|
That’ll teach them. I’m on my way to China for a week on Friday. I hope to add to my collection of Mao photos, eat some interesting food, collect enough aeroplan points to hit elite next year … Oh, and accomplish the work-related goals that are the reason I’m going, of course. Peanut: promise not to grow too much next week. I don’t want to miss it. Humphrey: no peeing in the cage during the day. Roxy: you need some exercise. You’re really porking up. Julius: you’re in charge while I’m gone.      
Dan’s aunt, uncle and cousins came by on Saturday, with their pooch, to play for a few hours on Saturday afternoon. We took advantage of the sunshine to go walking at a nearby trail with the dogs in tow, or should I say, us in tow. They went berzerk in the woods…which also meant Humphrey spent the rest of Saturday in dreamland. Excellent. The walk was perfect. We stopped to take a few pictures, do lots of chatting and catching up and then headed back home. It was lovely to get to spend so much time outside in October and not be forced to bundle up yet. Saturday evening consisted of a visit to the Woodingtons new house (so beautiful – I don’t think I could even narrow down my favourite part), more picture-taking and dinner at a Westboro Thai restaurant (delish). If I could remember the name, I’d tell you. I can’t. Siam something? One of those places that looks crap-tastic on the outside, but stunning on the inside. A hidden gem. Sunday was all about food. My dad and brother joined Dan and I for the feast described in the last post. We spent most of the day preparing, sneaking bites of, and enjoying the endless deliciousness. The only addition was this sweet and sour crunchy cabbage salad that one of his aunts is famous for. It was easily my third favourite dish at the table. Or fourth. Quite frankly, the only disaster was the gravy, but if you closed your eyes hard enough, you’d never know how repulsive it looked.
I love long weekends. We should definitely have them more often.
October 10, 2006 - 7:51 am
I love long weekends too. Ours sounded a lot like yours, minus the new house visit (congrats M & S!) and minus the cooking ourselves. I caved and blog-lifed your Flickr badge idea for my blog too because I realized how long it was going to take to upload all the shots from the boat cruise and I hate waiting.
October 10, 2006 - 7:58 am
No blog-lift at all. Everyone should use Flickr. I may even give it a OAFe later this week.
October 10, 2006 - 8:12 am
The Nichols weekend was similar except for: -No invite to the Woodington’s (you can rot in hell Woods!!) FYI, for anyone who thinks I may really be mad at Woods, I know that Mark knew that my parents were in town and we would turn down the invite anyway. And we were at a wedding. And I was sick.
October 10, 2006 - 10:29 am
Garold: you know what I’m thankful for? Denver scoring 13 points. shazam! Shan: it was the Siam Bistro. so awesome.
October 10, 2006 - 1:36 pm
Note to self: before setting up the crib in the living room, at least eyeball the doorway to ensure that said crib will be able to leave the living room in its constructed state. I now have a deadline of mid-January to disassemble the crib and get it out of the living room and into the nursery …
October 10, 2006 - 2:09 pm
I chose to omit your faux pas to save you the embarrassment, but since you brought it up………Yes, we have a fully set-up crib with linens and all in our tv room. It looks lovely, it’s just that it’s in the wrong room. Way to go, Fullerton. P.S. I’m taking bets for how long it ends up staying there. I’ve written before about favourite holiday foods and my attempts to replicate them. This weekend will be my first stab at a turkey. Shannen’s turkeyed before, and there have been turkeys cooked in our house by others, but this is my first crack at a gobbler. I’m excited! To whet your appetites for the weekend, side dishes on the menu chez Fullerton:
Mmmm … is 10:30 too early for lunch? I’m hungry … Football picks for the weekend: MIN, NE, NO, WAS, CAR, CHI, STL, IND, SF, NYJ, KC, DAL, SD, BAL.
October 6, 2006 - 10:53 am
I do love turnips. More than one should love turnips. And the absolute best part of Thanksgiving? Leftovers!
October 9, 2006 - 11:39 am
That’s a delicious sounding line up you’ve got going on there (the food, not the football).
October 10, 2006 - 7:24 am
[…] Sunday was all about food. My dad and brother joined Dan and I for the feast described in the last post. We spent most of the day preparing, sneaking bites of, and enjoying the endless deliciousness. The only addition was this sweet and sour crunchy cabbage salad that one of his aunts is famous for. It was easily my third favourite dish at the table. Or fourth. Quite frankly, the only disaster was the gravy, but if you closed your eyes hard enough, you’d never know how repulsive it looked. […]
October 10, 2006 - 7:24 am
[…] Sunday was all about food. My dad and brother joined Dan and I for the feast described in the last post. We spent most of the day preparing, sneaking bites of, and enjoying the endless deliciousness. The only addition was this sweet and sour crunchy cabbage salad that one of his aunts is famous for. It was easily my third favourite dish at the table. Or fourth. Quite frankly, the only disaster was the gravy, but if you closed your eyes hard enough, you’d never know how repulsive it looked. […]
October 10, 2006 - 10:22 am
Wait a minute! No stuffing?
October 10, 2006 - 1:32 pm
Stop the presses! We discovered a sweet potato topping that blows marshmallows out of the water. Brown sugar, flour and walnuts (or pecans), kinda like an apple crisp topping. Ta-stee! Sonja: We did forget stuffing. Our Stove Top Stuffing pales in comparison to the Harrington concoction. But it is definitely a favourite. Football results: MIN, NE, NO,
This is how I feel today…only with 10% more waddle.
October 5, 2006 - 11:25 am
Nice fleurs.
October 5, 2006 - 2:24 pm
And only 3 months left…
October 6, 2006 - 9:37 am
at least you can still see your feet…..for now…
Last weekend my brother moved back to town after living in Wayne Gretzky’s hometown, Brantford, ON, for a little over a year. I couldn’t be happier that he’s back. Unfortunately, he and his girlfriend are being forced to do the long-distance relationship thing for the second time in three years, so I doubt that he is sharing in my joy just yet.
Anyway, not only will it be cool to hang out and spend time together again, but I get to add one more name to my incredibly short list of babysitters. Yes! Time to cash in on the alllllllllll the favours.
Welcome back, Stinky!
October 4, 2006 - 7:50 am
Someone totally peed on that bottom stair within hours of that photo being taken … Good to have you back in town! We will watch Beastmaster soon. |
|
.jpg "fall-pics-2006-36sm.jpg")
.jpg "fall-pics-2006-40sm.jpg")
Shannen - What about me? No instructions for the wife while you are away?
dan - I know the pecking order at home … I can give instructions to the pets, but not to my wife 😉
Shannen - Oh good. I’m glad to hear that Julius isn’t in charge of me too. Can you imagine the crap he’d try to pull?