How was every one's weekend? Ours was WONDERFUL. I truly mean that. Let's start with Friday :
I left work early because the snow was coming down pretty steady and I wanted (needed) to get home before it got dark...because driving in the snow in the dark is 10x harder than just driving in the snow for me. Oh, and the roads looked like this:
Anyways, I headed home and even made it home in less than an hour with the snow. That was pretty good time! I think it benefited me that there were not many cars on the road...This was my car after driving home on Friday:
The last time I will see the Civic in our garage...more on that later!
Friday night the hubster and I stayed home with Louie instead of doing our usually Friday night grocery shopping. We cleaned the house a little and discussed what to make for dinner. I was craving pizza but did not want to spend the money, or have all the calories of delivery pizza so I decided to use a new recipe I had pinned on Pinterest for a pizza casserole. As usual, Pinterest did not disappoint me. The casserole was delicious and we still have some leftovers to enjoy. Maybe I will share that recipe with you later this week! We snuggled on the couch with our homemade pizza casserole and watched Courageous. Have you seen that movie? It is incredible. We saw it in theaters a couple months ago and it was just as good the second time around. Really, if you have not seen it you need to as soon as possible. I promise you will not be disappointed.
Saturday morning we woke up to even more snow. It might have snowed pretty much all night off and on...it was beautiful! Louie did not like it too much at first but he eventually warmed up I guess...he was so funny licking the snow and running around with snow on his nose. I snapped some pictures of our favorite puppy dog:
After getting ready and digging out of our garage so we could get the car out we were on our way to Fort Wayne. It took awhile to shovel out our driveway, but it was very nice of one of our neighbors to come help :) We were on our way first to Lowe's to purchase the backsplash that I blogged about here. We ended up getting everything we need for the kitchen backsplash project, so we are ready for that soon. I am excited about it even though we know it will be a lot of work and I like to think we are ready for a challenge :)
After Lowe's we grabbed some food and went to our first car dealership. We were not pleased with the customer service or friendliness offered at the VW dealership in Fort Wayne and ended up at the Honda dealership where we traded my 2006 Civic. We test drove a CRV at both dealerships but ended up getting a much better deal and warranty through Honda, so that's where we ended up. It took hours to sign everything and get out the door! I will say that it was hard watching the Civic drive away in the end and I might have teared up a little. It was my Grandpa's last car and he loved it. There was a story behind that car. Actually, there were a couple funny stories behind that car. And I loved the car too. In the end, I know it is only a car and that we were making the right decision because the Civic was just not safe enough for me with the ice and snow we deal with in Northern Indiana. The CRV is much safer and has 4WD. I asked Stephen to take some pictures of me and the Civic for the last time:
Then we went to take pictures of the new car:
We ended up with a 2009 Honda CRV that's silver with black leather interior and 4WD. We were leaning more toward Honda when comparing small SUV's simply because I have always driven and loved a Honda. In the end, the CRV got better gas mileage, had more storage room (72 sq. ft), and better crash test ratings than most other small SUV's. It was an easy decision for us and we are so pleased with the outcome. I love the car and how it drives! I also really like that it is the same color as Papa's civic was, I think he would like that :)
Sunday we taught Sunday School and went to late service-then we met Stephen's parents and his brother and his wife for lunch before going grocery shopping. We spent the rest of the afternoon at home. Stephen watched some football and hung this lamp:
It's a well lamp that I ordered a while back and it finally came in. I love that we have some light near the sofa now so we can actually read in the living room. There was no room for a small table or even a floor lamp before, so this is perfect!
While Stephen was watching football and hanging the lamp I was baking up a storm in the kitchen. Pinterest had me going...I think I made 4 or 5 different things that we will eat all week long for breakfast and snacks. It felt good to be back in the kitchen cooking because I feel like it has been awhile!
And that's pretty much it. A great, blessed, productive and loving weekend! :)
Oh, and the only picture of us all weekend:
Have a great Monday, y'all!
