My Weekend!

Ok, I really am gonna blog now. Seriously! And it will be long! As I sit here having a nice breakfast of two hard-boiled eggs and a small sliced tomato, I “think” I am finally caught up on all of you! If I did not comment, please don’t be upset. I read everything but if I had nothing to add to what had already been said, I didn’t want to be redundant.

I think for Christmas I will send Kippy a pet shark, Sandi a nice Schick razor, Marty some new jeans in a much smaller size, BTC my address to mail me some of that bread and a big stick to smack the stooped out of the dippy duo, Patti a paint brush and easel, Kat is a big “L” sign to hand to her neighbors in town, Blondie gets a bottle of wine from the winery (or two) that I visited, Terry get a nice warm sweater for the cold months coming, Erin gets a “Newman” radar, Silver Eagle could use a vacation from stooped, Chip get a manicure set and a subscription to Proactive, Catherine gets a book of Mike’s carwash tickets, and Barbara gets a big hug for all she is going through. If I missed anyone, please forgive me for I am old and tired.

Now, as for the weekend…OMG did we have fun! The weather the entire weekend was Gorgeous! Temps were in the high 70’s to the low 80’s! We did have 6 people that canceled so the group was down to 16 but still worked out VERY nice! Thursday, for once in my life, everything went right according to the plan. We got up and got all of our stuff packed and loaded, waited for Andy to get home, sent him of to my Seester’s and we hit the road at 4:00 and we were there at 5:20! Ok, yes, I drove and there is a stretch of I65 that has a “suggested” speed of 70 but I think it is only a suggestion as I was able to go about 80-85 and stay with traffic!

My BFF and her Hubby were coming down that day too so we just chilled that night and sat outside for a while having a few beers. This is the view from our room:

Friday is when the rest were coming down at various times. The four of us went into Little Nashville to do some shopping and “stuff”. The guys, of course, got tired of shopping and hit the local pub and parked their butts there and we just brought our packages back to them to watch it. Connie and I found one of the wineries (imagine that) and we tried five new wines and decided to get a bottle and sit on their back deck and enjoy. We got a really nice semi-sweet red wine and some Havarti cheese and some Rosemary crackers and just TOTALLY enjoyed! Can you say spoiled?

By this time, people were rolling in so we had to head back which is only less than a mile. We had planned a big cookout behind the hotel so we whipped out the grill, burger, dogs, and all kind of other stuff. We had candles all around our little site and it was just perfect! It got a little chilly in the evening but all you had to put on was a sweatshirt or light jacket and it was great. We stayed out there for awhile and chillaxed. Per usual, the male species always get tired before the girls so off to bed they went. Well, to be fair, some of the girls went to bed too! But not us diehards. We even went for a walk around the parking lot and talked to the cows and thought about a small cow tipping event but we think the fence was electric and we are not quite that stupid. Well, one did put their foot on it but the rest of us were busy peeing our pants from laughter.

Saturday, whew, I can’t even begin to describe what a great day! We shopped more, I bought 3 bottles of wine from another winery, and we ate. But the real treat was the Outhouse Races! No, we did not plan our trip around them, it just happens to be the weekend we were there. But, OMG, did I laugh! In the second part, there is only one entry that I did not see but it had three wheels and since it was the only one, of course they won! Now the testosterone is flowing through the males of our group and I shit you not (pun intended), they have already started designing one for next year. And that is where they are thinking a two-holer and all of this stuff! I will keep you posted as it goes.

That night we ran around to our usual suspected places and had a blast. The little bar that is right behind the hotel had its’ re-opening night that night so all we had to do is crawl across the parking lot. Fifteen of us walk in and there were only two people in there. Well, we are a party all by ourselves and the owner was just thrilled. I had talked to her about 2 weeks before we left to see if she would be open and, Damn if that women didn’t speed up so we could come in! That is where this picture was taken:

We are missing three because Connie’s Hubby is having health issues and wasn’t feeling well and the other two went to bed. Sorry, but they are the one couple that we don’t really like so much but we are morally obligates to invite them. They CAN be nice people but he bitches about everything! For example, he didn’t wan to go to the hotels ice machine to get ice so he went across the street to store and then BITCHED because it cost him $4 for a big bag! And this went on all weekend. Thank God they are early to bed type people or we might have had a body to hide!

Sunday we wake up to rain. But that was fine because we were all heading home anyway! So, that is a small dose of the weekend. I came home with sore jaws and ribs from the laughter and fun. And I can’t wait to do it again next year.
And who would think that 5 grown adult (drunk) women could get a call from the office to shut up AFTER we had gone to bed?!?!?

Tomorrow, the story of the computer that shut me out of my world for a few days! And something great that I won!

Hugs & Kizzes
Karen