weekend recap

it's been a pleasant couple of days. yesterday i met my mom and aunt Lucy down at South Austin hospital. my grandmother has been in the hospital with a gallbladder attack. she was scheduled to have it removed yesterday afternoon and i wanted to see her beforehand. Mama, Lucy, and i ate lunch together out under the trees outside the hospital. Lucy had brought us subway sandwiches and we had such a nice time visiting together. we then went up and hung out with my grandmother awhile. she kept us laughing the whole time as we waited for the nurses to take her away to surgery. here she was getting ready for surgery and she wanted to put on lipstick and perfume. =) my grandfather came a little while later. he hasn't been married to my grandmother for years, but, because of a strange set of circumstances, he is still her step brother. yeah, weird. what happened is that several years after my grandmother and grandfather married in the 40's, they each lost a parent - my grandmother's mother died, and my grandfather's father died. well, after awhile, those each decided to marry. get it? my grandmother's father married my grandfather's mother. yes, it was all legal and above the board. so, even though my grandparents are now divorced, they are still step brother and sister. they've been married twice (to each other) and have both married others, but have remained friends over the years and are always at the same family gatherings. my grandmother hasn't been married to anyone for years, but my grandfather is currently married.
so he comes up to the room and joins Mama, Lucy, and i who are visiting with Memee. because there was no seating left, he decides to sit on the end of the hospital bed. well, Lucy pipes up that she might have to tell Karen (my grandfather's current wife) that he was in bed with Memee. i guess you'd have had to have been there to appreciate the humor of it. =)

last night we went over to Central Market. the kids ran around and played the whole time and Brian and i had a chance to visit, almost like a date.

this morning we had a lazy start. i made homemade buttermilk biscuits and gravy and peppered bacon. mmmmm. i love a southern breakfast!

i went out and walked my miles this morning before it got too warm. Margaret and i worked around the house doing yard work and cleaning house, and also went grocery shopping. we had a lot of prep to do to get ready for the neighborhood potluck for this month. we volunteered to host this time, the first time in our 8 years of living in Windsor Park. 'bout time, huh? i mowed, edged, and cleaned up the yard of toys and sticks. it was so nice to have the yard all tidy again. i made several pans of king ranch chicken and one chocolate buttermilk cake. the house smelled delicious and thanks to Margaret, was sparkling clean. and it stayed clean because Brian and the boys were away at baseball games and practices for most of the day.

we had a modest turnout, maybe five families, but it seemed just right. everyone brought something to eat and some brought beer and some wine and we all had a jolly time around the table while the kids ran and played in the yard. it is always good to hang out with the neighbors.

sunday morning we went to worship. afterwards i had my sunday school to lead/co-lead. it was the last sunday of the semester. i'm now done with all my childcare duties (other than my own kiddos) until the fall. i'll miss all those little guys.

Meredith finally had that baby girl. she was born on saturday though i haven't heard all the details yet. the Evans cousins go down like stair steps - Claire - 12, Margaret - 12, Thomas - 10, Samuel - 10, William - nearly 9, Patrick - 8, John - nearly 7, Tommy - nearly 6, Aili - nearly 3, and Baby Evans. our little one will be 7 months younger than this one, and then it will be left to Brian and i, i think, to decide if there will be another cousin. it is so fun that we all live in the same city and the cousins have grown up together as best friends.

well, it's monday and i've got a lot of monday chores to do.