September 27, 2010

Last posting in September, funny how the months just keep flying by.  Jo and I enjoyed a nice quiet week without any major turmoil at work or home.  Jo was in town for the entire week and concentrated on reducing the level of email in her inbox.  I concentrated on continuing to develop what my new role is going to entail.  For the weekend, we started it off by taking advantage of our last week of summer hours at work by using our Friday afternoon to get many of the weekend chores done.  This included the grocery shopping, a stop at Panera Bread, the weekly trek to Home Depot, and spreading the compost pile out on the garden for the winter.  This left us some time on Saturday to make a stop at Clyde's to pick up fresh apple cider and cider donuts for Sunday morning (the donuts) and the week (the cider).  Then after stopping to purchase a few other needs we hopped on our bikes to enjoy lunch at a deli in Waterford - When Pigs Fly.  It was a turkey club for me - finally, I've been trying to have a club sandwich for a month - and a grilled turkey and cheese for Jo.  The afternoon consisted of getting the grass mowed and then enjoying our books and the lovely warm weather until dinner.  Since we had the evening free we decided to splurge on dinner and made a delicious repast of filet mignon, mashed potatoes (using the recently harvested spuds), a green bean casserole (yep, the beans from the garden), home made dinner rolls, and a peach cobbler with ice cream to top it off.  We were stuffed, but pleasantly so.  After it got dark we hauled out the telescope to see Jupiter and its moons.  It was amazing since four of the moons were all in a row.  Although we weren't able to see the red spot on Jupiter, presumably because it is turned the wrong way.  Also, checked out the craters on our moon which was almost full.  All great viewing especially considering we were using a telescope from the 70's sold by Sears. 

Sunday after yoga we enjoyed the donuts from our purchase on Saturday - which is a great way to celebrate after yoga, nothing is better than fresh cider and donuts!  The rest of the day was taken up with pursuing either reading or napping.  Dinner was another extravaganza as Jo wanted to make butternut squash and apple soup - very good - and we added rolls similar to those found at Red Lobster.  Needless to say after all the meals this weekend, we will need to be concentrating on our diets this week.

Then it was off to sleep to prepare for another exciting week of work - yipee??  Notice you get a lot of details on our meals.  Either I'm channeling Lawrence Saunders or I'm always hungry.