Arrechera on Good Friday

We had what could have been one of our top five weekends since we got to North Carolina.  I had Friday off so I we all ran down to Lowes to pick up materials so I could build another raised bed.  I only goofed up on it a little.  You would have to look at it pretty close to figure out what I did wrong, but it is certainly good enough for the likes of us.  It did not start raining until after I had finished making it.

I mentioned previously that I found some really nice arrechera at a Mexican Carnicería in Durham on Thursday.  Troy and Youngin in came over on Friday night to help us cook it up.  We forgot to put the spices on it before we cooked it, but it came out great anyone.  That means it will come out even better next time.  We have big plans for having a carne asada at our house soon after Special Meetings, probably in mid May.  Our friends from Guatemala were able to get off from work to come to Sunday morning fellowship meeting this week because it was Easter weekend.  They all went with Troy, Youngin, and us to Red Robin’s for lunch.  This is the second year in a row that we have gotten together with them on Easter after meeting.  It is also the second year in a row that we went to two restaurants before we found one that was not closed for Easter.  At any rate, we told the Guatemalans about the arrechera and they thought it would be a super idea to get together soon at our house for a carne asada.  They promised to do all the cooking.  We thought it was a super idea.

Then, on Saturday, Lorena convinced us that we needed to go to the Crabtree Mall because my sister, Jean, had given her a gift certificate for Pottery Barn.  She found the EXACT rug that she needed to have for the living room and it was on SALE!!!  So we got it.  Kelly, Christian, and I decided that we really like the Barnes and Noble at Crossroads much better than the one at Crabtree because the one at Crabtree is small, cramped, has a small, lousy set of chairs, and no electrical connections for our computers.  Beside that, it takes an extra seven or eight minutes to get there.  We had to admit, though, they did have a much more interesting set of fast food joints in the food court.

On top of all that, we all did all the exercise sessions we were supposed to do.  We are currently in a “twenty days in a row–report every day” kind of an exercise pact with all the Chapman side aunts, nieces, and assorted friends.  We are supposed to do thirty minutes of exercise every day for twenty days.  We walked several times, but one day we even went down to the YMCA and worked on the exercise machines.  We all enjoyed the weekend a great deal.  Lorena was looking so pleased that Kelly took her out on the porch and took her picture on Sunday after meeting.