Waffles on the Weekend

During the week my breakfast consists of Greek yogurt with granola and coffee.  Sometimes a piece of fruit if I'm really hungry.  I'm not really a breakfast person unless it after 9:00.  I don't like really sweet stuff for breakfast and I can't eat cereal in the mornings.  I would love to have bacon every morning for breakfast but I don't.  I probably have bacon about once every 2 or 3 months.  So all and all my breakfast is pretty much the same everyday.  Except on the weekends . . .

I'm off on Friday's so I include this day in my "weekend" breakfast change up.  I say "change up" but it's the same thing every time.  I LOVE waffles on the weekends.  I know I just said I don't like sweet stuff for breakfast but I don't use a lot of syrup.  Just a little bit.  I use a little bit of butter and a little bit of syrup and enjoy my waffles with my coffee. 

I'm also completely obsessed with the British version of Antiques Roadshow.  This happens to come on Friday morning at 8:00 on Ovation.  This means that on Friday mornings I get nothing done!  I make my 2 waffles and a cup of coffee, sit down on the couch, turn on AR and stay there for about 2 hours (because they usually show 2 episodes that are an hour each).  Anyway.  If you know me though, you have probably have guessed that after I finish my breakfast I'm not just sitting on the couch on front of the TV for 2 hours.  Nope.  I most likely have some craft going on . . . embroidery, crocheting, quilting.  My husband doesn't understand why I just can't sit and watch a movie without yarn or thread in my hands.  I JUST CAN'T.  It's not possible.  I can't go anywhere without a ball of yarn and a hook or a book in my purse either, least I have to wait somewhere with nothing to do.  If you are a crafter, especially a knitter or crocheter, you know what I'm talking about.

Back to the waffles . . . I just want to make one thing clear.  I did not "make" the waffles.  I don't have a waffle maker.  I think I might like a waffle maker but really I'm more of an instant gratification girl when it comes to my waffles.  Eggos it is. 

I'm not the only girl in the house that enjoys a waffle on the weekend . . .

What is something that you only do on the weekends?

Natalie

Fro Yo and Lonely Boy

It was a great day in the Glancy house :)  Both of the girls had a friend over for a little part of the day.  Adrianna had a friend spend the night last night so they woke me up early for waffles and coffee.  The coffee was for me.  The girls played a little while then I took Adrianna and her friend shopping and to lunch with me.  After dropping her friend off at her house Adrianna and I went home.  Ava's friend was already at the house and they were playing basketball and having a good time.  Adrianna was a little jealous so I distracted her by asking her if she wanted to work on some embroidery projects we have going.  The answer was a quick "Yes!".

She is embroidering a tea towel.  See her little tea pot and cup?  So cute.  Her stitches are getting to be pretty good for a 6 year old.

I just started a tote bag from Sublime Stitching.  I can't wait to get it finished!

 On another note, Adrianna scored her first goal in soccer last night!!  Whoo hoo!  I didn't get a picture nor was I recording it.  I decided after her first game that I wasn't going to take my camera to every single game because I thought the pictures would mostly all look about the same . . .  

 I did get a pic soon after with my phone.  Here she is - with pink hair of course!

After Ava's friend left, I started dinner and the girls made videos of themselves on my computer.  They are so funny!  Ava tends to do more book report videos and Adrianna makes a bunch of faces and noises.  On one of the videos that they made together they reminded me of the alien Muppets - the Yip Yips.  You know, they said "Yip yip yip" and "Nope nope nope".  Well, if you don't know what I'm talking about, look here.  I hope you laugh like I did when I watched it!

After dinner Aaron Took us out for frozen yogurt at the Purple Penguin.  We love this place.  They always have a great selection of fro yo and tons of toppings!  It's serve yourself so we have to watch the kids, they will fill their cups all the way to the top if you aren't watching.  Not only would that be too much for them to eat but it can start getting costly since you pay by the ounce.  Which is the discussion we had over our fro yo, why is "lb" the abbreviation for pounds and "oz" for ounces.  I was thinking "it's got to be Latin" but Aaron said "it's got to be Latin" so I looked it up on my magic phone and yep, they are both abbreviations for Latin words.  Of course since Aaron actually SAID what he was thinking and I only checked my facts before I spoke, he thinks he is a genius and so do the girls.  Oh well.

I think the best part of the day was the drive home from getting fro yo and coming back to the house.  Here's why . . .  One of our new favorite music groups in our house is the Black Keys.  We all like their music and sing along to the songs.  This is what we were listening to in the car.  On the way home Aaron had me look up the music video for the song Lonely Boy and let the girls watch it.  Check it out on You Tube if you haven't seen it.  So when we got home we decided to pull it up on the computer and all of us dance like the guy on the video.  It was so silly but it was so much fun!  Look out You Tube!  You may have a new video coming soon!

A long weekend

We had a busy but fun weekend!  My weekend started a little early.  I was able to get off work at lunch time on Thursday so I went home and did some sewing before I had to get the girls.

 Cotton napkins!  Yay, maybe we'll cut down on the extreme amount of paper towels we use! 

Oh yeah, here is a little pincushion I whipped up Thursday evening using some fabric scraps.  Isn't it cute?

Friday I had planned to get some errands taken care of then having lunch at school with the girls.  All didn't go as planned but does it ever?  I went to Wal-mart to pick up a few things and order some hot wings for the Superbowl.  I wanted the special where you "pick 3", two meats and a side - a pound of each.  I asked for that and wanted both of the meats to be hot wings.  Well, I think I can stop right here because you probably know what I am going to say.  That's right "you have to pick two different meats".   Long story short, I stood there 20 minutes to order some wings.  I had to speak to a manager about it and she was very nice and told the girl that didn't make sense and to give me what I wanted.  That took up so much of my time before I had to be at school for lunch so I did a quick run through and grabbed the things I needed, checked out, loaded my stuff in the car, returned the cart, and realized that I had three things under my purse in the cart that I hadn't paid for!  Yes, I took them back in and paid for them.  I first went to the guy who checked me out.  He was busy but laughed and suggested I do the self check out since it was empty and I only had 3 things.  I had just enough time to run home, throw my cold stuff in the fridge, grab my lunch and get to school.  Ava eats first and the kids were already sitting down when I got there.  She looked so relieved when she saw me.  She thought I wasn't coming!  I felt bad.  I did enjoy my lunch with the girls though.

After visiting with the girls I made a fabric run.  I was invited by my friend to go to a quilting group that evening and needed to get the material.

Quilt fabric!

I have never made a quilt and to be honest was a little intimidated.  However, my friend assured me I could do it.  Another friend of ours is the one who is leading the group.  I had so much fun meeting everyone and hanging out with such a great group of ladies!  My friend who leads the group was so patient and made sure everyone had the help they needed.  I got a lot done that night.  I was able to get the front done on Sunday.  Still a lot to do and I can't wait to go again!

 Here is a picture of some of the blocks that I was able to finish!  I feel like I got so much done :)

Aaron and I were able to spend the day on Saturday together.  My Mom and Step-dad picked the girls up and took them out for the day.  They went to the planetarium and had fun all day.  Aaron and I went to Burlington and out to lunch.  It was nice.  I was able to work on some embroidery pieces Saturday afternoon.  I also made this rice bag for my friend . . .

Sunday morning, the girls wanted waffles for breakfast.  I don't have a waffle maker, wish I did, so we had Eggo's!  I got a lot done around the house on Sunday and made homemade chicken noodle soup for lunch.  I felt very productive.  This included finishing sewing the rows together for my quilt.  Then before I knew it, it was time to go to a Superbowl party!  We had fun last night hanging out with good friends and eating good food!

 My sweet girls!

 Mmmm . . . good breakfast!

Homemade chicken noodle for lunch!  A favorite around here.

The front of my quilt!

  I finished up some more napkins before Superbowl.  I never use those fancy stitches on my sewing machine so I wanted to see what they would do.  Turned out pretty cute!

This evening we watched Megamind and enjoyed "hanging" out with the family :)  Now the kiddos are in bed and I am going to get rid of this piece of chocolate chess pie my MIL left for me.  I tell her not to leave things like that but she does not listen to me! 
  

Natalie