Business trip to Fredericksburg, Wimberly, and Austin. Dinner at Friedhelms Bavarian Inn. Great ribeye steak, German style. got to visit with our friends Jerry and Penny and their amazing twin daughters, 14 years old.
Thursday, April 15th, Dinner with old friend Maggie and her husband Marshall, at The Roadhouse in Bastop. We had fun catching up with them. It's been over five years since we have seen them.
Camping on Friday at Mission Tejas, outside Crockett. Tiny, historical, State Park, was so peaceful and had fun with Kim, Kevin, and Ellis. Too bad rains came Saturday morning while we were having camp brealfast. We had to break camp & pack up as heavy rains were expected.
At home in riverside, Kat & I had a ribeye steak, baked potato, and asparagus.
Saturday, May 8, 2010
Saturday April 10th, 2010
Kat & I drove to Houston today to see "For The Sake Of The Song", a movie about Anderson Fair. I started going to the Fair right after it opened in 1969 for lunch & there was local singer/songwriters who occasionally played there. The movie was really great. Bruce Bryant did a fine job directing and there were many memories revived. The firts movie we have gone to see in quite a few years. Really great date night.
Got to spend some time with Ellis, our grandson. That is always a treat.
Got to spend some time with Ellis, our grandson. That is always a treat.
Friday, April 9, 2010
The Masters
A beautiful day in The Texas Piney woods today. Cool, dry, sunny, slight breeze,...ahhh, nice. It looked pretty nice at The Masters Golf Tournament replay last night, although a bit damp. I quit playing golf over 20 years ago (12 step program) but I find the major tournaments to be fun to watch on television, The Masters being my favorite. Augusta is a beautiful place and the nature of the game, along with the, mostly, gentlemanly conduct of the players relaxes me. I see an update on my computer that shows beautiful weather for the golfers today. It was great to see Freddy Couples and Tom Watson at the top of the leader board last night. I am not sure they will be able to mainatain those spots by Sunday afternoon but they have both been favorites of mine over the years.
Dinner last night was lentil, chicken, & brown rice soup with a tossed green salad with sesame dressing. More health food and small portions keeps the weight going down.
Tonight will be chicken tikka with brown rice, less the Gee, of course and salad. Because it is Friday, I get to have a cocktail. My drink of choice tonight will be the "Standard, Dry Martini", as Mr. Churchill prescribed, six parts Beefeater Gin to one part Dry Vermouth, shaken, with very dry ice cubes, 50 times to ensure an absolutely cold drink, served, up, in a chilled Marini glass, with a pimentto stuffed giant olive. I do believe Mr. Churchill's choice of Gin was Plymouth, which is very good, but difficult to find out in the country so I find Beefeater to be a good choice.(FYI: For the traditional Gin & Tonic, Tanqueray is the spirit of choice.)
Since I do limit Martini consumption to only one, it needs to be perfect and The Princess has it down. As five PM approaches it must be time to shut down the office and make the commute (100 feet) to the cabin. Until a later date.....
Dinner last night was lentil, chicken, & brown rice soup with a tossed green salad with sesame dressing. More health food and small portions keeps the weight going down.
Tonight will be chicken tikka with brown rice, less the Gee, of course and salad. Because it is Friday, I get to have a cocktail. My drink of choice tonight will be the "Standard, Dry Martini", as Mr. Churchill prescribed, six parts Beefeater Gin to one part Dry Vermouth, shaken, with very dry ice cubes, 50 times to ensure an absolutely cold drink, served, up, in a chilled Marini glass, with a pimentto stuffed giant olive. I do believe Mr. Churchill's choice of Gin was Plymouth, which is very good, but difficult to find out in the country so I find Beefeater to be a good choice.(FYI: For the traditional Gin & Tonic, Tanqueray is the spirit of choice.)
Since I do limit Martini consumption to only one, it needs to be perfect and The Princess has it down. As five PM approaches it must be time to shut down the office and make the commute (100 feet) to the cabin. Until a later date.....
Wednesday, April 7, 2010
Spring In the Piney Woods of East Texas
Spring is here but looks like a cold front is headed here tonight. Maybe because of the hard winter, I am not sure, but tree pollen has been at an all time high here at the foot of Lake Livingston.
The KIDS are in a log cabin in Glenwood Arkansas this week with the Hales family. The Cabin is on the South Fork of the Caddo River. We spent Thanksgiving there and it is really beautiful. We hope they have a great time. Our favorite Grandson, Ellis, will have fun playing with Luke and Bryant.
Although we have hundreds of trees on our property, I planted ten more that I received as a gift for filling out a survey. They came in the mail. They were not labeled and I cannot remember what they were supposed to be, so I just planted them to get them in the ground. Seems like there were redbuds, dogwood, and I cannot remeber the rest. If they survive, I will replant to a more suitable location. I can look forward to more tree pollen in the coming years.
Ah yes, dinner plans for tonight. I should have started this blog ten years ago when the dinners were much more exciting and paired with wine. As The Princess & I are on The Healthy Lifestyle Eating Program (I made it up), looks like we will have Perfect Roast Chicken, Brown Rice, Spicy Lentils and Salad of Romaine, Tomatoes, and Green Onions (from Kevin and Ellis's garden). Simple Vinegarette made from White Wine Vinegar, Dijon Mustard, and Olive oil.
The Princess will have her customary glass of Chardonnay and I will have water as I am now self limited to wine, beer, or spirits only on Friday and Saturday, and then only one drink per day.
Thank goodness for Preservino Wine Preservation System.
wally
The KIDS are in a log cabin in Glenwood Arkansas this week with the Hales family. The Cabin is on the South Fork of the Caddo River. We spent Thanksgiving there and it is really beautiful. We hope they have a great time. Our favorite Grandson, Ellis, will have fun playing with Luke and Bryant.
Although we have hundreds of trees on our property, I planted ten more that I received as a gift for filling out a survey. They came in the mail. They were not labeled and I cannot remember what they were supposed to be, so I just planted them to get them in the ground. Seems like there were redbuds, dogwood, and I cannot remeber the rest. If they survive, I will replant to a more suitable location. I can look forward to more tree pollen in the coming years.
Ah yes, dinner plans for tonight. I should have started this blog ten years ago when the dinners were much more exciting and paired with wine. As The Princess & I are on The Healthy Lifestyle Eating Program (I made it up), looks like we will have Perfect Roast Chicken, Brown Rice, Spicy Lentils and Salad of Romaine, Tomatoes, and Green Onions (from Kevin and Ellis's garden). Simple Vinegarette made from White Wine Vinegar, Dijon Mustard, and Olive oil.
The Princess will have her customary glass of Chardonnay and I will have water as I am now self limited to wine, beer, or spirits only on Friday and Saturday, and then only one drink per day.
Thank goodness for Preservino Wine Preservation System.
wally
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