weekending

it was first a dreadfully rainy and then a beautifully snowy prom weekend.

the end.

well, that's the short of it.

here's the long.

mike, lily and i ate popcorn for dinner friday night.

we went to see a quiet place on the big screen.

the concept was compelling, yet flawed, and we all felt the ending was rather cheap.

overall we were entertained and we talked about the movie all weekend so there's that.

saturday was ted's junior prom.

the nasty weather had little impact on the festivities.

well, except for the fact that we had to find an inside venue to take pictures.

ted looked like a million bucks.

i won't confess all the places my mind went when i first saw him in his tux.

his date was lovely and although i'm obviously biased, i thought they were a darling duo.

for the record...i've been informed that they're just friends.

we left them about to board a bus.

i wish i'd gotten a picture of the classy partridge family party bus.

not sure who was in charge of the transportation.

truthfully, i was just glad they weren't driving.

the dinner and dance was at the harley davidson museum.

the best part according to ted was dominating in black jack.

sounds about right.

he was most looking forward to reconnecting with all his buds for a sleepover and the promise of mrs. s's french toast for breakfast.

they were split up in different groups and went to different parties.

he came home to change and fell asleep.

i found him on the couch sunday morning.

i also found inches of snow...a world whitewashed.

i happily fulfilled his request for monkey bread.

it snowed all day long.

everything was cancelled...
baseball, softball, golf.
well, ted did spend some time at the simulator.

i stayed in my pjs all day long.

i spent most of the day in the kitchen baking bread, making soup and meatballs and a few other things.

it's my happy place on days just like this.

mike dusted off the grill in time to perfectly cook flank steak for sunday dinner.

it was still snowing when i went to bed in a clean pair of flannel pjs.
and although lily checked the weather all day long praying for a snow day monday, prayers were not answered.