Memorial Day Weekend

The weekend has come to an end. I must say it was quite enjoyable and very needed. David and I each got off at a decent time on Friday, which made for an even more extended weekend.

On Friday afternoon we went to Cedar Point. It wasn't until after we arrived that I realized I forgot all of our cash at home. I had made a special trip to the bank to make sure we had money for our afternoon/evening out, and forgot it at home. In addition, neither of us even had a credit card. So much for wanting to spend the evening at Cedar Point. Just as well though, we met up with the 'rents at Danny Boys and chilled the rest of the evening. While at CP we rode the Gemini and SkyHawk. We don't tend to ride all that many rides when we go over. We mostly walk and people watch. They were our first rides of the season and I got say that they still make your stomach go into your throat on your first few rides. We always start out easy, but it seems like when the years pass each year gets harder and harder to swallow the first time around. We're getting too old for this =)

On Saturday we started our morning out with an easy run downtown. We checked out the new lighthouse sculptures downtown. Pretty cool. We weren't sure what they were about but it seemed like it was on the same concept as the Guitar Mania in Cleveland or the Mermaids On Parade in Norfolk. I guess they're a fundraiser for the Merri-Go-Round Museum and Red Cross. I was kind of bummed to hear that they'll disappear at the end of the summer when they're auctioned off. The afternoon was spent running errands and washing/waxing the cars. David and his dad went up to Cleveland for the Indians game in the evening while I watched a movie, went to dinner with the 'rents, and got comfy on the couch with a book.

Sunday was a day full of projects. We woke up early to go to Home Depot. I wanted to get some top soil to fill in the back corner "garden" area that I've been working on for awhile now. The dirt had become lowered and it was in need of some filling. After that I started my project of scraping and painting the white trim on our house and the garage. The focus was mostly on the porch pillars, the trim on the windows of the garage, and the windows of the garage. It took me awhile. It also got quite warm and I'm not really sure if it makes that much of a difference, but it needed to be done, especially to protect the exposed wood. David and his dad went up to Cleveland again for the 1pm Indians game. A few weeks ago a game had been rained out that my dad and David had tickets for. They announced that the tickets could be exchanged for any other game, however he had to go to the location where the tickets were purchased. We hadn't actually purchased the tickets, as they were a deal through the Indian's teamstore (if you spent so much money you got tickets), but we got them in Elyria. With the cost of gas we weren't about to make a special 30 minute trip. So David stopped on his way to the game Saturday, only to find that you couldn't exchange them for any ticket. It had to be in the month of May. Given that it's the last week of May he had 2 choices. Sunday's afternoon game or Monday's evening game. He chose Sunday's game. So while he and his dad went to Cleveland I stayed busy at the house getting projects done. They are never ending and if anything, as you finish one you find two others that need to be completed too.

We woke up Monday morning to a loud thunderstorm. We both love thunderstorms so it was great to lay in bed listening to the rain and thunder. Too bad Viking doesn't share the same feelings. He's not a fan of storms. They never seemed to bother him until about a year or two ago. He doesn't get crazy, just real clingy. After the storm passed the sun decided to come out and we went out for a bike ride with dad. Soon after the ride we had a cookout at our place with all the 'rents and then spent the rest of the afternoon at Cedar Point. It ended up being a gorgeous day. The crowd at CP was very light and we got on Millenium and Dragster with very little wait. We didn't ease into the big rides much, eh? It's all fun though. I wasn't so nervous about Millenium. Dragster on the other hand...that always gets me heart going.

Enough of my rambling. That was our weekend in a nutshell. I'm bummed that it had to end, but definitely glad to have had the time and great weather. On with the work week....