Spring Tease

Happy Monday!

I can only hope that you all had as good weekends as I did! It was great to get out of the house and have a nice relaxing lake weekend away from home. As an added bonus, the weather was a perfect 60 degrees this weekend, so we got to enjoy the outdoors and get some fresh air, which we haven’t been able to do in quite some time with all of this snow and bitterly cold weather.

Friday after work {which was a long day full of meetings}, we loaded up and headed down to Lake Ouachita, where Charles’ parents have a lake house. It’s about an hour and forty five minutes to drive there, so we didn’t arrive until about 7:45. We cooked pizzas and relaxed Friday night, just talking with two other couples that came with us…mainly, the guys played with their toys while the girls chit chatted.

Saturday morning was spent making banana pancakes and drinking mimosas {can you beat it?} Needless to say, it was a pretty great morning! After we ate and lounged around for a bit, we all loaded up and went to a gun range a few miles away from the house. Charles taught me to shoot a gun, and I shot for the first time! So much fun, not at all like I expected. After shooting for a bit, the girls decided to sit and just watch the guys have their fun shooting skeet, and we sat around and chatted for a while.

After the gun range, we had a few drinks, sat around talking on the deck, and cooked an amazing steak dinner. All in all? Wonderful weekend, and I can’t wait to do it again!

Let's take it to the camera!

Exactly..I couldn't have said it better myself

 

Spoiled by the view

 

Breakfast Booze! {{The best kind}}

 

My handsome shooting instructor!

 

Girls who shoot well good enough

 

Now my arms hurt

 

 

 

A nice fire, a sunset, and a handsome husband total up to equal the best afternoon!

 

Fire in the bowl!

 

Wine-ding down after a long day {{and you have to include summer sausage and cheese!}}

 

Saturday morning Banana Pancakes. Yes, we did play "Banana Pancakes" by Jack Johnson over the speakers while we cooked. You would too..{who wouldn't?!}

 

 

Friday night view while driving down to the lake.. stunning, per usual

 

 

Sunday afternoon after Charles and I got home {and after a visit to my mom and dad!}, I knew I had a lot to get done in order to be ready for the work week {unpacking, cooking dinner, dishes, laundry, picking out my clothes...}. Usually I stay pretty on top of completing all of these pre-Monday tasks, but yesterday, I just did not feel like it. Sometimes, you just have to let the laundry and dishes pile up for one day, just so you can spend some time taking afternoon naps on the couch with your husband, watching a movie when you wake up, and then going to bed straight after {yes, that was us yesterday, and it felt wonderful!}

Of course, today it doesn't feel so wonderful, as I have a lot to catch up on. But it was worth it! Learn to take some time for yourself every once in a while and enjoy time.

What do you like to do on your "lazy, ignore your responsibility days?"

Trust me, the older you get, the more of those days you need to keep your sanity!

"The time to relax is when you don't have time for it"