You may think I'm crazy, but I am having one of my favorite kind of weekends. It may not be what you are expecting, but here it is.
 
Friday night everyone was gone except for me - kid and husband - just me and the guinea pig. So, I read a bit, made a huge salad for a late dinner, poured a glass of wine, talked with our oldest daughter in California, watched some TV and went to bed late. I know - you are so jealous right now - right? It gets better.

This morning I slept in (still, no one home but me and the pig - guinea that is). OK, I did have an unpleasant moment at 8:30am when the phone woke me and it was Sears trying to get me to renew my protection plan on my washing machine. Lets just say she will not be calling here again any time soon.

Sorry - back to my day. I went back to sleep and finally got out of bed at 9:30. Took my sweet time getting showered, having coffee and grabbing a bite. Finally got myself out of the house around 11 and headed to Polyarts.
What is this Polyarts I speak of? Well, it is just the best thing ever. The quintessential, small town Americana event that brings an entire town out for the day. Local vendors - crafters, jewelry makers, photographers, artists, honey producers and more gather on our town common and every mother and child (and a handful of men) venture down to browse, buy and just socialize with everyone they know.

My youngest had a little table with her 'business partner' - 2, 13 year olds selling their beautiful, hand made greeting cards. They donate their procedes from this event to the local animal shelter. All of their friends hung around trying to get parents to come look at the great cards, but most having no money to spring for a couple themselves. It didn't matter - they all had fun just hanging out together and discussing which booth had the coolest stuff in it.

Ah, the simple things. In the reasonably small town of Hopkinton, this event happens every year and is not to be missed. The Public Library is selling their famous apple crisp - like they do every single year. I never pass it up and gladly hand over my $4 to support the library and enjoy the decandent goodness. My friend Angela is selling her beautiful jewelry and I treat myself to 2 pairs of reasonably priced earrings. My daughter tells me that I HAVE to go buy some of the Tupelo honey from the honey stand - it will go great with our goat cheese (by the way, the honey lady has never heard of goat cheese with honey - such a shame!)

After spending as much money as I felt I could, and catching up with Shiela, Jean, Katie, Kathy, Pam and Binki, I head out to run a couple of errrands and go home for a bit before I have to pick up my daughter at the end of Polyarts.

This weekend will continue to be quiet to the end. With a tired husband returning from the Reach the Beach race tonight and the daughter who had a sleep over last night (more of a 'stay-awake over') and spent the day on the common, tonight should be a quiet family night. Tomorrow has some chores on the list and we can't miss watching the Patriots game and our tradition of making a big serving of nachos for game time.

Some of you may think this is dull and boring. I can understand that. But, if like me, you work full time and you and your family members are involved in lots of different activities, I'll bet you long for this kind of weekend from time to time. I enjoy it because it is just once in a while.