I had such a busy and fantastic weekend that I had to write about it. Saturday, Christopher and I went house shopping. We actually toured about six houses with a realtor. That was so much fun and so enlightening. I think we’ve decided that we want to buy a house in Clinton to be near our church family and our friends. We’ll be working in Jackson with a drive of about 30 minutes one way, but we figure that we won’t be working in Jackson forever. Clinton is much nicer, and it will be great to finally be close to our friends and a half hour closer to my family in Louisiana. After house shopping, we went out to lunch and then we walked around our neighborhood until Christopher had to leave for work. I spent the evening cleaning and then generally being lazy.
Sunday was my 23rd birthday! Christopher and the Durhams planned a party for me after church. I knew I was having a party and I knew it would be at the Durham home, but that is all I knew about it. A lot of people came. Five families and several singles came and we had a huge crawfish boil! I love crawfish so much. It is my favorite seafood ever! I hadn’t had any in about two or three years. That was such a nice birthday surprise. The day was spent in general birthday revelry. We got back home around 8:00 and watched a couple of our shows before going to bed.
So, all in all, it was a great weekend, and although it is over, the celebration has not yet ended. We came home Sunday with nine leftover beer burger patties, four hot dogs, and a nice big bag of crawfish tails. I put the hot dogs, two burgers, and a little of the crawfish in the fridge so we can eat them this week and I froze the rest for later. I can’t wait to make some spaghetti with the crawfish and whatever else our minds can think up. We also have leftover birthday cake. Mmmm-mmmmm. White cake with white icing from Wal-Mart. I had decided that my “diet” would really begin today, but with all that cake and good food waiting for me at home, I think I may have to put it off for another week or two. 
