A Long, Fun Saturday

Karen is here. She got in late last night with Sophie and Truman in tow. Sophie was good on the trip for her and was in a great mood when they arrived.

Today began with our normal Saturday ritual of going to Waffle House. Now Diane, the waitress there has met our whole family within the past month. We ordered a side of grits just for Sophie. She still likes them.

We didn’t go to Lowe’s after Waffle House. Instead we headed out to Sandestin and the outlet center there. We arrived before the stores opened so we went to Topsail State Park (http://www.floridastateparks.org/topsailhill/default.cfm) and walked out to the beach for a while until the stores opened.

The main reason for shopping was to go to the Ann Taylor outlet. I volunteered to carry Sophie in the Baby Biorne and for the next couple of hours I had Sophie all to myself. The kid likes people. The more people the better. At one point 5 young girls walked by in bright red athletic uniforms. Sophie got so excited she almost kicked me in a place I don’t want to be kicked. Lots of people smiled at her and she absolutely loved looking at herself and me in the mirrors.

Karen got a chance to shop without the baby tying her up and she found some good buys.

After shopping we went to Harbordocks (surprise!) for lunch. Once again we were forced to eat Cobia. Today it was Caribbean fried cobia fingers. They were luscious. They were served with a side of cheese grits. Yes, Sophie got her share of the grits before we left.

After eating we all went home and took a short nap. Timing was right when we woke to just make the 5:30 Mass at St Mary’s. So we did.

After church Penny wanted to go to Joanne’s to get fabric for another quilt. We finally rolled into our driveway around 8 o’clock with a worn-out Sophie.

It was a full day and we did everything on our list of weekend things to do. Tomorrow is now completely open. Karen wants to go back to the beach with Sophie and give her a chance to eat some sand. It was a beautiful day today and it will be nice again tomorrow. Karen is getting the good weather that brother Lou missed.