Laurence is still ill and spending long lengths of time in the bathroom (although have to say this is good as it means he is reading a lot lol!) So he is home from school for the day. He slept most of last night and still isn't eating much as he doesn't feel up to it. I hope no one else gets this. Sharon - I hope you are feeling better now too!!!!
I spent the morning writing letters as I have had a few that I have been procrastinating over.....at the beginning of this week I wrote a to-do list and thankfully I have done much of what was on my list!
Lloyd stayed home for coffee this morning and went in to work for 9am which was nice. Last night was date night and despite Laurie being ill and missing cadets, we still headed out for a date.
We went to Joey's in Sherwood Park and were seated within a couple of minutes (not before sampling a bellini though! Mmmmm it was so good and so yes I got through far more bellini's than I should have! They are soooo good - an alcoholic 'slushy' with rum, peach nectar, raspberry, apple and strawberry flavouring and a frozen slice of peach in it :) ...DELICIOUS!!!! I blame Lloyd for the amount I drank though :)
I ordered the Maple Glazed Salmon and was thrilled when I was told that the seasonal vegetables right now are GOLDEN BEETS!!!! They are incredible!!!!! The salmon and beets come with alfredo linguine which is also wonderful!!!
You can view the Joeys menu here:
www.joeysmedgrill.com/joeysexperience/menus/8
and if you want to know about any of the food, just let me know as I have tried most of the dishes on the menu!!
After Joeys we went to Home Depot to buy some acrylic sheets. I am keen to have a go at making a transparent mini album but can't find an album blank in the stores, so a girl on Scrappers Haven showed pictures of the ones she has made and suggested we buy sheets of acrylic from a hardware store and use those for our albums! So yesterday I bought three big sheets and Lloyd is going t cut them up for me and drill holes for the ring binder parts :) I plan to make one about our Summer.
It poured down with rain when we left Joeys, only a shower but enough to soak us through just getting from the car to Home Depot! Its actually quite fun in Home Depot when you've had too much to drink :)
All in all date night was great fun :) Lloyd was hilarious - especially when he had this little old lady staring at him through part of our meal - she really was staring and she looked so evil it was hilarious :) As always the food and service in there was FAB...I have NEVER had a bad meal or bad service in there and I love that you can watch the chefs at work while you eat :)
Its now 2:45pm and Lloyd should be finishing work in an hour - woohoo its the weekend! I have cinnamon twists in the oven and the house is starting to smell nice. Abigail and Sam are at the table cutting and gluing and 'creating' with feathers.
Tonight Scrappers Haven is having its monthly online crop! So if you are in the mood to scrapbook but can't get out of the house, come and join us!
Today is also the deadline for signing up for Iron Chef 3!!! Michelle - how about you? Cori?????? Its a wonderful contest with a great prize :)
I am hoping to do a couple of the challenges at tonights crop but I think for most of the evening I will be curled up with Lloyd. I want to finish 'My Sisters Keeper' today too! Its a great book - I plan to read a lot of Jodi Picoult novels as I really like her writing style.
I'm tired today but its not quite as bad as it was so I think the effects from withdrawal aren't as bad as they were :)
OMG those cinnamon twists smell so good!
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