Memorial Day Weekend

Believe it or not, Brian and I had 4 days off together this holiday weekend! We made the best of it by making a big "to-do" list and (in the end) scraping it and doing fun things instead. It helped our goofing off that the lawnmower broke on Friday morning so Brian couldn't even get the lawn in decent shape. That's when we knew that we had the makings for an excellent holiday weekend!


Off to adventures!

On Friday afternoon we went up to Spirit Lake, Iowa for a flea market (always a good time).We both found some treasures. I was excited to find a glass Pyrex double boiler that I've been wanting for the last year or so. It usually sells for $50-$75, but I found it for $5! Now that is a find that's hard to beat! However, perhaps the most impressive purchase of the day was a little antique jeep. Brian took pity on it and bought it for his jeep collection. It looks an awful lot like the other jeeps he has around our property, being that it is missing many parts, needs a lot of work, and has plenty of rust.
On the way back from the flea market, we stopped on a whim at the Little Swan Lake Winery for a bit of wine tasting. As it turns out, they have excellent wine and a fun hostess from Australia who is having an adventure in Iowa educating people on good wine. This stop was one of the highlights of the weekend! Somehow on Saturday Brian managed to talk me into cutting his hair really short. I've been refusing to do so for years, but he caught me at a weak moment when I was really sick of his mane. This is much better and I may continue to cut it and pocket the savings. We also managed to fit in an excellent bike ride around one of the local lakes to try and burn off some of the calories...
...that we packed on over the weekend. Steak: yum-o. (You can tell that we couldn't agree on the cut.)
And some tasty grilled potatoes Brian made. He used 4 potatoes, half an onion, and an entire stick of butter (which he informed me of after they were done cooking). Needless to say, they were delicious! I also discovered some mint that survived the winter, so we made fresh mojitos to sip on while enjoying the sun this afternoon. We ended the weekend with a bonfire...and s'mores. Who could have asked for more out of a weekend? Oh, and by the way, we didn't see any prairie-fires Saturday night.

Hope you all had as much fun a weekend as we did! Happy Memorial Day!