Great and Busy Weekend

Saturday was our 11th wedding anniversary. Kind of weird to think that 11 years ago we got married outside under sunny and warm skies. I understand it was not quite that warm in Arkansas yesterday.

I got Skip a wallet to replace the one he kept together with duct tape. And he got me a great watch and some really nice earrings. He has blossomed into a fabulous gift picker-outer. That's what eleven years of good training can do!

Maddie had a Build-A-Bear birthday party to go to. That was the best birthday party ever---for me! I dropped her off at the store (in the mall) and spent the next two hours strolling around shops and visiting with all the other moms. Great party!

I had a babysitter who totally flaked out on us. Never returned any phone calls or texts to confirm time--not even when I left a message asking her to let me know if she had to cancel so I could make other plans. Odd. So my friend Pam rescued us with an invitation for Maddie to spend the night at her house. Maddie is in class with her son and takes dance with her daughter, so she was thrilled.

Skip and I went into London to see Mama Mia. What fun! I can see why people see it again and again. Much better than the movie version. And I was fascinated by the writer's ability to weave a story around the songs of ABBA or to weave the songs of ABBA into a story. We laughed a lot! One of my new goals in life is to play the role of the mom is a community theater production some day.

The downside to the weekend is that Skip had to catch an early morning flight to the States and this is the weekend that the UK springs forward. So it was a short night. The good news is that Skip will catch his parents on their last two days in Little Rock. He didn't think he'd get to see them until summer, so this eased the pain of having to make this somewhat last-minute trip.

This evening was mother/daughter Bunco night for Girl Scouts. After the last GS get together I reported on this blog, you can imagine that I was somewhat apprehensive about this event. But this time, woman in charge clearly spent a lot of time planning, had tables set up with directions of how to rotate around the room and gave very good instructions on how to play the game. It was quite raucous, but ran smoothly. When I complimented the leader on what good job she had done planning and executing the event, she said that she fell back on her old camp counselor skills. Should have known!