Our Weekend - in Bullet Points

It was a good weekend, but not one I am aglow over, thus the summary of events:

• We went to my hometown and home of my husband's college Alma Mater for our first football game of the year (we have season tickets but were unable to attend the first two home games). There were some great people seated around us, who cheered the team and booed the refs, and enjoyed the game. And then there were these two guys, the kind who take credit for every play personally and taunt the other team and their fans. I really wanted to crack their heads together and tell them to chill out. But I refrained. Our team basically won the game in the first 9 minutes of the first half, and then surprisingly managed to hold on to their lead (despite some truly awful plays) for the rest of the game.
  
• DH purchased a new pair of ski boots. He hasn't gotten a new pair since before we started dating, so this was long overdue. The good thing is that they were last years (or the year before, not sure which) model, so they only cost about a third of the list price for this years model. He will also be getting new skis, but hasn't ordered them yet.
  
• DH also purchased a gadget to allow him to use his MP3 player in his car. Apparently the multiple channel options on XM are not enough for him. Tease. He hasn't used his MP3 player at all, and has wanted to, so if this works, I'm ok with it. This could be considered a late birthday present for him. (he does not have a iPod, so finding this gadget took visiting a special store)
  
• We had lunch at Cheeseburger in Paradise. I wasn't disappointed because I wasn't expecting anything, but service was S-L-O-W. Much slower than I would have anticipated based on how very empty the restaurant appeared. And maybe time slowed down for me because I was so hungry that my hands were shaking. My burger was good but not phenomenal (I only eat burgers once in a blue moon) and DH's meal upset his stomach (but that could just be him). The one interesting thing, the fries had the normal salt and pepper but also seemed to have something sweet on them just enough for me to notice, but not overwhelming. I might go back for the fries.
• We spent the night with my parents, who also dog sat for us while we were at the game. They only have twin beds (except for theirs), which cause problems because they are too short and hard for my husband and now too narrow for me. I feel like I'm going to fall off in the middle of the night, and really hate that the whole bed moves when I turn over. Spoiled by our home mattress much, are we?
• Sunday morning, we celebrated my birthday (early) with my parents. They did good - most everything was from my list, except for a pack of personalized note cards with a light sage green border and ink for the monogram and return address on the envelopes. Very cool - can you tell I like sage green? DH and I will celebrate on the actual day - he's playing in our neighbor's golf tournament and I'm planning to do nothing more strenuous than read a book or three. I already have my present from DH arrived in August - the dearly beloved Dell Laptop!
  
• Lunch with the parents at Panera and then back home in time to put together a dish and relax a little bit before a neighborhood pot-luck. Our neighborhood has a very divided age profile, with only a few scattered between: retired with grown kids, or 30's+ with young kids. We are the only younger couple (may be the youngest) without kids. I have a hard time socializing, I don't feel like I fit in with the other young couples, but I don't have as much in common with the older women either, though I know more of them from participating in Book Club and Bunco.
• We found out that DH's cousin's wife is pregnant. She's one of the DIL's of the man for whom the party with the belly dancer was held. And at the time I had wondered if she might be pregnant because she didn't have an alcoholic drink, which I hadn't seen her do without at any prior parties (not like she was a lush, just that she would have a drink or two). But I hadn't asked her...so there we are. Of DH's generation on that side of his family we are the last (long married - another cousin was married this weekend) couple to not have kids. DH was cute, he led into telling me by saying something like "I don't know how to tell you this..." to which I replied "Who's pregnant?"
  

So that's what we did. Now I'm going to send telepathic messages to my reproductive system to get it's stuff together, I'm tired of waiting!