The Gift of a Day

[ehowton]

Made preparations to replace a system board in an E12k last night - drax0r on the phone with me until 0200 bringing up the production system. I was sitting at 37 hours when I went home and felt that justified Friday off. drax0r had 79 in. Hrm. When I left work I had a hankering for some eggs, but suppressed the notion and drank a glass of Green Superfood instead when I got home. After five hours of sleep, I still couldn't shake it, so my wife suggested we go to breakfast, since I was off and the children were in school. I had the spinach & mushroom crepes at IHOP which were much better than I ever anticipated, breaking my raw diet a day early.

Taking advantage of the above scenario, I drove us out to the mall. I wanted some long-sleeve shirts. I found some on sale at Dillard's - not the 85% off ($12.75) I found the last time, only about 35% off ($59.95!), but I'll take what I can get. I picked up three. Having completed the entirety of my shopping approximately fifteen minutes after arriving, we were without direction so began mall-walking.

While there I found my next pair of shoes, the Merrell Chameleon II "Stretch" which I think will make a nice companion to my Waterpro's, especially since the weather will eventually turn cooler and may even at some point snow. (In starting a new tag called, "shoes" (let's face it, for a straight guy, I love my shoes) I noticed that shopping for shoes permeates my dreams? Yes, jesskd26, I know, Every day...):



After watching Without A Clue with my wife when I was off over the holidays, I had a desire to pull out Deathtrap which I hadn't seen in so long I had forgotten most of the movie. Seeing Michael Caine and Christopher Reeve together reminded me of one of the funniest movies I've ever seen, Noises Off! which I managed to procure while we were out today, as there was a B&N in the mall. Will be watching that tonight.

No, schpydurx, you do not need to see it. You wouldn't get it. Its a comedy.

From there on to the Cheesecake Factory where I've never actually dined before, though it is one of the favorite haunts of my wife and galinda822. I had what was possibly the best salad I've ever eaten, their "Santa Fe:" Lime-Marinated Chicken, Fresh Corn, Black Beans, Cheese, Tortilla Strips, Tomato and Mixed Lettuces with a Spicy Peanut-Cilantro Vinaigrette. I pulled off the tortilla strips which were thankfully lumped on top, and even then their half-portion was too voluminous for me to finish.

A quick trip inside World Market on the way back where I picked up some lobster pate, a jar of Marmite and some 85% chocolate, which I'm nibbling on now along with a Weeping Willow Cherin Blanc, one of my wife's selections. I was quite surprised to find the Marmite (I haven't had a vegemite since 1993). In fact, there were a lot of new foods from the UK there - I found my favorite digestive biscuits, McVitie’s!

Tomorrow, we head out to Boyd to spend the weekend with my folks.

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[ehowton.livejournal.com]

Thank you ma'am, having a blast. Left the children with my folks so we could run and get ingredients for homemade Irish creme. Turns out they were itching for some. My father used it for "Velvet Hammers" that is to say, once it was done, he blended it with Blue Bell 'Homemade Vanilla' ice cream. Mmmmmm!