We spent a pleasurable evening at Brian’s parent’s house, observing his dad’s birthday (which is on the 10th). Of course, I define pleasurable as any evening where I get to consume a bunch of citrus-flavored vodka. Yum. Our niece, Erika, was there. We were hoping Jake would be enticed by …
Kelly Clarkson, Trace Adkins, and Ashlee Simpson, oh my! Did you notice the big anarchy A that was on stage? Sid Vicious is rolling over in his grave right now. And just who was running the sound for this thing? I’ve heard better sound at a Lost Circus show. And …
The vet called with the results of Ripley’s 12-week thyroid test. Everything is great! Her numbers are now exactly where they should be, so she won’t have to be tested again for a year. Not only that, but she lost a few pounds since being on the thyroid medication and …
Today we did our standard January 1st stuff. That is, we put away all of the Christmas decorations, disposed of the tree, and had our traditional meal consisting of roast pork, kielbasa, sauerkraut, and dumplings. This was all topped off by a bottle of Kendall-Jackson Riesling. Yum. Not much else …
We did another movie and a margarita night for our New Year’s Eve celebration. This followed a veritable cooking marathon of making Lasagne Verde al Forno (Baked Spinach Lasagna for my non-Italian readers). I made this for Brian’s birthday a few years ago and it was a total pain in …