Angela Law

animal lover, gardener, knitter, and gourmet cook
 
celebrations, out and about

tonight, tonight

Brian’s mom’s 60th birthday was this week, so we all celebrated it tonight at Surf N Turf. Yum. I got my usual jumbo stuffed shrimp. And, as always, they were delicious.

After the party, the three of us were supposed to go to a Chiefs game–Jake won 3 tickets for tonight’s game at his Cub Scout banquet the other month. But, he decided he’d rather go to Brian’s parent’s and play with his cousins (all three of them were spending the night tonight). So, he went to that, and Brian and I went to the game. We got there for the second period and the Chiefs were losing 4-1 by the end of the period. We didn’t think they had much of a chance to win and since we had a bunch of stuff to do, we decided to skip the 3rd period and head home. The Chiefs ended up losing 4-3, so we almost missed a good game.

jake

jake

Jake has a new website! It contains pictures that he has taken and some of his artwork along with his comments (hint: click on the “i”). Check it out.

food & drink

south african shiraz

Tonight, I mixed up my first of four wine kits for the year, a South African Shiraz. I’ve been meaning to do this since we last bottled and finally found the motivation to do it today–namely the realization that I already have three kits sitting in the family room with fourth kit on the way. The Shiraz kits I’ve made in the past have all come out really well, so I have high expectations for this one, too. Making wine got me thirsty, so I pulled out the last bottle of Pinot Noir we made a few years ago. Mmm.

movies

children of men

This movie starred my new boyfriend, Clive Owen. The plot was this: it’s some year in the future and all women have been infertile for 18 years. Due to this, the world has gone to hell. Then, by a miracle, this one woman gets pregnant. A group of scientists wants to study her to find a “cure” for the rest of the world, but some bad guys get in the way of things. Clive Owen’s character has to escort her to safety.

This is the kind of movie I love. The movie was less than 2 hours long. And, because of this, every second of the film was relevant. Plus it dealt with the whole “end of times” scenario that I find interesting.

Two thumbs up.

friends, sporting events

chiefs 6 storm 1

It was a blowout tonight at the War Memorial Arena. The Chiefs showed up and played some hockey. Judy was kind enough to use some of her unused tickets to get us free seats (thanks again!) and we met her there this evening to watch the game. Jake was being shy and wouldn’t speak to Judy all evening. Sometimes, I don’t know what gets into him.

Today completed my trifecta of socialization for the week. Yesterday, I went out for happy hour. One of my former coworkers quit and everyone was getting together to celebrate that (of course, most Thursdays, they simply celebrate the fact that it’s 5:00). And, Wednesday, I met some of my other former coworkers for lunch. So, I guess it would’ve been even more of a trifecta had some of my former coworkers been at tonight’s game. Better luck next time.