Labor Day 2025

Shelley Sweeney
Sep 2
2 min read

Updated: Sep 3

Hi Friends:

How was your Labor Day weekend? Pool and barbecue?

Though Jeff and I did peak at a pool for a minute we didn't do the whole barbecue thing. Does anyone really do that on Labor Day?

Speaking of barbecues, I made deviled eggs for the first time this week. Have you ever made them?

All credit goes to my dear cousin, Jodi, who whipped up a dozen in no time while we were at the beach together. Delish! (Thank you, Jo.)

Devilled eggs — Creamy, tangy, and salty with a smidge of sweet

Jeff and I played pickleball in a round robin mixer at Ansley Golf Club over Labor Day weekend. We intended on snapping a group pic (if there’s no pic it didn’t happen) but vein-rushing adrenaline rendered a pic insignificant.

Round robin mixers are a fave! Both men and women participate in mixers and there is scant time for breaks. Hustle, hustle. A survival of the fittest energy doesn't stop until it's over.

Here’s the best part of yesterday’s round robin mixer.

Backstory:

Earlier in the summer Jeff and I played in a pickleball league. We did well in every match except one. The one we didn’t do well in...we pretty much sucked to the nth degree. We got our booties whooped in front of the club crowd is what happened. Walking off the court that night felt like showing up to class with no clothes on.

The couple that massacred us in the league was at the round robin Monday. We hadn’t seen them since the pickle-pounding a couple months ago. I played with and against each of them and experienced sweet (sweet!) old-lady victory and redemption in all games!

Praise. The. Lord.

Other than that, we spent time outside around a golf course and inside our beloved church.