Friendship
Nov. 2nd, 2008 09:01 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
prosodicLance, Reece and I went over to Rich and Kathy's for dinner last night.
As always, a fun time was had by all. Although Reece tends to get a little overexcited at their house. But there is a lot of stimulation there, between Beck and Wedge and their 2 cats.
Anyway, while we were sitting down to our bowls of chili, Kathy asked if I needed her to bring any more food for Thanksgiving. I was telling everyone about how little time I'll be getting off over the holidays. It seemed that she was offering to take Thanksgiving dinner off my shoulders entirely, but I really want to cook this year. I love cooking for people. I love entertaining.
But she said she is stuffing queen, so I asked her to bring stuffing in addition to the apple pie she already offered to bring. And I said that I think I'll just cook a turkey breast instead of a whole turkey. Everyone agreed that it was a great idea. I guess we all prefer the white meat anyway. I think I can handle everything else...and I told her that I would be ordering a pumpkin pie. Yeah, I don't generally take shortcuts for holiday dinners, but if I can get a homemade pie that I don't have to actually make myself, that's still okay. And I also don't do homemade rolls. I don't have that kind of time, nor do I have a warm spot for the dough to rise.
After dinner, Rich demonstrated the Wii Fit to us, and he and Lance did some slalom on it. Kathy sliced up some pecan pie for dessert. And we just sat around and talked about everything. I just love how she's on the same wavelength as me when it comes to so many different things.
Reece started getting hungry (she tried to eat Wedge's food) and Beck was clearly winding down for bed, so we decided to call it a night. But Kathy mentioned that we needed to get together just for a girls' outing, and I mentioned that Waxen Art was having a $5 candle special this weekend - you can make any candle up to $20 and get a free candle plate for only $5. So we made a date this afternoon: lunch at Panera followed by candlemaking. I just have to call ahead and make reservations for us (at the candle place, not at Panera).
I fell asleep on the sofa after we got home. Reece curled up at my feet and used my legs as a pillow. I finally woke up - Lance was in the middle of watching some movie - and we all went to bed. Other than Reece waking us up in the middle of the night barking and howling at some teenagers that were being a bit loud outside, we slept pretty well. That extra hour was really nice. At 6:30 this morning, it was just getting light out (weird), and she jumped into bed with us and we all snuggled together for an hour and a half. Lance watched a little television and Reece and I went back to sleep for awhile.
So I feel pretty well-rested and ready for the day. I'm excited to get together with Kathy - just the two of us - and have a little fun today. I just need to get some of my chores done around the house.
And I think we'll invite them over to our place next weekend. I want to make some Pastitsio (which is basically like a Greek lasagna, made with macaroni).
As always, a fun time was had by all. Although Reece tends to get a little overexcited at their house. But there is a lot of stimulation there, between Beck and Wedge and their 2 cats.
Anyway, while we were sitting down to our bowls of chili, Kathy asked if I needed her to bring any more food for Thanksgiving. I was telling everyone about how little time I'll be getting off over the holidays. It seemed that she was offering to take Thanksgiving dinner off my shoulders entirely, but I really want to cook this year. I love cooking for people. I love entertaining.
But she said she is stuffing queen, so I asked her to bring stuffing in addition to the apple pie she already offered to bring. And I said that I think I'll just cook a turkey breast instead of a whole turkey. Everyone agreed that it was a great idea. I guess we all prefer the white meat anyway. I think I can handle everything else...and I told her that I would be ordering a pumpkin pie. Yeah, I don't generally take shortcuts for holiday dinners, but if I can get a homemade pie that I don't have to actually make myself, that's still okay. And I also don't do homemade rolls. I don't have that kind of time, nor do I have a warm spot for the dough to rise.
After dinner, Rich demonstrated the Wii Fit to us, and he and Lance did some slalom on it. Kathy sliced up some pecan pie for dessert. And we just sat around and talked about everything. I just love how she's on the same wavelength as me when it comes to so many different things.
Reece started getting hungry (she tried to eat Wedge's food) and Beck was clearly winding down for bed, so we decided to call it a night. But Kathy mentioned that we needed to get together just for a girls' outing, and I mentioned that Waxen Art was having a $5 candle special this weekend - you can make any candle up to $20 and get a free candle plate for only $5. So we made a date this afternoon: lunch at Panera followed by candlemaking. I just have to call ahead and make reservations for us (at the candle place, not at Panera).
I fell asleep on the sofa after we got home. Reece curled up at my feet and used my legs as a pillow. I finally woke up - Lance was in the middle of watching some movie - and we all went to bed. Other than Reece waking us up in the middle of the night barking and howling at some teenagers that were being a bit loud outside, we slept pretty well. That extra hour was really nice. At 6:30 this morning, it was just getting light out (weird), and she jumped into bed with us and we all snuggled together for an hour and a half. Lance watched a little television and Reece and I went back to sleep for awhile.
So I feel pretty well-rested and ready for the day. I'm excited to get together with Kathy - just the two of us - and have a little fun today. I just need to get some of my chores done around the house.
And I think we'll invite them over to our place next weekend. I want to make some Pastitsio (which is basically like a Greek lasagna, made with macaroni).