Caregiver Day

We have made our annual trek to North Carolina to visit with bil and sil for the long weekend.  They are known to be fabulous hosts and tour guides, and they usually have every minute planned with fun things to do and places to go.  Because of dh's health issues, this weekend is not planned.  We are just playing it by ear, to see how he feels, how much energy he has, etc.  Today was the most unusual day. SIL and I were chatting after we arrived yesterday, and I mentioned a billboard that I had seen for a fabric outlet.  So she decided that she and I would have a girls' day out, and the brothers could fend for themselves.  What fun!  We started at a yarn shop that she had been wanting to visit, then popped into a couple of gift shops.  I love this flag:

I actually bought a very pretty necklace and earrings that were reasonable priced, and of course I bought a book at the small book shop that we visited.  Then we went here:

She insisted on buying my lunch, saying I needed to be treated for all my caregiving!  How sweet.  Then we stopped here:

I have to admit that I left with a bag filled with FABRIC of all things.  Can you imagine?  Don't tell SIL, but I picked up something to make a Christmas gift for her.  Our final stop of the day was to see this:

I read the book last week, and I loved the movie!  Then we came home and had dinner that had been cooking in the crockpot all day.  Yummyy..   Ahh what a wonderful day, with no cares or worries or responsibilities. I could get used to this!

Counting my blessings.....Sunny