Yesterday was Friday

At least that is how it feels. I can't believe how fast this weekend went by. I was wondering where the time went and talking to my mom about what I did this weekend when she mentioned how impressed she was with what I'd accomplished. That made me stop and think. The weekend flew by because we were so busy.
Have you noticed that the more you do the faster time goes by?
I was so excited to watch my church's conference at home. This seemed to occupy a large chunk of time. There are a total of 8 hours (10 if you're a dude) of the conference over two days. I was thrilled that a lot of the speakers talked about parenting. It was nice to be reminded that there is one Exemplar in all things. I compartmentalize too much.
I finally straightened out my food storage closet. I should have taken before and after pictures. It was a nightmare. There had been an avalanche in there a couple months back and I just never took the time to fix it...though I did pile on more and more. So Saturday I neatly re-stacked everything. I'm going to have to give up and build shelves in there. How I long for a decent pantry. Or a basement. Actually both. When my yearly food storage order arrives from Walton Feed I'm going to be in serious space crunch trouble. Here I feel it is appropriate to give a shout out to mom for the packing skills she taught me. Without them I would not have the ability to store as much as I do.
I hit a sale at Michael's early Saturday as well. I bought some supplies for a church craft and then some yarn for a woolie pattern I'm totally excited about making. Since I finally finished cutting out all the pieces of Derek's quiet book and sewing is imminent (cross your fingers!) I'll need another project lined up for when I'm done. Our camera is dead for the moment but when I get it back I'll post pictures. I was worried about my lack of artistic skills when I started creating my patterns but all in all I am really pleased with how things turned out. If I can manage to keep from destroying my handiwork with sewing mishaps I think we have a decent chance to have an entertaining book for little guy.
Strawberries are here and I have been buying them up like they were going out of style. Last year I ordered a box...from a farm that sent them cored and frozen but I really think I paid too much. This year I've already managed to get Strawberries as low as .99 cents a pound and I'm freezing them myself. There is nothing so delicious on a hot day as a frozen strawberry and grape juice smoothie freshly blended. My mouth waters. I've also invested in my first whole pineapple. I love pineapple but I bought this bad boy specifically for the challenge of learning how to cut it up. My trigger finger is getting itchy...today might be his last day to live...mwahahaha.
Ahem. The main excitement of the weekend was, of course, Easter. Derek's cousins "hid" (laid on the top of the grass) colorful plastic eggs for him to find. To my surprise and pleasure Derek picked them up and dropped them in his bucket. Well, at least he did after he got over the idea that he had to touch the grass...maybe he didn't like the texture? It was so cute.
Today I am back to couponing and trying to figure out a new schedule adding a morning jog back into the routine. I swear it throws our whole day into chaos trying to change one thing. I hope we'll continue like this morning where Derek happily napped in the jogging stroller as I ran. It was just so much easier when he was teeny. I hope once things settle down I'll be back to blogging more regularly. We've got some trips, Derek's birthday (a homemade pinata is in the offing for that), and a murder mystery party planned in the next couple months and I'm excited to share.
Hope you all had a wonderful Easter weekend!