On Friday I delivered a brooch bouquet to a client. I decided to take the dogs with me to get them out of the house. The wedding venue was in Needville, Texas which is about an hour away from the house. Before we headed back to the house, I decided to let the dogs out into an open field (on venue property) to have a run about. Little did I know that Kate was going to find herself a pile of cow poo. That dog…poor Toby and I had to ride all the way back with a smelly pup. Friday evening we met our old neighbors (who are now living back in Canada) for dinner. We miss them so much!! They came back to the house and they had a few rounds of Hendricks, soda and a splash of lime with Hubs. I had water…stupid Interstitial Cystitis. Oh well, didn’t drink any calories. 

Saturday morning I woke up early and I couldn’t breath out of my mouth. My tongue was swollen so much that it was blocking my oral airway. Talk about scary. I haven’t figured out what caused it but I think I have it narrowed down to two things which I will now avoid until I meet with a doctor about the issue. 1. Shellfish. I’ve never been allergic to shellfish before and I eat it almost weekly. 2. Lavender essential oil. That night I diffused some because I wanted to get a restful sleep and then I put some on my lower abdomen (over my bladder) to help with my bladder spasms. I’ve done both before and this never happened. Once I calmed myself down, I took a chance and swallowed a Benadryl (note: don’t ever do that if your tongue is swollen…but as a medical professional I took the chance..not smart). Thankfully it worked and my tongue swelling went down. Hubs made pancakes and Texas shaped biscuits using the Trader Joe’s pancake/biscuit mix and THIS cookie cutter.

They were very tasty and even better with Trader Joe’s Strawberry Preserves. While he was cooking I read a few articles that said adults can develop allergies to certain foods/substances. Hopefully an allergy specialist will have more information on that. I REALLY don’t want to submit to allergy testing.

The Benadryl made me really sleepy so I ended up sleeping until 3pm. So productive right?! Ha. We decided to go see the new Insurgent movie. It was pretty good. I think I need to see the first one over again. I was surprised with how well I slept Saturday evening. Whenever I take Benadryl I have really trippy dreams. I was in my old neighborhood being chased by alligators. Weird because Virginia doesn’t have alligators and I’m not afraid of them.

Sunday morning we met our old neighbors again. This time we went to brunch…we went to Karl’s in Richmond. Best brunch. I always get them to make me an omelet and waffle. Yum!  Afterwards we took the dogs to the dog park. When I got home, I bathed them and worked on a trick that I started on Thursday. She finally has it. She will now go around objects on command. It’s pretty cute…bias. Here’s a video of what we have so far…and our horrible fireplace.

While Hubs studied, I took advantage of the beautiful day and started painting out entry table again. I HATE painting. Seriously, it’s been in our garage for over a year. I worked on it for a little bit and then grew sick of a sore back.  First the paint was wrong and then someone used the wrong brush on the top and it left brush marks…the top was PERFECT with the wrong shade. Typical right?! So I sanded it down and used a Purdy brush. I think it still needs a little sanding (bugs stuck to the paint) and another coat for good measure and then a coat of poly. 

I learned how to properly clean paint brushes today. It’s a pain in the ass but when you buy expensive brushes, it’s worth it to clean them. 

The paint dried a lot darker than this photo but you get the idea.

I’m thinking these knobs for the drawers. Thoughts?? 

Image from D. Lawless Hardware

Remember these are the pulls for the larger doors on each side. I’m worried about the brass on the side of these being too shiny for the above brushed brass knob. Has anyone every brushed brass to make it less shiny? 

What do you think?

What did you do this weekend?

Lura

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