On Friday we went to Lansing to visit relatives and do some crafting, both of which were a total success. It's always fun to hear about how people are doing and share their favorite hobbies. Jacqueline's basement is a wonderful place to be if you have a scrapbooking need, as well as being cool and comfortable. For lunch we all visited a new place in Lansing - Vinaigrette's - for a wonderful array of premium (and I mean premium) salads. It was a real treat to have a salad whose last bite was as good as the first. Back in Ann Arbor in the evening, we hit bustling Main Street for a pickup at Moosejaw and then headed home, conked from a long week.
Saturday started with a trip to Ross for a conference call with some folks (more to follow) and then continued with a few errands in the State Street area. In the afternoon we cleaned 409B a bit, played hoops at Wheeler Park, and listened to APHC. Then more errands, including Washtenaw Dairy, before the jaunt to Belleville, where Ollie has been cowering at the window as fireworks boom in the distance.
The call that started our day was follow-up with the representatives of the developer who built our new house:
It's not totally finished inside, but it has everything we had ever hoped for (and some stuff we didn't even know was possible) except for the brass light fixture in the dining room which is builder-spec hideous. I'm reserving details for people who come and visit... burgers and roasted asparagus for day-trippers and late-night sundaes and blueberry waffles for overnighters.
Saturday, June 23, 2007