Archive for December, 2011
joe’s crab shack
December 17, 2011
Luis and I made a bet last week. I don’t remember exactly what the bet was for. All I remember is that I had told him something, he didn’t believe me, and I bet him that if I was right then he’d have to take me to Joe’s Crab Shack for dinner. If he was right, we could go to Chili’s (we haven’t been if quite some time). Well guess who won?
I had my bucket o’ crab legs all to myself :)
Luis had a surf ‘n turf burger
Graciela ruined one of the bows I made her.
And then Luis had to order this delicious dessert because it was taking much, much longer for me to eat my gargantuan bucket o’ crab than it was for him to eat his burger. He shared half of the cake with me, and let me just tell you, it was delicious!
Hangout
December 16, 2011
Earlier this week, I received “urgent” messages from my siblings to have a “merino sibling conference call” … to discuss…… well, turned out to be nothing, really.
We decided to use Google Plus’ hang out service (which is awesome by the way). Even though there wasn’t much to talk about, we sure did have a good time:
I can’t wait until a week from today, when the three of us will be reunited once more!
BL
December 15, 2011
As you may already know, I’ve become somewhat of a fan of the Biggest Loser. I’ve posted before about my little addiction to this show, and how watching it makes me want to eat a big ol’ slice of chocolate cake. Well, last night I watched the season finale. To celebrate, I made a quadruple batch of cookies.
Ok, so the cookies weren’t all for me, they’re mostly for a cookie exchange. Graciela enjoyed “helping” by keeping herself busy in her exercauser. She is getting very good at reaching out to grab things so these days I don’t put her in the carrier anymore when I’m near the stove.
open letter to all walmart couponers
December 14, 2011
Dear Walmart Couponer:
I understand where you’re coming from. Really, I do. Once upon a time, I used to coupon too. I completely understand the thrill of saving oodles of money on your shopping. However, I must profusely object when you bring ads for 5 different stores, and go through each of the 50 items in your shopping cart, one by one to get 3 cents off of each item. Then, once everything is price-matched, you pull out all of your coupons and hand them to the cashier, one by one, and have to haggle over the fact that one of the items, which had been scanned 46 items ago, isn’t the right size.
Meanwhile, the guy behind you takes his 10 items off of the conveyor belt because he realizes that you will be monopolizing this cashier for at least another 10 minutes, and by then he could be home already. Again, I have no problem with couponers whatsoever. I just think that if you want a deal for a particular store, you should have to go to that store to purchase it. Or, better yet, each store should designate a couponer register. Anyone with more than 5 coupons to scan would be required to stand in that particular line, behind one another so they can understand what it is really like.
Sincerely,
Annoyed customer standing 3 people behind you with a crying baby just trying to pay for my diapers and get home… and yes, when I realized what the hold up was, I went to another line.
pumpkin
December 7, 2011
For the last month or so, I’ve been obsessed with pumpkin. Right after Halloween, when there were rumors of a possible pumpkin shortage, I bought 6 cans of pumpkin puree. Since that time, I’ve been making something with the pumpkin every couple of weeks. I’ve tried a couple of different pumpkin bars. I still haven’t found a recipe that I’m in love with. Now I’ve decided that I want pumpkin soup. Has anyone ever had pumpkin soup? Does that even exist? I just think it might be really good. Sort of like a tomato soup, but with pumpkin instead. Thoughts?
mimi’s
December 6, 2011
Yes, Mimi’s is a place old crotchety folks love to go eat. Not sure why old people have to be so crotchety, but these this old man didn’t disappoint:
He didn’t like his food. He took about two bites, and sent it right back. The poor manager came over to offer another meal to him (comped, of course). He flatly refused her offer and complained about the turkey in the jambalaya. She nicely explained to him that there was no turkey in the jambalaya, and listed the other meats in it. This apparently did not help the situation. So he just sat there with his arms folded waiting for his little wife to finish her dinner. I wonder if this is how I’ll be when I get old. Probably.
Now on to our meals. Unlike the old man, we loved our food.
We started with a Brie Artichoke Dip.
Luis then had a salad.
I enjoyed the french onion soup.
For his main course, Luis had the Artichoke Asiago Chicken Spaghettini.
I had the Butternut Squash Ravioli with Shrimp
(And the pic is blurry bc by then Graciela was not too happy and needed to be held)
Dessert came next, and Luis had a Brownie a la mode.
I got my bread pudding to go, and headed out the door.
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