Love was in the air

Or something at least was in the air, something sparkly to keep distracting me from all my lovely readers. Honestly there hasn’t been much to report.

There was the Superbowl I guess, I’m not really a sports guy but we ended up going to my older brothers house for some family togetherness and food. The food was the important part. Well okay the family togetherness was pretty good too.

The hubby and I bought this circus tent for our niece for Christmas. Best $20 we ever spent.

I was feeling a little silly after a couple glasses of wine, and there just happened to be this cute hat sitting on the mantle. You see the outcome.

Let’s see after the Superbowl was something….OH yeah that’s right just a little blizzard, but what’s 2 feet of snow amongst friends.

This was late night of the Friday the snow started. The puppies made some tracks in the fresh snow.

This is the main road we live on. This was also the Friday night of the storm.

This is the view out the back door, this is the same view as the picture with the doggie prints from above. This was Saturday morning.

This is the path we dug to the gate. Yes that is a lot of snow.

This is the view of our yard from the corner of the house. As you can see we needed to dig a small path for the puppies to do their business.

The blizzard weekend also happened to be Gayme Night weekend. The Governor and the Mayor both closed the roads in the state so we were worried we wouldn’t be able to make it to game night. Around 4pm they announced that the roads were opened and travel was possible. After being cooped up in the house for 2 days ( I worked from home Friday and the Hubby came home early), I was happy to get out of the house.

Our friends planned for everyone to meet at a park and ride near their house and they shuttled everyone over and back. This was good cause their street was in no shape to have parking on the sides of the road. A few hours with a few friends, eating, drinking, and playing games was super fun for everyone.

Sunday was our rotating brunch get together. We didn’t let a little snow keep us from more food, fun, and friends. The hosts this time picked a menu of Chicken and Waffles, along with some bacon and cornbread. The Hubby and I had the initial idea of deep fried Mac & Cheese balls. We took it in a more healthy route replacing the Mac with Quinoa. They were a hit with everyone and not a single one was left. They are a definite do again.

So between the Super bowl and snow, Bowling was canceled for 2 weeks. The Superbowl week was planned, but the week after was canceled because too many of the league members were still snowed in. We finally went back this past sunday but that’s another post coming once they update the score sheets on the website.

So back we go a few days, after the Blizzard and Brunch came the Holiday of Love – Valentines Day. I know there are 2 camps on this holiday, some love, some hate it. We don’t usually end up going out on the actual night because of the craziness but there was a group of 6 of us that planned a night out.

The Hubby got flowers delivered to his office on Weds.

The hosts of Gayme Night had the idea to get a few couples together and enjoy dinner together. There ended up being 3 couples for dinner. We ended up going to one of our favorite places. The White Horse County Pub has a great eclectic menu for everyday which was the reason we love it so much, they also had some Valentines specials too.

I missed getting a picture of the entire table but we had the best seat in the house. The table of 6 in the middle of room is the
16TH CENTURY TAVERN TABLE – IN CONTINUOUS USE FOR OVER 400 YEARS, FROM A ROYAL CASTLE. Fitting for a table full of Queens was the Crown Candle holder.

It’s not a trip to the White Horse without me having a Royal Pimm’s or 2.

Pimm’s No. 1, Champagne, and Lemonade.

The Table had a row of drawers on the side I was sitting on. I opened one of them and found this treasure trove of notes and an origami swan.

Now on to the food. For my Appetizer I had the Sauteed Crab Cake

made with only the very finest meat from the blue crab – served
with a cajun remoulade sauce.

For my entree I had

SHORT RIBS of BEEF
slow braised in Cabernet and herbs, served with an ale & hoisin glaze, mashed potatoes and sautéed vegetable.

  I didn’t get any pics of the Hubbies meal but he started with the Valentines Special Appetize of fried Oysters with Caviar, and for his entree he had The White Horse Seafood Bake – clams, mussels, sea scallops, shrimp, salmon, onions garlic and fennel with a touch of pernod and lots of white wine, baked in an iron crock and served with garlic toast.

One half of the game night couple ordered the Chicken Pot Pie, dating back to medieval times, a really good pot pie was an important element of any royal chef’s repertoire – this would definitely win the King’s favor – tender pieces of chicken, celery, carrots, peas, onions and herbs, baked in a rich sauce with a little chardonnay and cream, topped with a light buttery flaky crust.

The other half of the game night couple and one of the other couple that joined us ordered

A GATHERING OF DRUNKEN SHRIMP over RISOTTO
vodka marinated large shrimp sautéed in olive oil, garlic, fresh herbs and lemon, served with a sherry lobster sauce
over a sun dried tomato risotto.

The other half of the other couple ordered the PERSIAN LAMB KOFTAS – exotic and flavorful grilled lamb skewers with tomatoes, onions and peppers, marinated in garlic, olive oil, spices, mint and rosemary – grilled and served over raisin basmati rice with a cucumber, mint, yogurt dipping sauce and a spicy harissa sauce.

We all thoroughly enjoyed our dinners and then moved onto Dessert!

The coffee cups have the cutest saying on them.

The Dessert Presentation is fantastic no matter what you order. And each one comes with a White Horse dusted on the plate in powdered sugar.

I ordered the Valentines Special, Chocolate Cake with a Strawberry Champagne Mousse. It was so damn good I ate every last bite.

Well that about catches you up. The weekend was pretty normal and uneventful. The usual errands and stuff, and bowling of which I will have an update later this week. Thanks for stopping by.

February snuck up on me

Where has the time gone. It’s hard to believe it is February already. Things have been going better here, busy but busy is always good.

This past weekend the hubby and I met up with some friends in NYC for a much needed day of fun and frivolity.

We started off with a stop for Lunch at Roxy Delicatessen.

This place is not for the picky eater, you know the type, I’m not hungry I’ll just pick, or have something small.

There is nothing small about this place except for maybe the tables once your meal has arrived.

This was what we ordered. The Triple Decker. Corned Beef, Brisket and Pastrami. Yes the hubby and I shared this single sandwich and an order of fries. It was Amazingly Fantastic!

After lunch we met up with our friends and headed onward to the theater for the Matinee showing of:

This was the second time seeing this show for 4 of the 6 of us. The hubby and I saw it quite a few years ago, actually it was right after they won the Tony Award. Since then they moved off Broadway to a smaller theatre but honestly there wasn’t a bad seat in the house.

The agenda was non stop, the next planned visit was to see our friend Glenn perform with ComedySportz, which I have talked about in previous posts. We had a little time to kill between the 2 shows so around the corner from the Broadway Comedy Club where ComedySportz performs is a little ole gay bar called Flaming Saddles. This was the first time for all of us to visit and I will say I rather enjoyed myself. Now I am by no means a country bar, country gay bar, or country music fan, but I would go back there.

Here are a couple pics and some video I took.

The Bartender was HUUUUNKY! The Bar dancers were cute but not totally my type.

After a drink we went back out into the cold and walked back up to the Comedy Club and met up with Bill, Glenn’s husband, watched a great show, and met our 2 drink minimum. The show was fabulous, and the best take away line which was used repeatedly after the first time was “Holocaust China”. You had to be there.

After the show Glenn and Bill joined us for a fabulous dinner for 8 at E & E Grill House. With the exception of 1 meal that was seriously cold and 2 that were somewhat not up to temp I think the meal was pretty damn good and the service for a table of 8 on a Saturday was on par with what I was expecting.

For my appetizer I had

Grilled Bacon savoy cabbage, cider vinegar, aioli

For my entree I had

Dry-Aged Brisket Benedict smoked béarnaise sauce, poached egg, bacon, mashed potatoes

And alhough not technically anyone’s birthday I had Chocolate Birthday Cake with cream cheese frosting, and ice cream for dessert.

The dinner was fun and was the perfecting ending to a fantastic day.

Bowling Week #4 2013

Another week of bowling has come and gone.

Game #1 – 124

Game #2 – 162

Game #3 – 132

Starting Avg was 147. My average is now 145.

This week we played Team 10.

We took  3 points and gave them 1 point which puts us in  First place Baby! with 11 points.

Sunday we are off for the Superbowl, but the following week we play our friends Fruits and Nuts

That’s all for now report back next week!

from where I sit

For the past week I have been working from home. Now I think both the company and I benefit from this.

I benefit because I have the flexibility to take care of some things without having to worry about driving 45 minutes to the office, which is really only 25 miles away, and they benefit because I believe they get a more productive employee.

Now don’t get me wrong I am very productive at the office, many of you have probably seen pictures of my cube at The Judgmental Corner. I have two monitors, something that we didn’t realize was so amazing until we had them. It’s been about 4 years of using them for my department.

Having these 2 monitors has allowed me to pretty much go paperless in my day to day activities which is all good in the long run. I keep my Order Management System open on one screen and my email on the other and work between the 2.

Now don’t get me wrong I do take a few me moments while at the office to visit and help out other coworkers with things away from my desk, I am not glued to my chair. When I am home there is no one to interact with save for the Office Communicator where I can chat with my teammates.

The downside to working remotely, so far the only one I can think of is that I don’t have 2 monitors. I have yet to decide if the Doggies offering to help me is an advantage or disadvantage.

The last few times I worked form home I sat at the kitchen counter and worked there. This time around I have decided to sit in the gameroom area we created back around Christmas. There is natural light, no TV to distract me, and the loveseat is a lot more comfortable to sit on than the barstool. Now if only I could find something to elevate the work computer, or just sit with it on my lap.

That’s about it for now. Still waiting for the bowling stats to be updated.

 

 

An update

Just a quick update to say I am still out here. Been dealing with some Family issues so my normal jovial posts may be waylaid for a bit.

I will continue to post as I can, my bowling updates will come every week, but I can’t guarantee anything more of substance for a bit.

Please bear with me while I take this short stint away.

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Bowling Week #3 2013

Week Number 2 is upon, let’s see how I did

Game #1 – 177

Game #2 – 152

Game #3 – 122

Starting Avg was 146. My average is now 147.

This week we played Team Alley of the Dolls.

We took  4 points and gave them o point which puts us in  2nd place with 8 points.

Sunday we play Team 10

That’s all for now report back next week!

Bowling Week #2 2013

Week Number 2 is upon, let’s see how I did

Game #1 – 142

Game #2 – 136

Game #3 – 145

Starting Avg was 152. My average is now 1 an crease of 146.

As a Team we have the Highest Team Scratch Series and Team Handicap Series.

This week we played Team RBC, which ended up being one original member and her harem of straight guys she recruited to be subs as the rest of her team wasn’t able to make it this week.

We took  3 points and gave them 1 point which puts us in  4th place with 4 points.

Sunday we play Team Alley of the Dolls

That’s all for now report back next week!

Bowling Week #1 2013

It’s That Time again!

The Gay Bowling League started back up this past Sunday. I have been anxiously awaiting this time for months.

They haven’t yet updated the website with our scores but I have bit of info to get these posts going again. The team numbers were mixed up from last year again this year. We are now team Number 2 – Team Alley Oops

Game #1 – 151

Game #2 – 191

Game #3 – 114

Starting Avg which was carried over from last years final night is 137. My average is now 152 an increase of 15.

This gives me the 3rd Highest Men’s individual average.

My Goal this year is to up my average and bowl at least 1 game over 200.

I am off to a good start with the 191 Game. For now I also hold the highest Individual Scratch Game – 191, Highest Individual Handicap Game – 254, Third highest Scratch Series – 456 and Handicap Series – 645.

As a Team we have the Highest Team Scratch Game – 573 and Second Highest Team Scratch Series 1592.

We played Team Holy Splits

We took 1 point and gave them 3 points which puts us in 9th place for the first week.

Next week we play Team Mixed Fruit and Nuts –

That’s all for now report back next week!

This is why I can’t have nice things