Now we can all breathe a collective sigh of relief. What a friggin’ game. I could do without this much excitement, to tell you the truth. The Steelers persevered despite the horrible call and pulled this game out. I’m so glad that Jerome Bettis didn’t have to end his career with that fumble at the end. Next week: Denver.
wine tasting party
My mom decided to host a wine tasting party, so we attended our second of these types of parties last night. It is of my professional opinion that someone should host one of these once an month and invite me and Brian. As usual, we had a blast. It was kind of funny–there were a mix of people at the party, so everyone didn’t know one another. Things were kind of subdued until the first round of wine was poured. After that, the volume level kept getting higher with each round of wine.
These parties have inspired me to start keeping a list of all of the wines we’ve tasted. Since I make a few hundred of bottles of wine each year, we don’t get an opportunity to try a lot of different wines (other than our own). So, when we have the opportunity to do so, it seems logical to keep track of the wines we’ve tried.
happy birthday, ed
Last night we headed over to Brian’s parent’s house to celebrate his dad’s birthday. It was a pretty laid-back affair as it was just the three of us, Brian’s parents, and our niece, Erika. But, since I’m all for laid-back affairs, it was a nice evening. The party got started a little later than anticipated because our new nephew, Mackay, was born the previous night and Ed and Ivah went up to New York to meet the new little guy and were running late on their return home. This was the first of our three social engagements this week.
lawsagna
Jacob is not a picky eater. I make quite a variety of foods. Some he likes, some he doesn’t like, but I’ve never seen him eat with as much gusto as he did last night when Brian made lawsagna. What is this “lawsagna”, you might ask? Well, it’s Brian’s mother’s bastardized version of the Italian classic. Basically, all you do is brown up some onions and ground beef and then add a jar of spaghetti sauce to the pan. In between layers of cooked lasagna noodles, layer velveeta cheese and shredded mozzarella, along with the sauce mixture. Cook at 350 for 45 minutes, and you have lawsagna!
I’ll admit, when I first heard of this recipe, I was skeptical, but it actually tastes pretty good. My mother, who is a bona fide Italian, likes it as well. I have no problems eating it, however, out of respect to my Italian heritage, I do not make the dish. Jake, being only 25% Italian, and over 50% English, doesn’t have such qualms.
hits
The Doodleman Pinscher has been good to me. I’ve gotten more hits off of that term than anything else I’ve posted. It’s been a daily stream since I posted about it, though I’m sure the people were disappointed when they got here and didn’t find any real information.
I haven’t had a lot to blog about lately. Nothing has been going on here, though the next week should prove pretty busy. We have a couple of social engagements lined up, which is unusual for us in January. We tend to hibernate. But, perhaps this “false spring” that we’re experiencing is causing us to socialize.