Franglo

Sometimes it just takes a weekend to reconnect with your spouse and this weekend was that perfect occasion. A weekend to realize how much I love spending time with him and truly love him.

We are coming off another crazy couple of weeks again; we went on a family vacation to Lake George, I am continuing with my french studies and work is always crazy so we never really get a chance to relax. Our vacation were very busy and we both went back slightly exhausted.

This weekend was the perfect trifecta, my french class was cancelled due to my professor having a conflict, which freed up my Saturday. I had already booked us into a group fitness class on the Sunday. Friday morning, we started to look at options to go away for the night but decided to stay put and work on creating our backyard oasis instead.

After work on Friday, we started the research process; our vision was to create a backyard dining area and a comfy seating section. We wanted to create a space to be enjoyed by the whole family on a budget of course, so we were shopping the sales and getting creative.

Friday we went to pool stores, department stores and furniture stores. We ended on a patio for dinner at an Italian Pizzeria enjoying each other’s company and listening to a live band. A few more stores on the way home and then we did a bit more research online and found a few more options and ruled out others after reading reviews.

Saturday we got to sleep in. I was able to watch trashy television while enjoying my coffee, which I never get a chance to do. I have a few guilty pleasures including 90 Day Fiancé which is not exactly appropriate when the kids are around. It’s a level of crazy that does not translate well into french and it’s just wrong on so many levels but some how watching someone else’s train wreck makes all your problems seem normal.

We went to back to a few stores and figured out what to purchase, a table from Ikea, a couch and big comfy chair from Club Piscine. We came back to the house and I made lunch while he assembled the patio table. We then started the search for chairs for our patio table, more online research and we were off to Canadian tire.

We found the perfect solution, now to get them home. We took two cars because we knew getting them home was going to be a challenge. He makes fun of my Mini but I knew my little guy would be the solution. He was not able to fit any of the chairs into his car,an Altima which comfortably fits the family of five. All 6 chairs fit in the Mini, as my grandmother used to say Good Things Do Come In Small Packages or the little guy saves the day.

Our dining area is complete and I will accessorize soon.

Saturday night I made us an amazing dinner of shrimp tacos with a spicy avocado salsa. We went and saw Once Upon A Time in Hollywood. He received a gift card from the kids for Father’s Day. The movie was 2 hrs and 45 minutes I will never get back in my life but at least there was popcorn, he enjoyed the popcorn and the movie. We came home and debated the movie and researched what it all meant because we missed most of the meaning of the plot no realizing it was related to the Charles Manson case In fairness, my other half was 4 months away from being born and I was not sure my parents had even met yet.

Sunday, another day we did not have to pop out of bed like it we are toast in a toaster. Another relaxing morning. I had signed us up for an Orange Theory workout , which is basically a really intense inteval workout. This situation was reversed I love the workout, him not so much. I have decided I need an outlet to burn off the crazy, so I signed up for a membership. I should be nicer to my coworkers and family now.

Sunday afternoon we relaxed, it was a day where it “feels like” forty degrees outside, so we hide in air conditioning. My other half was getting bored, so he returned library books.

Sunday night, another fantastic dinner of Shrimp Pad Thai. I got to spend some quality time in the kitchen with a glass of wine which I love. He got to take a break from cooking.

Even thought we did a lot of running around all weekend, we had relaxed enough to get to the point of boredom, which was a fantastic change from the norm.

This weekend which was reminiscent of when we were dating, when we would only have 48 hours together but we would make those moments count. I remembered how he makes me laugh, how we can both be silly together , we can agree to disagree and how making and sharing a meal together makes us a stronger couple.

I was reminded this weekend, how much I love and why I love him. No matter what life throws at us it only takes a weekend to recreate the magic that allows us to conquer the world together.