Home Tour, Galas & Weeding

Hello readers. I am suffering badly from allergies today so please excuse me as I sniffle and sneeze through this entry (*achoo*). Spring is such a mixed blessing… pretty flowers, good weather coupled with miserable, miserable allergies. *achoo* *sniff*

(my friend Melissa posted this on twitter yesterday and it summed up my feelings perfectly)

But fortunately for me, the allergy flare up did not happen until Monday so my weekend wasn’t too bad…

Friday: I took the day off from work and attended my friend’s funeral. It was difficult but warming to see how loved he was. I was not surprised to see the service was full and people were standing in the back because the pews were filled.

Friday night: The Houston Heights Association Spring Home Tour was kicked off with a preview opening of the six homes and their fund raising gala. This is our third year shooting the event and even though Christine could not make it this year, she sent her lovely husband Mike to shoot alongside me. The six houses were gorgeous as always and there was a nice variety in style this year, from a 1-story restored bungalow to 3-story contemporary home!

Saturday: Rosie entered her 4th week in training and learned the command “down” (lay down on her tummy). Afterward had lunch with friends by their pool – it was needed R&R (even if it was brief).

Saturday night: Yet another gala to photograph but this time it was DiverseWorks fundraiser with the theme “Retail Therapy”. I couldn’t resist and had to bid on my friend Katie’s gorgeous hand-knit shawl – and I won!!

Sunday: Took the opportunity to sleep in (bliss!) and lounge around a bit before finally deciding to be productive and weed the front yard (coincidentally the same day we got a polite email from the HOA to weed our front yard, LOL). We also added some fresh mulch in the beds as well and things look a little better now, hopefully nice enough to stave off the HOA!

And that was my weekend re-cap… toodles!