The weekend

Last Friday, Neil got 3 vaccinations and by God's grace he didn't get fever. He was a good boy throughout and only cried a little while the nurse was giving him the shots. We stayed put at home that evening to give him rest.

Saturday morning hubby and I went to the gym and did a workout for 1 hour. We came back and decided that instead of taking an afternoon nap, we will do some work. We gave baby a bath, put him to sleep in the swing and set to work. Hubby had some work stuff to finish and I set about to reorganize our bedroom closet. I tried on lots and lots of clothes and decided what to keep, what to bag for goodwill and what to pass on to my niece. I got one bag for goodwill, two bags for my niece and was able to finally close the suitcase which was lying open for the last three months.

I was only planning to arrange and close the suitcase and purge the clothes in the hangers. But one thing led to another and I ended up cleaning out the entire closet.



No, I don't have a before picture.

There are some clothes I hold onto for sentimental reasons. These are two which has survived many purges. The red one was the top I wore when I first came to US in 2003. I was all of 87 pounds then and my sister when she saw me said I looked like I came from Somalia. The jeans which I wore with that has since gone to where all good jeans go. Man, I loved those jeans and literally wore it to tatters.



This white top is what I wore for our first wedding anniversary dinner in Greece. It is one of those What-was-I-thinking-when-I-bought-it deals. Seriously, I just barely fit on it then when I was 89 pounds and now when I am... well, never mind.

Moving on.

These are my wedding shoes and I keep it in my closet since I don't wear it everyday or any day for that matter.



Now the shoes and the two tops are residing together in the corner of the closet where the good memories are.

Then, there was a big shopping bag full odds and ends . There were a lot of greeting cards inside and I started going through them. I figured it was a waste of time especially when time is so scarce and I needed to finish tasks soon. Anyway, I started going through those. A lot of them were from hubby for birthdays, anniversaries etc. Then there were a lot of Congratulations cards from our wedding 4 years ago. I was going through all of that occassionally smiling, laughing out loud, tearing up and then suddenly inside a card, guess what I found?

A $50 gift card from Bed, Bath and Beyond.

Yes, from 4 years ago. And it is still valid. I called and checked.

Then I started going through all of the cards once more hoping something else will turn up too. It didn't, but still what a find, huh?

And then in the evening, hubby made batter fried vegetables, so yummy.



We went for a walk in the night after that and did some errands as well.

Sunday morning was the Lord's day and after church we had lunch at Chipotle and went for a walk. On the way back, we stopped at Babies R us to shop for some extra Medela nipples. They had some clothes on clearance and since baby outgrew most of his 3 month clothes, I decided to get him some 6/9 month clothes. I got 6 of these cute brand new clothes. And guess how much I paid for those?



$6.00

With a gift card a friend had generously sent us for the baby.

The Lord owns the cattle of a thousand hills, and he generously provides for us.

So, it was a great weekend to say the least. How was yours?