Weekend Off!

For the first time in 2 months I have this weekend off! Unfortunately I will not be able to attend the Richmond folk festival, one of my absolutely FAVORITE festivals in the RVA. I will be going to the mountains and going to a college tour with my oldest son. I am looking forward to seeing the beautiful blue ridge mountains and their fall colors that are starting.

(not my picture but it does look like that)

This will be my first college tour with my son and I can't wait to see what it's like. I did go to college, but only one year and I really don't remember much about it. My husband opted for the military instead of college. So for the two of us, it's a new experience. My son is excited but nervous. There is a lot for him to do to get into college, and he's not even sure where he wants to go or what to study. He's also mentioned working in the Peace Corp for a year then going to college. So we will see what the future brings. The rest of the spawn are looking forward to hanging out with Grandad.
So what are your plans for the weekend?

Is it a generational thing?

Sorry for the absence bloggie, thanks to those fantastic storms on the East coast and summer life in general I have neglected you again.
The other day one of my BFFs and I were talking about our parents and their weird quirks. She and I have discovered we had something in common. Despite a 15 or so year age difference in our parents they both do something that drives us nuts. Her Dad and my Mom have a tendency not to refrigerate food items that should be refrigerated after opening. Stuff like condiments. The bottle has it written very clearly on the label "Refrigerate after opening" This seems simple enough to us. Have our parents suffered because they did not follow directions? Not that we know of but still! I have just enough OCD tendencies to have this habit drive me crazy! So when I went up to my parents I looked in the pantry to see if Mom still does this bad habit. Here is what was in her pantry that was not supposed to be:

ARGHHHHH!!!


I guess some habits never die.....