Monday Morning

Yes, I'm aware that it's Thursday, but our Labor Day was quite laborious.  I therefore am compelled to share it with you.  I promise it will all make sense soon.

Still with me?  Great.  Let me explain.

So, Sunday night was fun.  We had folks over, watched a movie in the garage (read this post for an explanation), and dodged the rain during our dessert intermission for restroom breaks in the house.

After our guests left the weather got REAL.

We were woken a little before midnight to the roaring sound of wind and hail.  Massive amounts of hail.  And rain.  It was dark, so we had no idea what waited for us the next morning.

Dun dun DUNNNNNNN.....

Weekend Rundown

We did a LOT this weekend.  My parents are visiting soon (yay!) which is code for my cleaning OCD to rear its ugly head.  So there's that.

My husband's highest weekend achievement and his pride and joy are tied between two things.

The smoke ring on these ribs:

Weekend Warriors

My favorite product of the weekend.

Over the weekend Mr. Pihl and I slathered ourselves in sunscreen, applied a liberal mist of bug spray, and conquered our weed-ridden planters.  Our motive was split between our desire to improve our home's curb appeal and our need to have the yard finished in time for my parent's upcoming visit in July.

SO EXCITED for them to visit, by the way!

Anyhow, we weeded.  We worked the earth.  We invested in an obscene amount of landscaping cloth.  And we have the bug bites to prove it (days later).

My Day Off

Whenever it's my weekend to work at the library, I get the Friday before and the Tuesday after off from work in compensation.

It's not a bad deal, really.

Yesterday was my day off, and I was so thankful that is was by the time sunset came around.

Isn't that beautiful?  Kansas's sunrises and sunsets always get me.