Women of Leisure

Yesterday, we got to be women of leisure. Me and the girls. We went to this beautiful mall with my aunt and she treated us to the best lunch I have had in a LOOOOONNNNNNGGGGG time. Beats Chuck E Cheese hands down. Beats mall food court food hands down. We went to the Cheesecake Factory! Yum! I used to live around the corner from the one in Woodland Hills, and when I did, I would get a Chinese Chicken Salad at least once a week and take it home. Soooo good! Well, of course, that is what I had. And the girls shared a Bistro Shrimp Pasta, which they didn't eat much of because they ate all the bread, and it took over an hour for our food to arrive. The kitchen was, apparently, working on a table for 28, so everyone else had to wait. So without crayons or anything to keep them busy, my girls sat and ate bread and had strawberry lemonade (Bekah) and raspberry lemonade (Jess) and they were really very good, for 5 and 3! We were at the restaurant for over two hours! And even though they didn't eat the Pasta, it is their Daddy's favorite, so he had that for dinner. And we all feasted on The BEST DESSERT EVER! Carrot Cake-Cheesecake. It is Delish! Should be outlawed. Better than cheesecake. Better than Carrot Cake. It is soooo good! Boy, did I feel spoiled. Now I know how the other half live. But, they don't have two cute little girls to keep them entertained! It was a wonderful visit and I enjoyed myself immensely. And since I hardly ate anything else all day, I managed to lose a pound in the process. So, I have figured out the Cheesecake Factory Diet. Yeah!

Going to Work Today...

Today was The Hubby's work Christmas party. So, I got up at the usual time, 3:45am, but this time I had to get showered, dressed and get two sleepy girls dressed. At least they were supposed to be sleepy. They woke up at about 4:30 and were ready to go! Jumping around like it was a reasonable hour of the day, which it was not! So, we all piled into the car and drove through the canyon while the girls watched the dvd player in the car. Which broke on the way home. Enjoyed it while it lasted. So, we got to his work at about 6:45am and then had donuts and bottled water. The girls had hot chocolate. Jessica got a ride in the bucket truck. 40 feet in the air in a little plastic bucket attached to a piece of metal. It scared Rebekah and she didn't want to get in it. Jessica has no such fear. She was chomping at the bit to go again! She got to go up twice and then it got too windy when they were going to go up again later, so she didn't get to go. But she enjoyed the chance she did get to go! They both had a lot of fun and didn't want to leave The Hubby's work. HE on the other hand, didn't enjoy it nearly as much as they did. It's still work. And the same people he sees every other work day. But, at least if you have to go to work, this is the best day to go. And he told me I was the prettiest woman there! You gotta love getting a compliment like that! There weren't many wives there though. Most of them wouldn't get up at that time of the morning, or so the husbands say!

It was fun. Eight years together and I had never seen his office. Well, now I can picture him at his desk when he is there. And it is much different than the picture I had in my head. All in all, not a bad day. Except now I am ready to take a nap instead of making stuff for Christmas!

Chili

Scott calls me last night, from his instructors' house. He had his last class for the semester and they went over there to celebrate. So he calls me, to tell me the chili that Mrs. Father Victor made was great! He said I can make that one, that the recipe is on the back of the package. I tell him HE can make it. I'm done.

Isn't chili more of a guy thing anyway?

Aargh.