Weekend Wrap Up

 Weekend Wrap Up

This was one of those weekends where we were on the go from pretty much morning until night - so today, Monday, I have zero plans save going for a nice, long, leisurely beach walk!

Seriously, our pace this weekend was close to frenetic, but we knew it was coming and prepared as best we could, both mentally and physically.

So, here we go:

Friday - Haircut appointments for us both back in our prior town, about a 45 minute drive, because it continues to be that much cheaper to get our cuts there, in north Orange County, than down here in south Orange County. We pay $80 total for two haircuts, vs closer to $175 or so that it would cost to get them cut down here. 

After returning home, I had time for a quick lunch before heading out to a routine doctor's appointment. After returning home from that, I started setting up for our Sunday wine tasting party here, then made dinner.

Saturday - Out the door bright and early at 7:00 AM to report for volunteer duty at an all day wine competition. We dried hundreds and hundreds of wine glasses as delicately yet quickly as we could (I think each of us volunteers broke at least one glass from handling them a bit to hard, oops, before learning just how much pressure to apply). A lot of chatting occurred as we dried, so that was fun, as was the really nice lunch we were served.

The primary reason we all volunteer for this it must be said, is that we all walk away with a case of wine, the result of about 1,000 bottles being lightly poured out for judges' rating, leaving a good 20 oz or so of quality wine in each bottle.

The volunteer bottle selection that occurs at the end of the day is always a lot of fun. We all select two bottles at a time, each 'round' if you will, until our wine boxes are full, 24 bottles of wine in our case, since there were two of us.

Prepping the work room for all of us volunteers to go 'wine shopping' at the end of the day.

We returned home at about 6PM, I made a couple of quick but tasty grilled turkey cheese sandwiches, plus some fruit, after which we cleaned up, watched one episode of a TV drama, then poured ourselves into bed.

Sunday - Spiritual services followed by a luncheon and presentation to say farewell to one of the longtime members, then home to set out food for our neighborhood wine event. We had 16 folks in total, and it was a blast. I enjoy our new neighborhood so very much!

The wine

The spread

The tasting cards

All departed by about 6PM, with us pressing as much wine and food on them as they were willing to take, 😄. We spent an hour or so cleaning up, then pretty much did a repeat of Saturday evening - a quick bite, one episode of 'whatever,' then off to bed.

We are equal parts exhausted and elated by how well the event went, and we've already committed to holding it again next year.

Today, though, Monday, we have zero commitments, hooray!

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How was your weekend???