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busy weekend with a high price tag

So we had a great weekend!

Fun Fair was Sat with the kids, and they had a good time. Avery went back twice for the “fishing” game and was so excited about his prizes. We saw one of his daycare friends and he ran over to show them, saying “They’re gonna be so proud of me!” LOL. Pics coming soon.

The kids went to their grandparents’ places afterwards, and we went to IKEA. Guess how much we spent?? A mere $6.20!! miraculous, isn’t it? Usually we see so many things we like that we can easily spend a hundred. That evening, Paul introduced me to this Vietnamese restaurant he had been to with his co-workers (and we invited Kat and Kurt along, great to see you guys!). We had thought about catching a movie afterwards but instead we just cuddled up on the couch to watch another couple episodes of Firefly, which Paul has the DVD set of. I enjoyed a glass of Chardonnay. Then we had way too much fun on Sunday morning/afternoon.

Sunday afternoon we went to Costco (I just love their ice cream!) and we ordered a “Mother’s Day” dinner for my mother over at her place when picking up the kids. Mille Feuille for dessert (another thing I love from Costco!). She liked her gifts, including a little decorated flower pot, and the kids liked helping her open them, especially Avery. Of course we got to see hands-on proof of how much she over-indulges them (offering Avery some mac ‘n cheese when he started to pout about his pizza!!), but we handled it all OK.

Sunday evening, the pain started to set in from this very busy weekend, and I had a really hard time getting to sleep. Plus I had oh about a million and a half ideas swirling around in my head! I got out of bed around midnight because I’d been growing this little seed of an idea for *the* perfect website to start. After researching no less than 53 website names, I found the perfect one! Can’t tell yet because I haven’t bought it yet (I’m planning on treating myself to 5 new .coms soon), but stay tuned.

After a tossy-and-turny night, I have been in ever more pain. Of all the weekend’s activities, I lay the blame pretty squarely on the shoulders of the way-too-much-fun-with-my-hubby. As I told my physiotherapist today, “What’s good for my marriage isn’t necessarily good for my back!”. It is sooo screwed up now it’s not even funny. The pain radiates down into my lower back (especially the left side), right down my left hip and into my left leg. Ouch, ouch, ouch. But my sex life is not something I’m willing to give up, you know!? Even if it means an entire Monday morning confined to lying down in bed or on the couch!

I’m thinking of writing an article… I know that “Is there sex after kids?” has been done already, but how about “Is there sex after multiple car accidents?”… ’cause seriously, women need to know!!

was the weekend worth it? For now I’ll still say a hesitant “yes”… but I’m hoping I’m not in this much pain all week!!! I’ve got laundry to do, a Track-and-Field meet to attend and cheer at, soccer games and practices and music lessons to drive Harmony to, a graphics design project to finish up, two scrapbooking nights with friends, not to mention some new baby websites to “give birth to”!!!!