Deadra's Dialogue

Took Advice...

This has been a long, wonderful weekend.....I have been off since Friday. We've had so much going on of late, this was a huge need....a couple of days off to rejuvenate. So, I took Sis. Smith's advice (you can see it on Tracie's Thoughts) and turned STRESSED into DESSERTS.

Friday, I spent the day with the girls while daddy worked. We made a trip to downtown Houston on the hunt for window treatments. I forgot my directions at the house so I basically did it by memory. That's pretty scary. We found what I thought I needed and wanted at Glicks. We then decided to go to High Fashion Home to see if I needed anything from there....well, it may not have been what I needed but it sure was what I wanted. That place is amazing. If you are ever in that part of town you will want to stop by. It is worth it. I loved it. After we left there we headed to the mall, where I found a couple of valances for my kitchen windows. I love them....they added so much to my dining room. Then the girls and I got a dessert, well actually a strawberry/bananna smoothie.....I consider that a dessert don't you. We watched the carousel ride and drank our smoothies. The girls couldn't watch any longer they had to ride....so we choose which animal we wanted to ride on and waited for the bell to sound. Soon after we started Ashlynn began her Miss America wave. She waved and blew kisses to everyone she saw, she was soooo cute. We finished the ride and headed over to the pet store. Ashlynn went crazy, hitting the glass trying to wake the puppies, she would make her tweet, tweet sounds to get the attention of the birds, and meow to the kittens. Then we headed over to the playground in the middle of the mall where we would stay until daddy arrived. We were there about 20 or so minutes and we got the call that daddy was near by and to meet him at the resturant. We loaded up and headed to PF Chang's for a nice dinner. My stomach has been upset for the past several days and I hadn't been able to eat well up until this meal. I sooooo enjoyed it. It is by far one of my favorite meals. After eating we decided to go for a walk on the waterway next to the mall. We found ducks, turtles, fish and even a nuetra rat. (see pics) YUCK!! We walked all around the entire waterway and ended at a waterfall display. We had no clue it was even there nor did we have a clue they were doing a patriotic display. We literatlly walked up and it started....the music was playing loud "I'm Proud to be an American". The water fall/fountain were timed with the music and were red, white & blue. That was a beautiful ending for a beautiful day.

Saturday, we decided to do a few things around the house and then headed back to Glick to buy more panels for my windows. After leaving there we spotted the Aquarium Carousel from the freeway...hey, that looks fun...let's stop....we could ride that and take some pictures....my oldest daughter said MOM.....why do we always have to take pictures....well soon did we find out that mom left her camera card in her computer when she downloaded her pictures from Friday night. Bummer said mom....YES, said Brooklyn & her dad. I was so sad we could not capture our moments on Saturday. Well, while in the carousel we decided we were all hungry so why not eat at the Aquarium. Well, this was another reason I was sad...I could not take pics of the girls reaction to all the BIG fish. We even got to see a diver in the aquarium. It was cool. After we left the aquarium we headed back towards the Woodlands on the hunt for hardware for my window treatments......no luck...after 4 different stores....we did not find anything we liked. BUT we did find one for the dining room so we got them hung. I love being productive while having fun or having fun while being productive......which ever sounds better....hahaha!!!

Sunday, church time!!! Our pastor decided to let us come patriotic casual to church. It was so pretty to see all the red, white and blue. We had a beautiful service. Flag display, tapps presentation, beautiful instrumental of Glory, Glory Hallelujah and to top it off Bro. Smith preached a beautiful sermon and we had 2 visitors in altar. After church we had a recreation/watermelon social....it was a great time....HOT but fun.

Today.....we slept in.....yeah!!!! 9:30 is when I finally rolled out of bed....yeah! Rest...just what I needed. We ate breakfast and got ready....we are headed over to the in-laws house. We are going to have BBQ and head back over to the waterfall display this evening.

I hope each of you have enjoyed a wonderful weekend as I have......if not take Sis. Smith's advice and turn STRESSED into DESSERTS....to me it doesn't necessarily have to be something sweet, it could just be sweet times, sweet memories, sweet things to do....etc....FIND SOME DESSERTS...it's worth it.

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