*Insert nomming noise here*
So today is going to be productive. You know how I know this? I actually took a day OFF two days ago and yesterday I started the slow ramping staging to what I hope to be an insanely productive day.
So... Monday. First day honestly and completely off in quite a while. I have taken bits of days off recently but not a full day. A day where I got up, checked my e-mail did a couple chores and then had FUN. A new friend, invited me out to see 50/50 with some other new friends from CO. And while a comedy about cancer didn't really hit my 'wow great' buttons I was excited to have a day out with friends. So I helped him out with some errands then hit lunch and movies and topped the night off with watching 'Serenity' as the amount of hell I was getting from friends for not having watched it was reaching perilous heights.
Then yesterday I worked in the morning then picked up Katie from her home (after hanging out a bit) to get her to her place of work for the day, and then comes the reason that the title is all about the nommings. A friend (who has declared me family) took us and his friend out to dinner at a FANTASTIC restaurant called Colt & Gray. Which. Just wow. Amazing. Had appetizers of Sweetmeats (served with English Peas, Sweet Corn, Hazelnuts, Oyster Mushrooms, Sage-Pan Sauce & Grilled Lemon) and Beef Heart (Marrow Butter, Grilled Bread, & horseradish vinaigrette) and then dinner consisted of short ribs (over polenta with grilled onions) for Katie and I, and 'Buddhist Chicken' (Pan Jus, Crispy Rosemary Potatoes & Sautéed Sesame Green Beans). Between the amazing company, the to do for food and the amazing company (yup said it twice) it was a brilliant night. Which was finished off by some brilliant desserts which included Olive oil and thyme cake, blueberry compote, lemon-buttermilk ice cream, Sticky Toffee Pudding, Bourbon Ice Cream, Chocolate Ellie with raspberries and hyssop ice cream, and last but not least meyer lemon bread pudding with (some sort of ice cream).
About the time we headed it out had started to snow so I had a rather harrowing drive home (just in that the visibility was rather low and not everyone is clever enough to remember to turn their freaking running lights on). So I'm gonna go ahead and pretend that the drive burned off the insane amounts of calories consumed.
So today I am amped up on good food from last night, good conversation and good friends. So while my plans to make it to the post office have been delayed due to the foot of snow outside I am super excited and motivated to GET TO WORK. By the way I am doing my own version of nanowrimo - gonna spend this month clarifying sketches/layouts/verbage for my SkulKlan book. So for those of you that have been waiting (ever so patiently) for me to get my act together, consider it gotten. I won't get it done this month, but I hope to have it scripted/laid out and ready for the illustrations to start.
Here - have an art! pictures make everything more interesting (these are the last two badges done from OklaCon)
So... Monday. First day honestly and completely off in quite a while. I have taken bits of days off recently but not a full day. A day where I got up, checked my e-mail did a couple chores and then had FUN. A new friend, invited me out to see 50/50 with some other new friends from CO. And while a comedy about cancer didn't really hit my 'wow great' buttons I was excited to have a day out with friends. So I helped him out with some errands then hit lunch and movies and topped the night off with watching 'Serenity' as the amount of hell I was getting from friends for not having watched it was reaching perilous heights.
Then yesterday I worked in the morning then picked up Katie from her home (after hanging out a bit) to get her to her place of work for the day, and then comes the reason that the title is all about the nommings. A friend (who has declared me family) took us and his friend out to dinner at a FANTASTIC restaurant called Colt & Gray. Which. Just wow. Amazing. Had appetizers of Sweetmeats (served with English Peas, Sweet Corn, Hazelnuts, Oyster Mushrooms, Sage-Pan Sauce & Grilled Lemon) and Beef Heart (Marrow Butter, Grilled Bread, & horseradish vinaigrette) and then dinner consisted of short ribs (over polenta with grilled onions) for Katie and I, and 'Buddhist Chicken' (Pan Jus, Crispy Rosemary Potatoes & Sautéed Sesame Green Beans). Between the amazing company, the to do for food and the amazing company (yup said it twice) it was a brilliant night. Which was finished off by some brilliant desserts which included Olive oil and thyme cake, blueberry compote, lemon-buttermilk ice cream, Sticky Toffee Pudding, Bourbon Ice Cream, Chocolate Ellie with raspberries and hyssop ice cream, and last but not least meyer lemon bread pudding with (some sort of ice cream).
About the time we headed it out had started to snow so I had a rather harrowing drive home (just in that the visibility was rather low and not everyone is clever enough to remember to turn their freaking running lights on). So I'm gonna go ahead and pretend that the drive burned off the insane amounts of calories consumed.
So today I am amped up on good food from last night, good conversation and good friends. So while my plans to make it to the post office have been delayed due to the foot of snow outside I am super excited and motivated to GET TO WORK. By the way I am doing my own version of nanowrimo - gonna spend this month clarifying sketches/layouts/verbage for my SkulKlan book. So for those of you that have been waiting (ever so patiently) for me to get my act together, consider it gotten. I won't get it done this month, but I hope to have it scripted/laid out and ready for the illustrations to start.
Here - have an art! pictures make everything more interesting (these are the last two badges done from OklaCon)