My daughter and I have had a really wonderful weekend.  My weekends aren't usually relaxing at all, I spend them shopping, running errands, doing laundry, cleaning, and lesson planning.  In other words----NOT SIMPLE.   To be honest, I am usually glad to get back to my regular routine on Mondays, which is sad, isn't it?

So this weekend, I made it a point not to make any plans.  I got home on Friday, and did some laundry, but since my no-dryer edict, I wash it, hang it up in the spare bedroom on the wooden rack, and I'm kind of finished until the next day.  So I just puttered around, read a little, and went to bed early.  We went to the bookstore on Saturday and had lunch at Panera, which we love.  After we got home, my daughter's boyfriend came over and we had dinner together, and then they worked on a jigsaw puzzle for the rest of the evening, while I watched a terrible movie (Blue Valentine--yuck!). 

Today when I got up, I went and did my usual Sunday thing, which is go to 7-11 for blueberry cream coffee and a newspaper or two, depending on the coupons.  When I get home, I look through the ads to see if there's anything I need on sale anywhere, and match any coupons to sales in the grocery stores.  I love free (and nearly free) stuff.  I made my list, and went out to get a few things that we needed, and then I took my daughter to her volunteer job working with a pet adoption group.  While she did that, I went to the bookstore and did some reading and generally thinking my thoughts. 

Right now I am reading a book called Cabin, written by a man who built his own cabin in Maine, along with his brother and a few friends, during a time of upheaval in his life.  I am really absorbed into this book, it has always appealed to me to make things, build things, etc.  I've always been crazy about the idea of a cabin or a getaway of some kind--ANY kind.   My dream is to someday buy an Airstream trailer and travel around camping and visiting my grandkids.  Maybe not all the time, but at least on vacations.  For the record, I do not enjoy camping and sleeping on the ground, but in a camper or hotel room, I'm fine. 

Tonight, Kaleigh and I played a little Cribbage--she's just learning, so we only played one game, and then we decided to have a reading night.  I really feel like this weekend I actually had time off and wasn't rushing to get things done the whole time.  It's nice.  I need to make this happen more often.