So it seems the only people with today off are teachers and lawn care people. Go Peaches!
The theme here always seems to be food. So here we go.
After last weeks "minnow fry" at the VFW. Strike one for me. I decided we go to The House of Reardon for their fish fry and macaroni. Now I want a real fish fry. Being the good catholic that I am and following the rules of Lent here ( I gave up work for Lent) I'm thinking homemade macroni is like icing on the cake. So we go over early our waitress comes over I'll have the fish fry. Ahh? What fish fry? That was last week. What??? Strike two. So I go with a Buffalo wing wrap and we all share some sweet potato fries that truly are sweet.
Off course breakfast was the "diet plate". Stuffed french toast. It leaves you stuffed. This made riding necessary. But it turned into a trainer day. Then a snow ride on Sunday.
With Tish going to the ER and being admitted. I invited the Bobber for pizza. I'm getting the hang of the transfer. So it kind of looked like a calzone with a pizza. But It was a sundried tomato, chorizo and four cheese on whole wheat.
Beer pairing was Kwak and Unibroque Terrible. Delicious.
Monday night was the dinner group. Roast duck, garlic eggplant, seaweed salad ,dumplings, spare rib hot pot and Kung Pao squid. All tasty and filling. Cliff paired the wines I can't remeber the names.
Monday also brought a rare warm spell and a hint of sun. The siren's song of hills lured me out on the road. Ten minutes in rain. I wnat to climb Vincent Hill. I haven't since I broke my leg.
Armed with a whopping 42/25 I'm into after the Beartown and Monkey run climbs. 21/23/25 the road is nothing but cinders. Standing is not an option. Ghost shifting was, back and forth with the 23/25. Slowly,very slowly I clawed my way to the top. Then I could feel the road esae and it was done. A smile washed over my face. Rain? What rain? I'd just beat Vincent.
Today was a road trip after the car was fixed. Only it developed a new malady. The oil light decided to keep coming on and beeping. Had plenty of oil. Weird.
But we stopped at the Original Dougs Fish fry. Now this is what I think for a fish fry. Light krispy not oily. Delightful.
I'm thinking Slimfast tonight for dinner.
Now on the darker and crazier side of things. There were two fatal accidents here recently. One I just missed coming home from work by minutes. I saw the car involved going the down the hill moments before.
The other a lady fell asleep and crashed into the barried flipping over the bridge and landing on an oncoming car. Can you imagine witnessing that? Or being in the car that was landed on? Scary.
Enjoy life. Really enjoy life.OGQ

I think today is some big ball sport day. Actually I know it is. But I don't care. Never have. It's been two wheels my whole life. Oh, I did like the return to playing tennis as rehab this summer.

But as usual I'm heading off a different path.

So we actually had the storm they predicted. Kathy and I decided to do breakfast if we didn't have to work. So she loaded up Zach(her 2nd grader, who is a nice kid unlike this one http://suki-smith.blogspot.com/) and came and picked me up.

Zach made the call. Lets go where the food is best. Good call. Clinton St. I had the "diet plate".

Kathy asked me who I might vote for. Zach advised me "He'd rather have a black than a girl president". Mom asked did you hear that from Daddy? He grinned. She said expalin yourself.

Zach replied "Just,just,just." Then went back to his gameboy.

Friday should have been the Artwalk,but that wouldhave been the Art Skate so we declined and just did dinner.

Saturday started off with a retrun to the Pig for breakfast. They have a winner there. Gald they're back. It was decided to play cards tonight. Tish had to do a show on "Alien Porn" or something like that. So She was out. Venus was away. So it was guys night out. After breakfast Mills and I went in search of a pizza stone and a rolling pin. Just like the Holy Grail,we had to go to many places to fulfill this purchase.

Foloowing Cliffs lead I opend the first bottle of Shiraz to prepare the cook. As I thought it was best to have food ready when they got here. Well the first pie turned into a calzone as it stck while trying to slide it on the stone. But the second one ,a white with pesto, slid right on. Brownd up crspy and tasty. Both were a hit. Cliff brought the cake that could kill a man. We ate drank and went into a chocolate coma.

Time for cards. Milss was primed after his big win last time. Cliff was in search of his first win. "Full House" grinned and said "We'll see". Short version. Everyone palyed tough. I even bought a hand. We fell we came back but in the end the master won. Now he's already for St Pats. Skip the Valentines.

Tme to ride.

Thank your friends for being in your life.

OGQ