mid-week/weekend recap

i've been pretty busy since the last time i blogged.  julius' mom, mrs. kathy, and i went to memphis last wednesday for a day of shopping.  it was lots of fun (as usual), but i was exhausted (as usual) after.  anywho, i found some good stuff... mostly got clothes for the honeymoon, which we leave for 2 weeks from today!

so... wednesday, we shopped. thursday, i rested. friday, julius was off so we actually got to spend an entire day together!  we were lazy and watched movies (i love you, man & adventureland).  ju went hunting friday afternoon; alli came over, and we decided to indulge in wine starting at about 5:30.  her boyfriend, seth, came over; ju killed a 9 pt (with his bow); then we ordered supper from our favorite place, 3 way.  saturday was a big time cleaning day for us.  ju was off again, so he tackled outside--the yard, cleaning off front and back porches, etc.  i stayed inside and scrubbed, scrubbed, scrubbed the shower--all i can say is that i will never ever let our shower get that bad again! it took about an hour worth of hard scrubbing before it was satisfactory to me.  my other big task of saturday was to clean out/organize the guest bedroom/office.  ok, this room has been our dumping grounds ever since the house was ready.... surely you can get a mental image of a small room crammed full of boxes, wedding gifts, and the furniture that resides in the room.  it took me at least 2 hours to get everything organized and cleaned out.  ju took 9 boxes to storage; we took several boxes, along with towels and sheets/comforters, to bear lake (hunting camp); and many a boxes to the trash.  but it feels good to walk in this room now and actually be able to see the floor!

the main reason for us going into maniac cleaning mode on saturday was that my parents came yesterday to visit :)  i was so excited they wanted to come!  it was great to see them.  and it wasn't really that we thought my parents would care about any of our messes, it was more just the fact that these things needed to be done for a while now--my parents' coming just gave us the nudge we needed to get started.

my parents also brought our wedding gift.....  irobot roomba 560!!!

i have been wanting a roomba for a while now.  and on friday, the vacuum cleaner i had, which was pretty old anyway, died--i was vacuuming, then started smelling something. so i cut off the vacuum, went to where it was plugged up (i guess i went here just to make sure it wasn't on fire or something), then went back to cut it on and it blew black smoke out of each side then died.  so, the roomba's arrival sunday was perfect timing! 

we have used ruby (that's the roomba's name.. ruby roomba) twice now and she's done a great job. so far, we are very happy with ruby :) 

today on the agenda is laundry and flowerbeds.  mrs. kathy and i are going to give the flowerbeds a face lift today ;)  we planted the beds right when the house was ready-so a few months ago-and all was well for a while, but a combination of me not being the best plant owner and the flooding it's done here these past 2 months have murdered most of our plants :(  so mrs. kathy and i are going to fix the flowerbeds!  i'm trying to get into gardening---and slowly but surely, i am.

happy monday!