I grabbed this so I could read it to Matt, because I knew he would laugh. He did.
I also laughed. I like how the writer is getting ahead of themselves. The couple has been seeing each other for three months, and this writer has them past the alter and at the reception. But I also think the writer is humorous and could probably do a great toast.
It was another fun night at the Movie Quiz. There were lots of things to do with the number two (names of sequels, for instance) and the word “and” (Thelma and Louise, for example)
Battleship Cinematic Universe did pretty well considering we were a team of two.
In the realm of names, I enjoyed that the roster included “All Out of Bubblegum” (regulars) plus “I Have Come Here to Chew Bubble Gum and Kick Ass, and I’m All Out of Ass Kicking Ability”
Other names I enjoyed:
A Children’s Place Bookstore (website, bookshop.org) hosted Sara Ryan for a reading for their newest book Mountain Upside Down.
Sara has written other books I’ve enjoyed such as Empress of the World and Bad Houses, so I’m very much looking forward to reading this book.
I spent the summer scanning my grandfather’s slides. The vast majority of them were 35mm, and could be scanned with the slide scanner I bought. But there were a few large format ones and a few of other sizes that just didn’t work in my scanner.
So those, I dropped off for scanning. In less than a week I had them back and stored on a handy USB drive. Most of them are from the early 60s, when my mom and aunts were still in high school. So it’s fun to see new pictures of them when they were young.
Note my grandmother’s label, slides, and that it is affixed with cellophane tape.
I received all three postcards on the same day (amazing!), and I skipped looking at the picture on the front so I could instead read what Sara had written on the back. I read that Sara’s cousin had gotten her this lovely package of chairs (12 in total), and I wondered why the cousin would give her such a large gift. Also, did Sara want 12 chairs?
The confusion was cleared up when I looked at the front and discovered, that what I was reading as chairs was actually chai, as in tea. 12 is a much more reasonable number in that case.
Sara reports that there is an atmospheric river happening, and that she’s enjoying 50 so far.
Firehouse advertised a special Valentine’s Day prix fixe menu, and Matt and I took them up on their offer. It was quite good.
We had eaten at this restaurant before (and check out that post to see if you can find the fun typo), and I was glad to see roasted carrots were on tonight’s menu. While we didn’t opt for the wine pairing, I had a nice red, and Matt had some ginger beer.
We ordered one of each item and traded. This served us well until the dessert course. The sorbetto was good, but not nearly as good as the chocolate brownie.
Sara was on a 50th birthday jaunt, and I got these postcards out of the trip.
Fun quiz question. What do you think is the postmark on a card mailed from the Napa Valley? Answer below.
With this postcard, Sara had just been to the bookstore and sent a hello.
Sara reports that the London Fogs at the Retrograde Coffee Roasters are quite nice. Also that the sunny weather with temperatures in the high 50s is a good combo for a weekend celebrating the entrance into one’s fifties.
Answer: These are postmarked Oakland. Is that what you guessed?
He loves the sun so much.
I finished Kiriki’s sampler a few weeks ago, but took my time washing and stretching it. Let’s have a look.
I like the overall result of my stitching, but I do wish the ink transfer had been darker. It’s almost invisible.
The embroidery turned out well. I really like that rose in the center of the skull’s forehead made out of bullion knots. And I also enjoy pistil stitch, which made up the flowers on the top of the skull.
This pattern came with the sampler club bonus. (I think it was the reason I bought this, the haunted house, and the crow, because they were the last available samplers that included the sampler club bonus). It’s a cute little candy corn cat, which I have diligently embroidered and which will stay in this form until someone comes to deal with my estate.
My mom celebrated her newest birthday with pizza at Pizza Caboose, and a black and white cake. That would be a chocolate cake with a chocolate fudge filling and vanilla bean buttercream frosting.
As you can see, I could have done a little more planning before I started decorating. Both the sideways day and the numeral one could have come out better.
In good news, it all tastes the same, and it was delicious.
