bits from a long weekend

it's tuesday.  but it feels like monday.  i'll be mixed up all week.

it was a great long weekend.  sticky and summery and good; and pretty much all i have to show for it are a few table shots.  and a few bits that i don't want to forget.

* we have been planning to cook an "asian food extravaganza" (those words belong to b. - he's been asking for months) for a really long time.  including make-your-own-sushi.  this was the weekend.  in the end, the kids didn't love the sushi - something about the texture of the seaweed being different from what they're used to - but it was fun to plan and fun to make and everything else was delicious.

 

* sesame noodles supreme was on the menu, of course.  thank goodness i blogged about it way back when, so i was able to find the recipe.  (though it turns out that i have been, ahem, neglecting my blog categories, and i had to search google to find it!  which worked like a charm.  that was pretty funny.)

* everybody had a dish (or two) to make as part of the "extravaganza."  i made fortune cookies.  i had done it once before, a long time ago.  it was fun, and easy.  and writing up the fortunes was the best part.  i will admit that i used the internet when writing the fortunes (and i'd love to link to the site, but now i can't find it.  sorry.), and they were a hit.  the cookies were tasty, too.

* we ate outside three nights in a row.  the weather was perfect.  (now it's cold and rainy.  oh well.)

 

* we planted our vegetable garden, and our herb pots on the deck.  last summer (when we were renovating) we didn't plant the garden, and i really missed it.  not just the growing of our own herbs and veggies, but the act of tending the garden.  monday morning, after breakfast, b. asked if he could go out and water the plants.  of course.

* d. built a fire pit in our back yard.  he scoured the woods behind our house for rocks, brought them to a little corner of the yard with the wheelbarrow, and set them up in a circle.  the pit needs a few things still (like some digging, and a grate), but we had our first fire saturday night and it was delightful.  friends.  s'mores.  a guitar.  perfection.

* sunday night my friend naomi brought homemade ice cream sandwiches.  chocolate cookies with peanut butter ice cream.  monday night was my brownies a la mode.  those were highlights.

* i remembered that i do have another tablecloth.  it doesn't match anything anymore, but it was perfect for throwing over the card table on the deck.  we've had it for years and years, and i do love it.  i'm thinking of turning into a picnic blanket at some point.  (after i deal with my sewing machine issues, but that's another blog post entirely.)

* what else?  there were morning walks.  and playdates.  a sleepover at bubbie's.  there was sunscreen.  and sawing.  our outside speakers are fantastic.  my friend julie made a delicious gazpacho.  i started a new book.  we had brunch with dear friends visiting from out of town and it was as if they had never left.  there was (half of) a game of harry potter clue.  and there was lots and lots of pandora.

it seems like there was so much more.  and nothing else at all, really.  which is the sign of an excellent long weekend, in my opinion.  

now, it's tuesday.  and tomorrow will be wednesday.  and then it will be the weekend again before you know it.  also excellent.

Comments

[Grace]

ack! i know, this tuesday-as-monday thing is screwing me up, too!

and harry potter clue? who knew?

[Tara Thayer]

I'm only slightly less addicted to Pandora than Flickr right now. I type in Bon Iver, or Jose Gonzalez, and it plays hours and hours of good songs.
We don't have any way to play it outdoors, though...just on our computer in our little office, which is sad. It's the perfect party-mixed-tape-maker.
The pictures in this post are amazing.

[Sarah Jackson]

what a totally great weekend!

[RW]

sounds like you had a lovely weekend.

[Lecia/A Day That is Dessert]

Sounds like your weekend was just about perfect. A firepit! - brilliant.

[Ali]

Glad I'm not the only one who has to google my own blog to find a recipe.

Your weekend sounds very well-lived.

[shari]

lovely bits. i want a firepit and an ice cream sandwich. ;)

[Kendall Micayla]

beautiful pictures, it makes me want to go have a picnic, and that sushi looks delicious! i love sushi. :)

[melissa]

emily, you inspire me to really focus on enjoying the everyday summer family moments, like breakfast on the front porch this morning. Thanks for your reminders.

[Saja]

I have those little juice glasses from Ikea! Love them.

[Tracy]

That is a sign of a good weekend. Ours felt a bit like that. Full and yet empty, you know? It was great.

And now I'm craving smores.

[ani]

all around the bloghood, it feels like we all had similarly full and light weekends. wonderful.

i am coveting your deserts, however. i had a milkshake and a snow cone, but fortune cookies and brownies ala mode are now calling to me.

[leslie]

it all looks just so lovely. and sounds so perfect.

[erin]

i feel like i was right there. what a perfectly wonderful weekend!

[cloth.paper.string]

what delight in every moment! i'm hanging onto the notion of homemade ice cream sandwiches.....

[Katie]

beautiful. I'm enjoying tending my potted herbs, too - the act of tending is such a healing one. thanks for sharing.

[amisha]

this is summertime living at its best. every bit, something to savor.
(i think i need to try making ice cream sandwiches!)
xox