President's Day Weekend - Valentine's Dinner

 Sunday, February 16, 2025

Dinner tonight at Creekside. Dale had salmon and I had the pasta bolognese. He drank red wine and I had Old Fashioneds.  Oh, and we each had the tomato basil soup to start. It was all very delicious. 

When we got home we watched West Side Story on TCM. 

And ate Java Chip ice cream with Milano cookies.

President's Day Weekend - Recovery

Saturday, January 15, 2025

President's Day on Monday. So good to have a 3-day weekend after such a tiring week. A week ago yesterday I tried to make a Valentine's Day restaurant reservation for tonight but the two places we were interested in were booked. I figured most other places would be too. So I went ahead and got us a reservation at Creekside Supper Club for tomorrow night. 

Friday's Finally Here - Valentine's Day

Friday, February 14, 2025

Friday's finally here. I made it.!  It was a week of indoor recess every day for the kids, a full moon, a Valentine's day party, and conferences. Yep, they were pretty riled up this week but I managed as well as I could and it was all just fine. 

The temp was up a little bit since I last smoked on Wednesday. 

Decided to go for a bigger cigar, an Oliva, since it was more pleasant out. I lasted about 40 minutes before I got a little too cold.

Started snowing around 1:30 today so I got a little shoveling in while I was outside.

Dale and I had stopped by Lunds after he picked me up from school. We just got some prepared foods from the deli and I picked up a pre-made Old Fashioned from Cork Dork. 

We had drinks after I finished my cigar and shoveling. 

It was a quiet, low key, and pleasant Valentine's Day.

Valentine's Day 2025 - Long Day

Thursday, February 13, 2025

As I said in my last post it's been a long week and today was a long day. Not a bad day just a long one due to conferences after classes today. Valentine's Day is actually tomorrow but we're having our party today since the kids are off but I have to be here due to more conferences. I bought my Valentine cards a couple weeks ago Lunds. A few years ago I waited until the last minute and couldn't find any so this year I planned ahead. The Valentines were like those old pencil sharpeners that looked like little tv's and the screens were pictures that, depending on the angle you were holding it, you'd see either one of two different images. These Valentines had pictures of dinosaurs but if you angled them slightly you'd see the dinosaur's skeleton.  

The box labeled them as lenticular cards. Kinda fun. I think the kids liked 'em.

The kids decorated their Valentine bags yesterday. We I had them pass out their cards and treats at around 1:00 pm today. They LOVE doing that. 

Earlier today I had the kids make a little Valentine Bear project. Shown above is a sample.

This one was done by one of the students. 

I also brought in some sugar cookies from Lund's. They were delicious. 

All in all be had a great day and I think the kids loved it. 

Navigating a Long and Tiring Week

 Wednesday, February 12, 2025

It is incredibly cold - single digits. At school, the kids have had indoor recess every day so far this week, the moon is full (today), conferences tomorrow after a full day with kids, and no school Friday for students but I'm doing conferences all that day. Plus we're having our Valentine's party tomorrow since the kids are off on Valentine's Day. This has all made for some really keyed up kids. 

Cigar after work and then dinner with Dale at The Lowbrow since we won't be able to do our regular Thursday night out due to conferences tomorrow. Still pretty frigid out. All in all I think I'm pacing myself rather well.