Honestly, this weekend needs to include hours of cleaning — the Burrow looks like a tornado ran through it — but I’m hoping that’s not everything it includes!

Here’s what else I’m hoping to get up to:

• Finding a pet sitter (I know, I know. I’ve sent an email and am waiting to hear back.)
• Spending time with my friend Sarah
• Checking in on the garden (It’s supposed to drop just below freezing overnight and I’d planned to get down there before the sun set today. When the options narrowed to find out how well tomatoes fare in a minor freeze or harvesting in an out-of-the-way corner of a park after dark, I opted to keep my fingers crossed. The internet tells me tomatoes that aren’t damp should be okay down to 28 degrees.)
• Going to the local bookstore’s member sale
• Cycling to two Coffeeneuring destinations
• Doing laundry
• Shopping at the farmers market
• Reading
• Knitting
• Doing some Christmas prep for parties, swaps, decorating, and the Virtual Advent Tour

What are you hoping to do this weekend?

Who wears it better, Rudi or these maples?

We got in some leaf peeping today around the District, as well as trips to the garden and farmers market. We checked out a new coffee place this weekend, talked with my family, did some Christmas shopping, and got pizza, which we ate while watching the new Gal Gadot-Ryan Reynolds-The Rock movie on Netflix. I slept in yesterday and spent plenty of time outside today.

How was your weekend?

It’s a quiet weekend ahead. Here’s what I’m hoping it includes:

• Knitting
• Reading
• Leaf peeping, since it’s peak foliage season in the District
• Christmas shopping (including at some craft fairs)
• Spending some time on the bike
• Maybe visiting a museum for the first time since the pandemic
• Poaching the quince (didn’t get to that last weekend)
• Doing laundry
• Hanging up art
• Watching the new movie with Gal Gadot and the Rock

What’s on your to-do list this weekend?

I’m not sure who else needs to hear this, but Thanksgiving is only a couple weeks away.

And Christmas is just over seven six weeks away.

We can get there.

Like all weekends, some plans worked out, while others fell through. Turns out, everyone in D.C. thought an Asian night market sounded like fun, so when reports of multiples of thousands of people waiting in line reached us, I decided I could give it a pass. And I utterly slept through the waffles event. Apparently, catching up on some sleep was more important. Sharing laundry facilities means you can only do laundry when your neighbors aren’t. My coffee table is still covered with stuff. And we still haven’t figured out what to do about our tree trimming party. I mean, does a week of open houses sound like a good idea?

But I spent time at the garden, stopped by the library (and got a book from another that Rudi picked up for me), visited the farmers market and went past the grocery store.

I started a new book and knit (a little). I biked and drank tea. We got pizza and watched some tv (and I may have watched some of a Christmas movie). I talked with friends in town and across the country. Some of our volleyball team got together for s’mores on a roofdeck. There’s applesauce on the stove. (I really need to figure out where the food mill is hiding.) And I’ve got a day off on Thursday to look forward to.

How was your weekend?

It’s been a week, and the weekend could not get here fast enough. To prevent it slipping away, I’m going to try jamming it full of positive things:

• Reading (and visiting a library or two)
• Eating waffles (there’s a waffle-themed event; I just have to beat the college students to it)
• Knitting
• Spending time in the garden
• Chatting with our cross-country (and cross-town) friends
• Checking out a night market
• Getting an extra hour of sleep
• Poaching quince
• Doing laundry
• Baking
• Biking to some Coffeeneuring destinations
• Finding my coffee table (the Christmas cleaning needs to start somewhere small)
• Figuring out our Christmas party (we usually cram dozens of people into our small apartment, and while we both are nearly positive everyone we invite is vaccinated — if not already boostered — it feels risky to invite them all at once this year)

What are you hoping to do this weekend?