Thursday 16 June 2011

camping in our family room


Last  weekend, we celebrated Pentecost  and the Queens birthday.. This means a long weekend....
I declared on Friday. Oh great, a long weekend for Pentecost. It was raining and miserable, so I thought lets camp in our family room.
Actually, I mentioned this to Brid on the Thursday evening and it was met with great delight. So Friday evening I pulled out the lounge and made it into a sofa bed. Put lots of blankets and pillows on it and we were set.
Dermot looked at me surprised, this was unlike me.
We stoked up the fire and it heated us all weekend. Our cat, Bailey, was quite happy on his mat by the fire.
We had made our Pentecost craft, earlier that week. Our tables and our family alter were draped in the Liturgical colour of red. Actually we keep these colours draped for June.
I woke unwell with a headache, on Saturday morning, meaning Dermot’s plans to spoilt us with bacon n eggs for breakfast was somewhat dampened.  I felt terrible as I had spoilt his plan. We made the most of it and as soon as my headache cleared  I was able to rejoin the  camping trip.
That evening our parish was having a Pentecost party and welcoming our new parish Priest.  The parish hall had been decorated. Red balloons, doves and flames of fire were decorating the walls. Red was the theme; serviettes, table sprinkles, candles. It was gorgeous.  It was a real fun night. Had I mentioned we were asked to bring a meal  to share. Brid made our contribution, as I was still not up to it. Brid had chopped, cut and diced veges and chicken for the slow cooker. Dermot poured in red wine. It was delicious.
It was also 8 years to the day from when we had attended a retreat called Cursillo. So there was a mini celebration in that as well, because quite a few people who had attended that weekend were present at this parish event.
The following day, we woke to a mini flood. It had rained so much that the storm water drains could not handle the amount of water.  My mum and Dad were coming for a baked late lunch. Apple pie for dessert. I had second thoughts as this water was building up. With a little bit of thought we had it cleared and we started to get organised for our visitors. It  was in the end a very relaxing afternoon, After lunch, the men watched the football us women and children chatted.
Sunday saw us go fishing between rain showers. Brid really enjoyed that, and so did we.
Our weekend, although it was wet was lots of fun, just being together camped in our family room.

8 comments:

Sue Elvis said...

What a great weekend, Leanne! You sound like a real fun mum. It was such a pity you weren't feeling your best.

I just love my slow cooker, and red wine, added to any casserole turns it into something special.

I hope your new parish priest settles in quickly.
God bless.

Leanne said...

sue, it was the best type of camping. I could use my hairdryer and be toasty warm. We need to keep praying for our parish and Our new Priest.
I even use my slow cooker in the summer for some meals.

Sue Elvis said...

A camping trip with all the comforts of home - my kind of camping too! God bless you all!

PS I'll post the book on Monday. Sorry I've taken so long to get it to you.

Vicky said...

You make it sound so cozy and blissful, Leanne! I love snuggling up with our kids in our bed, in the evenings on the weekends. Sometimes, I have to turf them out for rowdy behaviour but it's such a lovely 'together' time that I really treasure:)

Leanne said...

Vicki,
All my darlings loved to snuggle in bed in the mornings. Brid being the 'worst'(best) offender- lol. She still does. So it wasn't out of the ordinary. Thanks for stopping by.

rinny_tintin said...

That's so awesome!!!!!! Beats lttn camping!

And your altar with liturgical colours! You're such a beautiful witness to the Church!

Thank you for being obedient :-)

It's a privilege to know you

Love Rinny

rinny_tintin said...

That's so awesome!!!!!! Beats lttn camping!

And your altar with liturgical colours! You're such a beautiful witness to the Church!

Thank you for being obedient :-)

It's a privilege to know you

Love Rinny

Leanne said...

Rinny,
What an honour-really, lovely to have you stop by. Thanks for your kind words.Yes much better than LTTN, but hey it was one very awesome weekend, wasn't it. chat soon. Love and hugs.