A Weekend Review

Mike and I both commented that this weekend felt like Christmas...lots of things to prepare for, great food and great company.

Friday night: my date with Dixie was a great evening. The food at Amy's was all right, but it definitely wasn't worth the price (and everyone I've talked to has said it has really gone down hill in the last six months). We decided to skip the theatre and just came back to my place. We sat and chatted in the living room while we took turns with the foot bath. We filed and scrubbed our feet and then filed and buffed our finger nails. Mike came home with poutine for each of us, so I whipped up some healthy strawberry-banana-orange smoothies to go along with our high-fat snack (because the two items would cancel each other out) and we climbed into bed and watched Titanic. It was great to spew out all the lines again :-)

All dressed up for our evening out.

















Saturday afternoon: My friend, Christine, and her husband, Matt, and their daughter, Carys, came over for coffee and sweets. I am so choked that I forgot to take a picture!! The visit was awesome...within thirty seconds of Mike and Matt meeting for the first time, the two of them were off and chatting like old friends. It was a great afternoon with lots of laughs!

Saturday night: Mike and I went out for supper with two other couples from work. While the food itself was really great, it definitely wasn't worth the price! The crappy part of the evening was that we were the last table left eating and the servers started scrambling around us and clearing off all the other tables and began setting up for the following morning's brunch (basically telling us to f*** off). When our server asked us if we would like dessert, one of the guys asked, "What? Is that to go?". Needless to say...we didn't tip. Again, we took our camera with us, but forgot to take a picture.

After supper, one of the couples came back to our place and we hung out until 2:30 or so. The wife works at the maternity ward, so I bombarded her with 18 million different questions...definitely an informative evening!

Sunday: my family came over for a 60th birthday supper for my mom. I was so very proud that I was able to efficiently get all the food on the table at the same time and everything was still hot! Oh, and it tasted pretty good too :-) As per usual with my family, there was a ton of laughs.


My dad and Brady visiting.

My grandma and Mike visiting while the stove and oven are bubbling and brewing with all the turkey goodies :-)

I love taking pics while everyone's chowing down :-)

L-R: Britt, Kristan, Brady, Mom and Dad

L-R: Mom, Dad, Grandpa, Grandma and Mike

Evidently, I felt it was important to rush the cake to the table

60!

I didn't have any regular balloons, so I mustered together all my creativity to create these balloons. If I hadn't said anything, you wouldn't be able to tell that they aren't store bought.














A messy kitchen is a good sign of a great meal :-)