I am giving myself a reprieve from the "week" in review as I am exhausted and have been crazy crazy crazy busy with work and travel and other activities. Instead, I am going to post some cool blogs you should visit.
Meepletown, Hubby's board game blog
Waffles and the world, my friend joe's waffle making blog
The Social Path, My friend David's famous social media blog
Artful unity, my Jewelry Blog
Happy Hippy Happenings, my other Jewelry Blog
Sunday, June 27, 2010
Sunday, June 20, 2010
the week(ish) in review 6-12-10 to 6-20-10
6-12-10 was saturday and that evening we went to Mt Fuji,
a fabulous Japanese restaurant. Then we went, with our friend Sarah, to watch a roller derby bout.
It was awesome. I love derby and would probably join if it weren't for the fact that they practice three times a week (late at night, no less) and frequently have bouts on gaming convention weekends.
Sundayyyy.... I think we played ping pong, I don't know.
Monday was games and I played mystery express. I also bought up a copy of union pacific from one of the group members which I was thrilled about since it is out of print and hard to find.
Tuesday was painting class during which there were some nasty storms.
Wed was gaming and I played Queen's Necklace and union pacific.
Thursday, Chris made steak for dinner and it was fantabulous. he is a very good cook.
Friday, we were both exhausted and ordered pizza.
Saturday we went up to visit family for father's day. We had lunch at main street cafe in the jail cell. Then I spent some time with mom and dad and all their animals (the big shaggy white dog is mine). We went to dinner at Mikawa, which has long been my favorite japanese restaurant, and probably my favorite asian restaurant overall.
Today we played games with our friends, Bill and Dawn and then made the long trek home. Shortly after getting here we had dinner and I have been blogging on various sites ever since.
a fabulous Japanese restaurant. Then we went, with our friend Sarah, to watch a roller derby bout.
It was awesome. I love derby and would probably join if it weren't for the fact that they practice three times a week (late at night, no less) and frequently have bouts on gaming convention weekends.
Sundayyyy.... I think we played ping pong, I don't know.
Monday was games and I played mystery express. I also bought up a copy of union pacific from one of the group members which I was thrilled about since it is out of print and hard to find.
Tuesday was painting class during which there were some nasty storms.
Wed was gaming and I played Queen's Necklace and union pacific.
Thursday, Chris made steak for dinner and it was fantabulous. he is a very good cook.
Friday, we were both exhausted and ordered pizza.
Saturday we went up to visit family for father's day. We had lunch at main street cafe in the jail cell. Then I spent some time with mom and dad and all their animals (the big shaggy white dog is mine). We went to dinner at Mikawa, which has long been my favorite japanese restaurant, and probably my favorite asian restaurant overall.
Today we played games with our friends, Bill and Dawn and then made the long trek home. Shortly after getting here we had dinner and I have been blogging on various sites ever since.
Saturday, June 12, 2010
week? in review 5-31-10 to 6-12-10
Monday 5-31-10, I played through the ages for a second time and am now absolutely hooked.
Weds We played Race For the galaxy, which i am finally starting to understand
Saturday 6/5/10 I went to Aveda Institute and got my hair done by my good friend, Zaque.
Before:
After:
It's a much more subtle, elegant, cut and color than before and it took my eyes a minute to adjust to not having crazy magic marker technicolors and sharp angles, but I really love it and it works really well with my natural wash-n-go hair with minimal styling (which is good because I never style it anyways).
Saturday we also played arkham horror and won!
I had waffles made by our friend Joe and a donut for lunch that day. Best lunch EVAR!
Sunday we played ping pong.
Monday I had to help with monday night bingo as Karen knew we were going to be packed this week because it's a part of 10 days of pride, our yearly pride celebration here in Birmingham. Even though I was exhausted and left right after I was released, it looked really cool, and check-in apparently went very smoothly, so, mission accomplished!
Okay so I was exhausted, but not so exhausted I couldn't stop for a Nutella and burnt marshmallow milkshake at Flip and then drop by Joe Muggs for a game of Citadels.
Weds We played Agricola at a mall and I was thrilled as this is a personal favorite and it was Christian's first play through.
Friday Chris made tasty tasty steaks for dinner.
It is Saturday 6-12-10 at about 9:30 in the morning and I have no idea what the plan for the day is but there's a roller derby bout tonight, Pride parade downtown tonight, and tons of other events going on in the city.
I'll see you in a week or so and let you know what we did and how it was ;)
Weds We played Race For the galaxy, which i am finally starting to understand
Saturday 6/5/10 I went to Aveda Institute and got my hair done by my good friend, Zaque.
Before:
After:
It's a much more subtle, elegant, cut and color than before and it took my eyes a minute to adjust to not having crazy magic marker technicolors and sharp angles, but I really love it and it works really well with my natural wash-n-go hair with minimal styling (which is good because I never style it anyways).
Saturday we also played arkham horror and won!
I had waffles made by our friend Joe and a donut for lunch that day. Best lunch EVAR!
Sunday we played ping pong.
Monday I had to help with monday night bingo as Karen knew we were going to be packed this week because it's a part of 10 days of pride, our yearly pride celebration here in Birmingham. Even though I was exhausted and left right after I was released, it looked really cool, and check-in apparently went very smoothly, so, mission accomplished!
Okay so I was exhausted, but not so exhausted I couldn't stop for a Nutella and burnt marshmallow milkshake at Flip and then drop by Joe Muggs for a game of Citadels.
Weds We played Agricola at a mall and I was thrilled as this is a personal favorite and it was Christian's first play through.
Friday Chris made tasty tasty steaks for dinner.
It is Saturday 6-12-10 at about 9:30 in the morning and I have no idea what the plan for the day is but there's a roller derby bout tonight, Pride parade downtown tonight, and tons of other events going on in the city.
I'll see you in a week or so and let you know what we did and how it was ;)
Monday, May 31, 2010
Week in review 5-23-2010 to 5-31-2010
Ummm,
Monday: games (dungeon lords?)
Tuesday: ...?
Wed: games in so much noise it's unfathomable
Fri: a long, weird day which we fixed by eating cake and ice cream.
Saturday: we lazed around the house and caught up on TV and then played our new copy of Arkham Horror.
Sunday: through the ages with our friend, Joe. I made regular, chocolate chip and jasmine pancakes for breakfast (recipe follows) and Christian made steak and scalloped potatoes for a late lunch. There were also cookies and ice cream!
Monday (Today): So far, ping pong and avoiding cleaning the tremendous pile of dishes we amassed when cooking yesterday.
Sunday's Pancakes:
1 Cup all-purpose flour
1 Cup bread flour
1/3 Cup white sugar
2 tsp baking powder
1 tsp baking soda
1/4 tsp salt
1/8 tsp(ish) nutmeg
1/4 tsp(ish) ginger
1/3 tsp(ish) cinnamon
1 egg
2 egg whites
½ cup 2% milk
½ cup natural apple juice
4 tsp canola oil
1 tsp vanilla extract
1 tsp rum
Whisk flour, sugar, salt, spices baking powder and baking soda in a large bowl.
In another bowl lightly beat egg and egg whites, and then add milk, apple juice, oil, rum and vanilla. Make a well in the center of flour mixture and add wet ingredients. Stir with a whisk until smooth.
For each pancake, scoop 1/4 cup of batter on to a hot griddle or nonstick skillet sprayed with cooking spray or covered in melted butter (spray is healthier, but butter helps minimize burning and it tastes yummy). If desire, Add chocolate chips right after putting the pancake batter in the pan.
Turn pancakes when bubbles appear and edges are cooked, after about 1 1/2 minutes. Cook for 1 minute on second side.
In addition to normal and chocolate chip, I made jasmine pancakes. I added some more ginger, some cardamom and some jasmine essence (maybe 1/8 tsp) to the batter and they were lovely. Jasmine essence is a surprisingly tasty and ingredient in things like cupcakes and pancakes,but you have to use it sparingly.
Monday: games (dungeon lords?)
Tuesday: ...?
Wed: games in so much noise it's unfathomable
Fri: a long, weird day which we fixed by eating cake and ice cream.
Saturday: we lazed around the house and caught up on TV and then played our new copy of Arkham Horror.
Sunday: through the ages with our friend, Joe. I made regular, chocolate chip and jasmine pancakes for breakfast (recipe follows) and Christian made steak and scalloped potatoes for a late lunch. There were also cookies and ice cream!
Monday (Today): So far, ping pong and avoiding cleaning the tremendous pile of dishes we amassed when cooking yesterday.
Sunday's Pancakes:
1 Cup all-purpose flour
1 Cup bread flour
1/3 Cup white sugar
2 tsp baking powder
1 tsp baking soda
1/4 tsp salt
1/8 tsp(ish) nutmeg
1/4 tsp(ish) ginger
1/3 tsp(ish) cinnamon
1 egg
2 egg whites
½ cup 2% milk
½ cup natural apple juice
4 tsp canola oil
1 tsp vanilla extract
1 tsp rum
Whisk flour, sugar, salt, spices baking powder and baking soda in a large bowl.
In another bowl lightly beat egg and egg whites, and then add milk, apple juice, oil, rum and vanilla. Make a well in the center of flour mixture and add wet ingredients. Stir with a whisk until smooth.
For each pancake, scoop 1/4 cup of batter on to a hot griddle or nonstick skillet sprayed with cooking spray or covered in melted butter (spray is healthier, but butter helps minimize burning and it tastes yummy). If desire, Add chocolate chips right after putting the pancake batter in the pan.
Turn pancakes when bubbles appear and edges are cooked, after about 1 1/2 minutes. Cook for 1 minute on second side.
In addition to normal and chocolate chip, I made jasmine pancakes. I added some more ginger, some cardamom and some jasmine essence (maybe 1/8 tsp) to the batter and they were lovely. Jasmine essence is a surprisingly tasty and ingredient in things like cupcakes and pancakes,but you have to use it sparingly.
Sunday, May 23, 2010
Week in review 5-18 to 5-23-10
Tues - Dinner With a friend and art class at daniel day!
Wed - housecleaning. bleh. Although, the peanut butter and local honey sammich was almost worth coming home instead of gaming.
Thurs through Sunday - ATLANTA GAME FEST! I played so many games, got so little sleep, met so many nice people and had so much fun it's not even fathomable. I played about 21 games (some of them more than once), 13 or so of which were completely new to me. Played so many I couldn't possibly go into details without this being a 15 page post, but my personal favorites of the weekend were Havana, Cyclades, Golden City, Hansa Teutonica, and, of course, Catacombs and Space Alert.
Also, we got to play a couple of prototypes by the creator of Arkham Horror, AND he was so gracious as to sign the copy of Arkham horror that we bought this weekend.
Oh, and I didn't mention the Thai food. It was so good, we went there twice in one weekend! They even gave hubby complimentary ice cream when the food was so hot it burned his mouth.
Wed - housecleaning. bleh. Although, the peanut butter and local honey sammich was almost worth coming home instead of gaming.
Thurs through Sunday - ATLANTA GAME FEST! I played so many games, got so little sleep, met so many nice people and had so much fun it's not even fathomable. I played about 21 games (some of them more than once), 13 or so of which were completely new to me. Played so many I couldn't possibly go into details without this being a 15 page post, but my personal favorites of the weekend were Havana, Cyclades, Golden City, Hansa Teutonica, and, of course, Catacombs and Space Alert.
Also, we got to play a couple of prototypes by the creator of Arkham Horror, AND he was so gracious as to sign the copy of Arkham horror that we bought this weekend.
Oh, and I didn't mention the Thai food. It was so good, we went there twice in one weekend! They even gave hubby complimentary ice cream when the food was so hot it burned his mouth.
Monday, May 17, 2010
week 5-11-2010 to 5-17-2010
Ummsss...
-I don't remember how the rest of last Tuesday went, so i guess it was fine.
-Wed was games at new york pizza again. We played lots of dominion alchemy and then decided we were exhausted and came home early
-Thursday um, I don't know. It was a busy week.
-Friday we rested briefly.
-Saturday we helped our friend Joe move and got free Baha Burger out of the deal.
-Sunday was ArtyParty (a fundraiser for the ASO I work at) ! Chris stayed home because he strained his back while moving. I went and did my best to help make sense of the chaos. It was great fun, there was birthday cake and sweet potato fries and even a chocolate fountain! and, oh, art. Including some art made by me! The art was awesome and there were sooo may people! We raised a lot of money.
-Today is monday and i missed a Dr's appt, worked, and played some SPACE ALERT (in a coffee shop with a blender going off periodically)
-I don't remember how the rest of last Tuesday went, so i guess it was fine.
-Wed was games at new york pizza again. We played lots of dominion alchemy and then decided we were exhausted and came home early
-Thursday um, I don't know. It was a busy week.
-Friday we rested briefly.
-Saturday we helped our friend Joe move and got free Baha Burger out of the deal.
-Sunday was ArtyParty (a fundraiser for the ASO I work at) ! Chris stayed home because he strained his back while moving. I went and did my best to help make sense of the chaos. It was great fun, there was birthday cake and sweet potato fries and even a chocolate fountain! and, oh, art. Including some art made by me! The art was awesome and there were sooo may people! We raised a lot of money.
-Today is monday and i missed a Dr's appt, worked, and played some SPACE ALERT (in a coffee shop with a blender going off periodically)
Tuesday, May 11, 2010
The week in review 5-2-10 to 5-11-10
Umm.. oh yes, Last monday was gaming at Joe muggs per usual. I played "for sale" and... something else i don't remember.
Tuesday was art class at Daniel Day Gallery
Tuesday was art class at Daniel Day Gallery
wherein I made a lovely, abstract painting.
Wed was Games at New York Pizza in Homewood. I had the park avenue pizza with extra gorgonzola (don't order that unless you really mean it) and we played chinatown and... something else.
Thursday was interesting but everyone who knows me is tired of hearing me whine about it :).
Friday we actually hung out at the house and I worked on a custom jewelry piece for someone.
Saturday and Sunday we spent with my parents and mother-in-law in huntsville and had a great time. We even squeezed in some gamingwith friends. We played catacombs, dixit and corsari.
Monday again was gaming at Joe muggs. I played agricola and catacombs again. Chrisbroke the shrink wrap on our copy of mystery express. I had a fantabulous caramel brownie.
It's tuesday morning and I have done laundry, played DDR with handweights andam about to finish getting ready for work. See you next week.
Wed was Games at New York Pizza in Homewood. I had the park avenue pizza with extra gorgonzola (don't order that unless you really mean it) and we played chinatown and... something else.
Thursday was interesting but everyone who knows me is tired of hearing me whine about it :).
Friday we actually hung out at the house and I worked on a custom jewelry piece for someone.
Saturday and Sunday we spent with my parents and mother-in-law in huntsville and had a great time. We even squeezed in some gamingwith friends. We played catacombs, dixit and corsari.
Monday again was gaming at Joe muggs. I played agricola and catacombs again. Chrisbroke the shrink wrap on our copy of mystery express. I had a fantabulous caramel brownie.
It's tuesday morning and I have done laundry, played DDR with handweights andam about to finish getting ready for work. See you next week.
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