Simple joys

As I mentioned yesterday, we got our first wedding gift! That began an evening filled with tiny joys. When Mr. H got home from work, he checked the mail as he usually does and produced a manila envelope. Still at an elevated state of glee from the place setting, I (for the second time in one evening) squealed with joy over my new workout DVD—Jillian’s 30 Day Shred. More on that later.

Then we were off to Rudy’s for dinner with my former church youth choir. I’m not some creepy high school Harriet, the director is the mother of one of my oldest and dearest friends. Just as 33 high schoolers were about to gorge on smoked meats, one very observant 16-year-old says, “How are we supposed to get our food if our plates aren’t portable?” while looking at the wax paper Rudy’s calls plates. Good question.

Another good question is how these same 33 high schoolers only at 10 out of the 16 pounds of meat purchased for them. I’ll give you three tries to guess who got the remaining 6 pounds of various meats, 1 gallon of creamed corn, and 1 gallon of baked beans.

On the way home Mr. H and I stopped by Target so I could buy hand weights for Jillian’s 30 Day Shred. I also purchased Weeds Season 4 (haven’t seen it yet—no spoilers please!), 2 books (Something Borrowed and My Sister’s Keeper), a bottle of Chateau St. Michele Chardonnay ($7.99 at the checkout). I still love you Target.

I returned home to find 2 hours of The Bachelorette on my DVR and snuggled into the couch with a slice of Red Velvet cake. Evening of bliss.