A Nice Saturday

what a nice weekend i've had so far. friday night, i hung out at jess's house and worked on re-sizing the bracelets i had made for some of my family as christmas gifts so when i see them next weekend, they should be ready to go! we had a nice diet compliant dinner with a few alcoholic beverages and a ton of laughs! my mother in law arrived last night too and was still awake when i arrived home so we visited briefly before turning in for the night. i got to spend the morning and part of the afternoon with her. and her watch that i fixed several times last night (thanks jess for making that possible LOL ) fit just right! i'm sure it would have been too small if jess hadn't knocked it clear out of my hand and off the table just as i was finishing it and caused the beads to fly off and roll across the table so i had to start over!! it was a very good laugh though. she even peed herself a little! i love it when that happens! anyway--i sincerely mean it when i say that i love my mother in law. i'm not sure what it is exactly about her, but she just makes me feel peaceful. so i was sad to see her go.
we did go to one of caden's friend's 4th birthday party this afternoon. it was a bowling party and to my surprise, caden actually bowled! he loved it....he really loved the bowling shoes because they were a little bit slippery and he was being so silly!! he even got a strike (with daddy's help and a little help from the bumpers). then grandpa tom called and reminded me that we had dinner plans! so we met up with him at 6:30. poor tired caden fell asleep on the way out to his place and slept on grandpa's coat on the floor of the restaurant all the way through dinner. that bowling and partying is sure hard work on such a sweet little boy! grandpa tom wanted to have caden help him roll coins for fun, but he was too spent so we just came on home. fun for another day! chris and i rented a movie (the departed) that we are hoping to watch tonight also.
checked on miss jessie a little bit ago to see how the quitting smoking thing is going. other than she said she is eating everything in sight, she's ok! she said she doesn't think she'll gain too much weight back though because she can't afford to go back to the grocery store!! i told her that i thought she should go ahead and take today and tomorrow to eat what she finds helpful and then get back on the weight watchers wagon on monday. i promised to lend emotional support throughout the night and even tie her to her bed as restraints should it become necessary! i truly am the best friend!!! caden's watching curious george so chris and i are off to watch our movie!!