.


I arrived in Richmond about an hour before Stef got out of class, so I waited at an interesting coffee shop she had told me about. We ate dinner at a place called Sticky Rice, then did a little food shopping, before I headed out.


All in all, a lovely weekend. Hope yours was too.

4 comments:

  1. Looks like you had a wonderful weekend. The Fall colors are beautiful, I've yet to knit in the sand - I'm living on the other side of the county so "sand knitting" is possible for me. I have dog hair in EVERYTHING I knit so some sand maybe interesing to add. I knit in my dream cottage - the only problem is it's in the wrong location. Have a great week!

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  2. Sounds like an amazing weekend. The colors are beautiful, so happy your weeknd was wonderful. Congrats to the very happy couple.
    Meredith

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  3. You always pack so much into your times away! What a lovely surprise that engagement must have been. And congratulations to the clever - and handsome - grad!

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  4. heh, I'm glad you included unclogging a sink! can I have that picture of Kate and I in front of our lovely abode!?? : )

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