Weekend Recap on Monday....

We are getting ready to be hit by Tropical Storm Colin, or at least the outer bands of it.  I've seen eight inches of rain predicted for us over the next two days.  It is the season now....

We slept late on Saturday, but when Joe woke up he had to tell me about a dream he had.  You see, we have been marathon watching "Where The Heart Is" on Acorn TV.  It's a really good drama.  There are four seasons out and we are 1/3 through season four.  Loving it.  SO....Joe's dream.  He said he was driving along and was stopped at a light when he was rear-ended by another car.  He looked in the rear-view mirror and it was Peggy Snow driving the car that hit him.  She is one of the main characters in the show!  He went on to say that it happened here in the USA, not in Yorkshire because she was driving a car with the steering wheel on the left side rather than the right.  We had to laugh!

That's Peggy Snow, in the first row and first on the left-hand side.

We decided to drive over to Brandon (35 miles away, toward Tampa) and get lunch at Portillo's. We loved it our first visit and have been thinking about how good it was.  We weren't disappointed the second time. Yum, yum, yum.  Then we popped over to the Brandon Town Center Mall, which is HUGE.  We picked up some things we needed...and didn't know we needed until we saw them...at Bed Bath and Beyond. Love that store.

 It was too late to get home for our usual Vigil Mass, so we popped in at Nativity, there in Brandon, for their 4:00 Vigil Mass.  It was our first time visiting there. A lovely church and Parish.  We enjoyed it, even though I left twice with coughing spells.  Always when it is quiet....always.  So embarrassing.  I feel fine, but this stupid cough is going to be with me for another week or so (so I'm being told by those who went through it too).

Sunday was another sleep-in morning, though we were up around 8:30, instead of Saturday's 9:45.  I made us a big breakfast (bacon, eggs, fried potatoes with peppers and onions, and toast - coffee and orange juice). We took our time over the Sunday paper.  Joe volunteered to make a run to Publix for a few things, including a couple of his prescriptions that were ready at the pharmacy), while I started the laundry. We thought we would get in the pool and try to get a little sun but the rain started and the sun went behind the clouds.  Guess what we did instead!!  More "Where The Heart Is"!!

Yesterday was my sister, Tammy's birthday.  She turned 55!!  Whew!  How can my baby sister be that old?  We had a good talk, catching up.  Last weekend was Bruce's birthday and they had a party for him.  Tam sent me this picture of Bruce with their newest great-grandson.  Bruce looks SO good and is doing so well.  We are thrilled that he continues to recover from his two strokes.

Back to work today. Another week ahead.  Your visit is appreciated!! I wish you all a good week!  Peace & hugs!!