Not Exactly Labor-less But Good Nonetheless

Who doesn’t love a good four day weekend?  Sure, there’s the sleeping in and the big breakfasts and the lazy days around the house.  All of those are great reasons to appreciate a holiday.  The type-A in me, though, loves the extended time because it allows me to accomplish so much more than I otherwise would.

At the onset of this particular weekend, I set a lofty goal for myself.  I wanted to complete ten full scrapbook pages.  And finish the t-shirts we started long ago for our upcoming Disney World trip.  There were weeds to be pulled and errands to be run.

If you’re wondering how I did in accomplishing all of my to-do’s, well, I didn’t exactly succeed.  I did, however, come very close.  Close enough that even the nagging perfectionist in me is content with the progress.

The scrapbook pages?  Seven out of ten ain’t bad right?

The t-shirts?  We’re making five this year.  Five per person that is.  And Cassidy and Jayce both get extras.  Jeff and I have been brainstorming and designing these babies for months.  Seriously.  We started the process in May.  It’s a labor of love.  We don’t just slap your standard Mickey on a t-shirt and call it good.  Oh no.  We come up with witty, clever, (some might even call them genius), logos and nitpick at them until they are just right.  And our hard work has definitely paid off this year.  I’ll be sure to post pictures of them at some point but now is just not the time.  Anyway, we finished ‘em off this weekend.  With the exception of those extras we’re whipping up for Cass and Jayce.  We thought that since we had a few transfers left over we’d slap ‘em on those whopping two dollar t-shirts from Michaels and call it a day.  The extras are just your standard Mickeys.  They are simpletons those two.  They enjoy the characters.  So the characters they get.

The weeds were pulled.  And while I did don the gloves and dig right in, it’d be dishonest of me to take credit for the weedless yard we now proudly display.  My tidy little pile of weeds paled in comparison the mound that Jeff produced.  It’s done though.  For now.

Errands?  Check.  And better yet they were childless errands.  Torri volunteered her sitting services.  Seems she’s not a huge fan of the Costco samples tapas lunch.  Go figure.

Anyway, all in all the weekend was a success.  Multiple loaves of bread were baked.  Clothes were laundered.  Lists were whittled down.  We even threw an impromptu “teen” party on Saturday to celebrate the fact that we have under twenty days to go until we leave for Disney World.  What does one do at a “teen” party you might be wondering?  I don’t know typical protocol but we made Smores over the fire-pit in the backyard and lit the unused sparklers we had left over from the 4th of July.  The rain sensed our celebration and moved to squelch our fun.  It only made it all the merrier though.  And we chose to consider the rainbow a sign that our trip would be painless weather-wise.  It was a glass-half-full kind of party, kwim?

So how was your Labor Day weekend?  Laborless I hope.