We started out with the joy of Mass with the nuns at the monastery. We even got to visit Sister Veronica. I shared our quilt adventure with her and let her borrow the book (Lessons from Newtown) to read and share with the other nuns. Our family also blessed the nuns with our share to the generator fund. She told me that she had a gift for us also...then proceeded to give us bags of vegetables! She also told us to make a trip back by later in the week for another Easter surprise!
Then Michael surprised me...he had a small economy car rented for me so I could go on our trip to Austin for the weekend without the "Big White Sail!" He was happy to do this because otherwise he would have been without a car, but it was still nice for me to enjoy the small car on the road trip as well.
Henry, Zaira and I headed off for a fun weekend in Austin...well at least at the airport in Austin. Henry had been selected to represent our region at the State Math Counts competition. He was very excited to go...mainly in the hopes that he would win a computer! After two days of working math problems that were well advanced for his grade level...and watching other students work these problems in the blink of an eye...he DID win a computer! He was so excited and could not wait to tell everyone at home...but we decided to keep it a secret until we got home!
Then we went to my Mom's house. We had only planned to stay for the night and be home in time for Sunday dinner. However, Zaira had had enough of the car so stayed an extra day. We were also able to make a side trip to a very large garden store just east of San Antonio...its claim to fame is (amongst others) a selection of over 50,000 styles of mirrors! We spent the better part of Sunday going through those mirrors so we could find some for our bathrooms. We had remodeled the boys bathroom over a year ago and never put in a mirror...now they will have one. All of this search really began because Michael and I will be remodeling our bathroom in May...figured Amanda's bathroom will need some also. SO...I found mirrors (very large mirrors!) for all the bathrooms in the house for less than $250. A steal of a deal considering most of the mirrors I liked cost $200 EACH when I looked anywhere else! I was so excited until I remembered that I was in a little economy car! LOL! I could not fit the mirrors in the trunk or any other part of the car. Mom promised to return for the mirrors in her car and bring them to us next month! YAY!!!
Meanwhile...back home...Michael was not doing so well. It seems the dryer was not working! It would not heat up. Not such a big problem...we have home warranty that covers the dryer...but it was on a weekend...and he had already washed too big loads of wash! My suggestion to hang the clothes on the line was a joke as it was raining throughout the weekend...not to mention that it is pollen season and it could likely kill us from the yellow mess that would cover our clothes while they were drying! So...he was stuck with clothes and the only option was to hope the dryer could be fixed on Monday and he could make a trip into town to dry at a laundromat. He also had the joy of showing our bees with Sean and Brendan at a Spring Fling downtown. He would have had Edward with him but the poor guy ended up with an eye infection and his eye was swollen shut! Edward spent the day in bed resting.
Along the way, they also noticed a VW show in another part of town. So, the boys enjoyed this experience as well. It was cool to see how people decorated their vehicles to match their interests or personalities!All in all, the weekend went well...we all survived the experience and are back together!
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