MLK Weekend - Christmistletoe

Sunday, January 16, 2022

Put out the Dala horses...

Lit some candles...

More candles...

And more candles.

We drank fizzy water for cocktail hour due to our dry-January.

Listened to some Christmas music that I didn't get to this past season. 

Dale and I made a chicken pot pie and Dale stir fried some vegetables.

For dessert I had pumpkin cheesecake from Lunds and Dale had a Dove bar. 

During dinner we watched a few episodes of the old Carol Burnett Show. Guests included Jonathan Winters, Lucille Ball, Imogene Coca, Phyllis Diller, Bobbie Gentry,  Diahann Carroll, and the Smothers Brothers; very nostalgic.  

Odds & Ends: Sunday Dinner

Sunday, January 31, 2021

I'll be returning to work on site tomorrow after having worked remotely since this past March. I'm feeling a little anxiety about it. Also finishing up a slightly modified dry January I went four weeks without a drink. Decided to finish up the Irish cream that's been sitting in the fridge since Christmas. Not much left. Just enough for half a glass. 

Listened to The Nutcracker a couple of times today. The recording I have was conducted by Andre Previn.

For cocktail hour I had a martini. It went down okay but it negatively affected my sleep. Maybe I'll do a dry February too. 

For dinner Dale and I made Tater Tot Hotdish. It turned out wonderfully. There's a rib-sticking quality to this that's especially appealing during winter time. 

For dessert we had a gingerbread cake. Unlike the one I made from scratch for Old Twelfth Night, this one was from a boxed mix. Regardless, it was delicious and especially so with whipped cream.