The Perfect Day

My blog has been so heady the last couple of months my own husband has stopped reading it :) Maybe you won't mind if I depart from the cerebral to talk about my week. My dad was taking my sister and her children to the apple orchard in Lexington on Saturday and he invited me to go. Three of my teens were in North Carolina so it seemed like a great escape for Alex, Andrew and I.

On Saturday we found ourselves at Boyd's Orchard for a day of fun after which my mom made a yummy apple pie.

Sunday we went to Tates Creek Presbyterian and enjoyed the beautiful worship service.



Monday was The Perfect Day. It would have been a great day if all we had done was drive from KY to Cincinnati, rounding the corner to see the beautiful Cincinnati skyline. My heart goes pitter-patter every time I see that sight; but that was just the beginning. After visiting my grandmother in the nursing home, we ate lunch at Skyline Chili, where I did not break with tradition, having my all-time #1 favorite food, Cincinnati 4-way chili with onions.





I needed all those carbs for the next 5 hours as we proceeded to my number one favorite place to take children: The Cincinnati Zoo. This zoo deserves ever accolade it has ever gotten. It is the most wonderful place in the world and going on a crisp, colorful fall day with no crowd was perfect. We didn't ride any rides or watch any movies. The little boys hopped around for 4 1/2 hours without loss of enthusiasm. It was a great place to go after finishing The Jungle Book last week.




So what do you do when you are in Cincinnati and you haven't eaten in 5 hours? I hate to brag but my dad took us all to The Montgomery Inn at the Boathouse for their world famous ribs. My dad says you can't be from Cincinnati and not eat at The Montgomery Inn. My dad is the personification of Cincinnati so he should know. Wow, the ribs were unbelievable.



The perfect day is no time for a diet. On the way back to Lexington we stopped at Graeter's. Last time I had a black raspberry chip this time I had a bowl of coconut chip and I believe it was the best bowl of ice cream I have ever eaten and I wasn't even hungry.

Sometimes life is hard and sometimes it is not. Sometimes we save money and sometimes we throw it away with abandon. Sometimes (mostly) we diet and sometimes we feast. Sometimes we buy things that will last and sometimes we buy memories. Sometimes we read about leisure and sometimes we don't.