I had a nice weekend and I hope you did, too. I didn’t get to everything I’d hoped to, but such is the way of life. I did manage to squeeze in quite a bit:

We picnicked at the Kennedy Center and watched Raiders of the Lost Ark under the stars.

I spent time at the garden, outside in a pool, and on the patio of a cafe.

I bought a flat of strawberries at the farmers market.

I played volleyball, both in the sun and in the (what was quite a bit more than expected) rain and got in some miles on the bike.

We cooked (veggie) hot dogs at home and made daiquiris and went out for ice cream with my friend Chris. And we shopped at our local Japanese market and treated ourselves to some buns and soup.

How was your weekend?

I was supposed to take part in a volleyball tournament on Sunday, but, alas! it’s been cancelled. Worry not, though, I’ve got other things I’m hoping to do:

• Play volleyball (I mean, just not as part of a tournament)
• Go to a baseball game (it’s Star Wars Day at Nats Park and some of our friends want the free Hawaiian shirts they’re giving out)
• Plant the rest of the seedlings I bought yesterday (I’m down to five plants — three members of the gourd family, a tomato, and some kind of pinkish flower — that need to get into the ground)
• Shop at the farmers market
• Do laundry
• Bake something
• Take down the Christmas cards
• Send some mail
• Switch out my winter and summer wardrobes (All the clothes are out, which makes for unmanageable piles everywhere)
• Read

How about you? What’s on your weekend to-do list?

We had a day of rain today and expect another full day of rain on Sunday. What does that mean for a weekend plan when there probably won’t be any volleyball, but that also will not require watering of the garden? Here’s what I’m hoping the next couple days include:

• Stop at the library for the new T.J. Klune novel
• Buy strawberries at the farmers market
• Do laundry
• Take bins to storage
• Read
• Switch out the summer and winter clothes
• Bake cookies and maybe bread
• Drink lots of tea
• Get May birthday cards written and in the mail
• Knit
• Deal with some of the paper recycling (how do we have so much of it?!)
• Maybe visit a local yarn store or an independent bookshop, since both of those types of retailers are being feted this weekend

What are you hoping to get up to this weekend?

I kicked off the weekend with dinner with Rudi and some friends who now split their year between D.C. and New Orleans (and who are only recently back north). They grilled and made a delicious salad, and I made my grandmother’s lemon squares. (They said they were very good, but I can never make them taste like hers, so…) We watched a movie (well, Julia and Rudi watched the movie and Michael and I dozed) and came home later than we’ve been out in ages. It was great.

Here’s what else I’m hoping to fit into this weekend:

• Bake gingersnaps (if tomorrow afternoon turns stormy, this is likely how I’ll spend the time)
• String up the pea trellis in the garden and get the potatoes, garlic, and onions in
• Visit the library
• Write some cards
• Make daiquiris (we need some space in our freezer, which is being overrun with frozen fruit)
• Play more volleyball
• Vacuum
• Wash all the wool tops and heavy pants
• Switch out the winter and summer clothes
• Start a bag for Goodwill
• Get the two bins in our living room over to Rudi’s storage unit

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

Here’s some of what I’m hoping I get done this weekend:

• Relax with friends
• File my taxes
• Watch baseball
• Wash sheets and towels
• Try some new-to-me restaurants
• Play volleyball
• Plant potatoes and some other things in the garden
• Pick up holds at the library
• Find morels at the farmers market
• Vacuum and/or mop all the floors

How about you? What are you hoping this weekend includes?

I could be fooling myself by thinking I can get all this done this weekend, but I’ll find it a little fishy if I don’t cross any of them off!

• Do more laundry
• Open the window
• Spend time with friends
• Get out to the garden
• Clear off the coffee table
• Change the sheets
• Finish a sock
• Play volleyball
• Go to the farmers market
• Watch basketball
• Buy dish soap
• Swab the kitchen floor (yes, I did this just before we left, too)

What are you hoping to do this weekend?