On the way home from work Friday, Jim got a phone call and was told he had to travel 5 hours down into Ohio to deliver some material and work on a job site Saturday.....4th of July. Fantastic! We, of course, had holiday plans to spend with family and have a good time out at the cottage, oh and can't forget to mention we were supposed to have an awesome Frankenmuth chicken lunch with his family as well! I was so looking forward to that!! But instead, I piled into the car with Jim Friday night and we trekked down to Blanchester, OH. Blanchester....it just sounds fun doesn't it? We booked a room just outside of Dayton, about 45 min from Blanchester since there no place much closer to stay. Jim headed to work 7am and I proceeded to hang out in a hotel room for most of the day. But, alas, I made the best of it. Slept in, hung out at the pool for a while and walked across the street to the Dayton Mall. Not much of a mall, but I got a good walk out of it.
I also had brought a vase of flowers that Jim had bought me earlier that week and took a few photos of them. I was inspired to do so by another blog I was following here. She took a few pictures of flowers to decorate the house. I already have some of my photos hanging on the walls, so why not a few more. Here are a few of them:
So, Jim ended up getting out of work and back to the hotel pretty early. We had originally planned to spend Saturday night as well and do some geocaching on Sunday. A quick check of the weather changed our minds. It was supposed to be rainy and cloudy. But home sweet home on Sunday was supposed to bright and sunny. So we decided to drive on home. We got back around 7:00pm, watched a movie and hit the hay!
Sunday, we got up and went to church (it had been awhile, it felt good to be back!). We then had arranged to meet up with my dad and join him and his wife for a day out on the lake in his boat. We headed out to Orchard Lake and spent the day cruising the waters and lounging in the sun. We had a lot of fun and ended up having a pretty darn good weekend!
The week has gone by kinda fast so far, despite the fact that I have a bit of cold that is preventing me from getting a good night sleep. It's been rather annoying. I am pretty much just fine all day, but as soon as I lay down and try to sleep, I start hacking up a lung. I am pretty much just exhausted now. I can't wait to get a good night sleep again.
