A Mother Daughter Trip and Random Update on Things

When Lindsay and I didn't get to go to New York, we decided a trip to the cabin would be a second choice.  I will give you a little rundown of our trip and other stuff going on.

We left early Thursday morning and traveled to our cabin near Auburn. We stopped in and turned everything on and headed into Auburn to shop a little. Along the way we called to see if we could eat at my most favorite restaurant ever. It is called Acre. If you ever travel through Auburn and want delicious food with a great atmosphere you simply must stop here. It is owned by David Bancroft who beat the Iron Chef.

When I arrived home last night, my new Southern Living magazine had the restaurant featured.

 

It is pricey, an absolute adorable setting, casual dress, and very tasty food. This coming from the queen of picky eaters. I don't know what it is about it, but I love it.

Okay, onto other things. We drove around looking at houses since we want to sell the farm and cabin at the lake and then locate something in Auburn in town. Y'all nothing much is for sell. However, we did list the farm last week with a realtor. In one week, he said he had more hits on his site than all other listings combined. I am sure it will sell. It is a lovely place and would make a great horse farm or cattle farm. I have actually had someone to tell me when we get ready to list the cabin, so I KNOW it will fall into place when the time is right. We are in no hurry. We will not sell the cabin until we sell the farm and then locate something in Auburn. A chain of events I guess you could say.

On Friday, we drove to Columbus to do some sight seeing and shopping. I have never taken the kids to where I lived over there as a child or during my first year teaching, so I took her to all my spots. It was fun sharing that.

We drove back to the cabin and ate supper at Oskar's on the Lake. This is a home cooking place I guess that is what you would call it, but it is also good.

Can't have New York, then you will eat good at home!!!

On Saturday, we drove home stopping in Montgomery for a bit too.

Mother and Daughter had a great time together anyway.

The Tuesday night before we were supposed to head to New York, I was washing my last load of clothes. I wanted to make sure I was all caught up before I left when the washing machine I have never liked started smoking. I thought I smelled smoke the other day and was watching it carefully. It is toast!!! While I absolutely hate coughing up money for a new machine, I am so happy to say goodbye to this one.

While I was gone, Jeff did washing machine research and shopped for one. He had it narrowed down for me, so I went machine shopping shortly after I got home. I have a new one being delivered Wednesday. He hauled off the old one before I even got home.

Y'all know what that means don't you?! I can paint that laundry closet and tidy it up some. I will be painting it tomorrow. I was on Pinterest last night searching for ideas. Some of you had mentioned a cabinet. Oh how that would be wonderful, but they won't fit, so the shelf stays. I am going to paint and see if I can doctor the shelf up some without spending money. I have the paint already. Stay tuned!

For those of you wishing for spring, it was so interesting to see the lines of change along the way to Auburn which is located in central Alabama. The dogwoods are in bloom in the woods even if all the trees aren't green. The trees around the cabin have not turned green yet. There are lots of hardwoods there. The grass is poking its head up through the brown though. Spring is coming.

Just a random picture of Lemony. She curled herself up to fit in Gus's bed the other night.

When we were driving home, the temperature yesterday got warmer and warmer. Interstate 65 was packed with people coming to the beach. In fact, I thought there was a wreck, because 2 miles out from the exit off I65 the traffic was stopped. It was just that many headed to the beach. It took us much longer to get home on a Saturday than a Sunday afternoon which is usually when we are coming home. I think other than Monday everyone should have a great beach week. The weather as of now says the high tomorrow is only going to reach 69. The rest of the week 70's. I will say it has been quite cloudy this year thus far. Don't know what is up with that.

I will stop for now, but I do have more organization challenges to share this week, hopefully some stitching, and other stuff.

I am headed to church, but thought I would type this up real quick.
Enjoy the rest of the weekend and Happy Palm Sunday,
Sandy