Hello Monday - March 18, 2024

 

I'm linking up with Holly and Sarah this morning for Hello Monday and a weekend recap.

I left the house early on Friday to get to the hospital pharmacy ahead of the crowd.  I think I was in and out in under 15 minutes, unheard of!  Then it was off to the base for a quick stop at the exchange and the commissary.  I got stuck at the gate (you have to show your ID to get on the base) behind a young man who had not only an expired ID card, but also an expired driver's license (and he was driving!).  He was dropping his active-duty wife off at work, so he had to move to the passenger seat while she got behind the wheel.  Then the military policeman (there were five of them present at this time) pointed out that after he dropped her off, he wasn't going to be able to drive.  I'm not sure how it was resolved but off they went, escorted by the military police, so she could get to work.  Perhaps they escorted him to the nearest DMV?  All in all, it was about a twenty-five-minute wait for the resolution.

I finished my shopping and headed home, making a quick stop at the donut shop.  They were closing early so the only filled donuts they had were key lime - oh my goodness, this is my new favorite donut, they were delicious!  Sorry, there's no photo, by this time, I was starving and pretty much inhaled it!

Laundry and a few chores and then Vic came home, walked Malone, and we headed out to the movies to see One Life with Anthony Hopkins.   

As a parent, it was really hard to watch but an excellent movie. I knew the story, but I still cried.

Movie night dinner. 

Speaking of movie food, anyone else appalled by the cost of concessions these days?  Along with all of the other prices that have gone up, a soda and tub of popcorn are getting unreal.

Vic checked his e-mail while we were waiting for the movie to start and there was an e-mail from one of the companies he was interested in, requesting that he contact them for an interview.  It's an exciting and very busy time in our household.  Resumes, references, applications, interviews...it's all go.

 It's finally warm and dry so on Saturday, the gardeners arrived to take care of the yard.  I asked them if they had time to tidy up the mulch area in the corner of the backyard.  They did and quoted me a very reasonable price and it looks great now.  It was a layer of underlayment covered with mulch and Malone had just destroyed it doing the "I've finished my business" dance.  Vic plans to clear the rest of the mulch and gravel and plant grass here.

Just to the left of the tree is Malone's favorite spot.  On the other side of the fence is Pepper, the neighbor's dog and they carry on quite a conversation whenever they are both outside.

Here's an aerial view from the photos that were posted when we bought the house.

Vic headed out to church for the quarterly Men's Breakfast while I took a shower, started some laundry, and had breakfast.  When he got home, we bundled Malone into the truck and headed out to the post office (time to send our taxes off to the tax lady), and the supermarket (refill time for the 5-gallon water bottles).  Home for a quick snack for lunch and then Vic went into the guest room to continue his work while I sat down to work on this post.

Dinner was pizza from our favorite spot.

Off to church on Sunday morning and then home for Vic to continue in the guest room.  I snapped these daffodils in the grass next to the church parking Iot.

It was such a beautiful afternoon that we decided to take a drive to check out the commute to one of the Boeing facilities near us.  It could be a job opportunity and we weren't too familiar with the route.  It turned out to be a reasonable commute, let's hope that if it is the one, it's still a reasonable commute to and from work.

I put corned beef in the CrockPot so we enjoyed that with champ and marionberry pie for dessert.

My favorite leprechaun, taken after we attended the St. Patrick's Day Parade in Rhode Island in 2010. 

And that was our weekend!