It’s been a while since I made a REAL post, so I have quite a few things to recap. Last Friday we went to Zazio’s to meet Marc & Heather for dinner. We were surprised to see Casey there, because we didn’t even know he was joining us. What an awesome surprise! He also had his new girlfriend, Emily, with him, and she is a doll. She is a Team Edward girl, so of course, we got along famously. The 6 of us had a fabulous meal (butternut squash ravioli! Holla!) with even more fabulouser company. After dinner we decided to hit the haunted house downtown above Monaco Bay. When the girl was letting us in, she told us that as long as we didn’t touch the actors, they would not touch us. This put me at ease right away! I was not nearly as scared knowing that nobody was going to touch me! I was actually fine until we turned down a dark hallway(like pitch black) and someone was on the floor grabbing my feet and legs. NOT COOL. I should have known right away that the earlier warning was a set up designed to put me at ease. Well Played, Monaco Bay Haunted Attraction. Well Played. We intended to hit another haunted forest type of thing, but they closed at 10 (Seriously? On a Friday night?) and we were too late so we headed home. It was a fun night, but we are such old fuddy duddies that we were home in our PJs by 10:45!
Saturday we had a birthday party for Bill at our house. He & Deb got here around 7 and we went to Hunan for some yummy Chinese. After that we decided to play games and drink. Bill & Deb brought they’re awesome MP3 game, and we played that for a while. Then the lovely Nancy appeared, and she joined the festivities too! We switched to Would You Rather, the craziest drinking game ever. Bill had to do lots of challenges, including breakdancing for 60 seconds, doing a cheer for 60 seconds, and giving Mike a lapdance. Bill is a good sport, but his dance moves leave a little to be desired, I must say. He tried to do the move where you lay on your back and then spin around but he had to have George grab his leg and spin him. I know the pics are super blurry, but he was moving really fast, and I was laughing way too hard to hold the cam steady. I was not immune to the challenges either, and was forced to enthusiastically sniff George’s armpit for a full 30 seconds. There is no photographic evidence of this, which is excellent. Oh, and I used my mini crock to make homemade spinach & artichoke dip, which was a huge hit, and really easy. I will definitely be making it again soon. I hope that Bill had a fab birthday party! I didn’t even get him a card or anything, so I am definitely a loser, but hopefully the party made up for it a little.
Sunday morning we all got up and around and hit the brekkie buffet at OCB. It was actually pretty good! After brekkie, my mom and I hit KMart, because I was desperately in need of some new dishes. I love the set we got for a wedding gift, but over the years we have broken several pieces and 
are always running short on plates and bowls. We were actually down to only 2 bowls!! Our set is quite expensive, so I decided to get some inexpensive “every day” dishes so I won’t feel so bad when they get broken. I got a plain set of dishes in red and another box in black. So know we have a full service for 8. I put our wedding dishes into boxes and packed them away. I love them, and we will definitely pick up another box of those, but it’s also nice to have something different. We are having either Thanksgiving or Christmas here, so I will bust out my fancy dishes then for sure.
As you know, we had a leaky window in the master bedroom last weekend, and also a leak in the ceiling in the main floor living room. We have also been dealing with the woodpeckers, which is frustrating to no end. On Sunday night, Mike & George decided to make a quick run to Blockbuster to return a video game, but the garage door wouldn’t open. We realized that the huge spring that distributes the doors weight had snapped in half. Nice. So I had a guy here about the window on Monday, and another guy here yesterday to fix the garage door. I am waiting to hear back from the roof guys to find out when they can come and check out/repair the leak in the roof. I swear, it seems like things are falling apart all of a sudden!
Also, WordPress is so annoying! What is up the the weird spacing? I can’t fix it, so I guess I’ll just have to deal. And so will you.
