weekending. my favorite part of the week. a time to relax, live, love, just be. if you’d like to share your weekend either with words, photographs, or both, leave a link to your weekend post or flickr photo in the comments.
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this weekend was welcoming the
first truly cool day
all sunshine and breeze and crisp air
wearing clogs with socks!
socks, oh how i love wearing socks
jeans, a cardi
chess club with the older two where it was painfully obvious
a boy there has a crush on my red bean
a boy with swagger (i’m still processing this one)
putting a pot of gumbo on the back burner to
simmer on low all afternoon
there was an afternoon walk with the red bean and wee lass
soaking up the weather, visiting the horses
snacking on foraged pecans
coming home to the smell of gumbo and kids
red-cheeked from playing football in the yard
a late dinner
waking up with this song in my head
so there was a tmbg dance party this morning
much bouncing, much laughter, and a mr. emerging from the shower
wondering what all the ruckus was about
my sil has kindly offered to come play with the kids today so
the mr., the wee lass, and i are headed out to lunch then i plan
to lead him to a bookstore where i’ll talk him into buying me a book and
a new moleskine because i’ll take books over flowers and jewelry any old day
how was your weekend?
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Oh dear, boys with swaggers…and so it begins! Stay strong dear Amanda, stay strong,
Books over flowers, h-ll yeah!
Sounds wonderful. We’ve just come off a warm spell here in Southern Ontario. The weather has cooled, so I can finally make the squash soup that my girl has been begging me to make. And don’t you just love a new book? Went to buy an e-reader on Thursday, but just couldn’t do it. Left the store with a new book instead. Bliss.
I too would love books and paper and pens over glitzy jewelry. Thank goodness you got that cooler air and socks with clogs sounds like a great name for a band!!
My weekend: http://www.pumpkinsunrise.com/2012/10/weekends_28.html
Yes. Books any day indeed.
And when a boy with swagger buys books… look out. Must say not looking forward to this with my little lady.
When do the crushes stop being cute and start being worrisome, I wonder. My four-year-old has his first crush – at least that is what I think it is. He just started at a new preschool last week and the number one reason why he wanted to attend this school was a certain blonde little thing. When I asked him before we enrolled him if he wanted to go to school with these kids he told me “I want to go to the school with HER.”
Books (and yarn) over flowers here too! For our anniversary my husband got me a pattern book and yarn! Here’s our weekend: http://ihappyree.blogspot.com/2012/10/weekending_28.html
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I’d go for books any day too. And stationery.
It’s gone cold here as well, although my experience is only second hand; I’m still spending my days with baby tucked away at home.
Have a good week ahead!
http://stitchandpurl.wordpress.com/2012/10/28/weekending-55/
Sounds like a nice weekend…I’m with you about preferring books to flowers and jewelry. Enjoy the week ahead.
Sounds like a lovely weekend. I’m with you…I prefer books to jewelry or flowers as the many bookshelves in my house attest to. My week and weekend is here at:
http://www.charlyanddebbie.blogspot.com/
Books over flowers and jewelery..I am with you
Wishing you a lovely week.
Jeans and cardi weather is my favourite. Some day I will come to the south and taste gumbo and grits. Now that song is in my head too. Con-stan-tin-ople, oh dear.
I love the part about books over flowers or jewelery.
If someone would just get me a gift certificate to Amazon someday I would be So happy.
Have a great Sunday night.
XO
C
http://www.ladycordelia.com/my-blog/2012/10/the-reluctant-baker.html
When we first started dating, Bryan bought me a book about hiking Colorado’s 14-ers. He said flowers die, but I’ll have this forever. I laughed and loved it. This was our weekend. http://the-random-thoughts-in-my-head.blogspot.com. (my apologies if this shows up twice, i’m typing on my phone).
Gumbo and foraged pecans…yum! I want to be at your house.
foraged pecans and new journals sound wonderful~ glad you’re getting some fall weather!
the weekend turned chilly here, the last explosions of color came and went, and there was medicine making and a first pumpkin carving experience….
http://sweetpotatoclaire.blogspot.com/2012/10/weekending-mid-fall.html
Lovely, my friend!
It’s wool socks all the way here! Come visit, you’d enjoy it!
Here’s my weekend in a few words:
http://www.housefullofjays.com/?p=4622
Oh Boys! I see some of my oldest friends likes to hang out – mainly because of the cute younger sister – Can’t quite get my head around it either.
This turned out to be the last weekend of autumn up here in Scandinavia.
Have a great week everyone!
http://recyclingmama.squarespace.com/home/2012/10/29/weekending.html
argh, the first crush then? ah, another leap ahead, sigh
gumbo! i want to try gumbo, i just know i’ll love it.
and you know i’m totally with you on books over flowers.
us: http://holisticmum.blogspot.co.uk/2012/10/last-week.html
I’m with you on the books too…I’m making quite a list for my upcoming birthday…although I do like the flowers to as long as they are wild and free or big and bold…but not roses or gladioli… And I’m not much on jewellery either.
I love what you’re doing with kindred…I’ll check out the prompt…can’t wait to read it…
deb
oh here’s my weekend a bit of a fluey one…
http://cookingupastorminateacup.blogspot.co.uk/2012/10/weekending-chilli-winds-and-strawberry.html
My 14 year old seems to attract the quiet, bookish types so far, we’ve not had so much in the swagger department, but that’ll only be a matter of time no doubt
http://scrapsofstarlight.blogspot.co.uk/2012/10/weekending.html
suzy, my girl is quiet and bookish so this boy full of swagger has thrown me for a loop
the first. and yet she doesn’t reciprocate. small victories
I hope you got the book and moleskins!!!! Hooray for cooler weather, my goodness how that changes everything. Gumbo…droooool. I have to say I haven’t had any since we passed through new orleans in March!! THAT is a crime.
much love to you Amanda, have a great week!
xo
http://www.wanderwonderdiscover.com/2012/10/to-catch-eye.html
a date on friday night with my husband, to see the new bond
shopping for wine and cheese on saturday morning at the local market
lamb in the slow cooker saturday (for lunch on sunday)
waking up to the smell of lamb on sunday morning … salivating …
making german cheesecake, from a book i just finished reading
sitting on the sofa in the conservatory looking out into the backyard,
tucked up in a cosy blanket
storytelling sunday lunch with friends
collapsing on the sofa with my husband after a fabuls meal and
amazing stories
http://leoniewise.com/2012/10/storytelling-sunday
(im with you on the books thing too)
…”swagger” watch out for that. lol i fell for a young boy with mad swag- he grew up to buy me books. oh these boys! ; ) lol!!
xo
i also enjoy finally wearing my warmer clothes again. this weekend was the first being chilly and windy, it felt like there’s really no coming back for summer now.
Oh I do love the cooler weather and pots simmering…And I am so with you…books over flowers and jewelry any day!
Everything about this is so comforting and peaceful!
Steph
Sounds like a really nice weekend. Fall is definitely here.
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