Quality Time with the Spouse on Sunday

So what does a couple in their 50's do on a Sunday when their exchange student is gone for the weekend? Spend quality time together of course!

Our Sunday started by going to the 9:00 church service. Afterwards Goni visited with everyone during the coffee hour while Grover drank coffee and ate oatmeal cookies. We went home and had a nice brunch of sausage, fried potatoes, and toast. Now that our tummies were full we needed a nap while we watched a chick flick movie on the TV.

The sun was shining and the birds chirping so Grover announced "we need to go outside and enjoy the weather". Goni says "I will do anything you want except go flying!". So Grover says "your car is very dirty, lets go to the Kaady Car Wash and get it washed". So off to Vancouver the couple goes to get the Highlander washed. After the excitement of riding through the Kaady Car Wash (the best car wash in the world) passes Grover decides to go to Wal-Mart.

Wal-Mart was the first cultural experience for the day. Most everyone there was interesting to say the least. We tried to get help at the electronics counter for 10 minutes but the clerks were oblivious to our presence so we left. After overdosing on Wal-Mart (and getting a new shower curtain & Noah birthday presents) the happy couple decides the next stop should be Target. The electronics counter in Target has what we want, and someone to help us, so we make our purchase and leave.

Grover wanted to go to the Harbor Freight tool store down the street but Goni says "we need lunch groceries for the week". As we head to Winco it is obvious that everyone who was not at Wal-Mart or Target was at Winco. Since the fried potatoes and sausage were starting to wear off Goni suggested we use our $5 off coupon at TGI Fridays for dinner. Goni had pasta and Grover got a steak and we even had desert!

With full stomachs the couple heads over to Winco to get groceries. There were still lots of people there grocery shopping and none of them looked happy (must have been the Sunday evening blahs). The second cultural experience of the day was washing over us. After seeing a woman dressed in red to the nines, a college age girl with a Gussie dog peeking out from the chest of her sweatshirt, people from many different socio-economic positions, a woman who kept hollering at her child every time we passed her, non English speaking people, a crusty old man with a motorcycle helmet, and other very interesting people we were done. I'm sure we looked just as interesting to them as we found them. Our fun meter was pegged and we needed to go home.

Blossom met us at the driveway to welcome us home and Goni said "run her over" but Grover took pity on his poor misunderstood cat and she was spared. After lugging the groceries in, putting out the trash for the Monday pickup, putting up the new shower curtain, and washing the kitchen windows, the happy couple sat down to an hour of TV before Grover headed off to bed exhausted at 9:15.

How can two people have so much fun together? I'm not sure but it was definitely quality time together!