A Good Day

Good morning, my friends. Thanks to the many of you who stopped by to wish me a happy birthday yesterday. As I mentioned in yesterday's post, we had to make a short grocery shopping trip, and it was “senior discount day” at our store. One must be at least 50 to qualify. I told the young man at the checkout stand that we were seniors, and that I supposed he might be surprised by that, given our youthful appearances. When Mike told him it was my birthday, he said, “Oh, today must be the first time you’ve qualified!” If there had been a tip jar, I’d have left him $10. Growing older is a privilege, and I’m grateful to have so many good friends along for the journey. I like this quote from John Lennon:

“Count your age by friends, not years. Count your life by smiles, not tears.” 

With all the running around I did yesterday, there wasn't much time for sewing. I managed to get another block quilted on the Merry, Merry Snowmen. These are large blocks. I'm realizing that one block in a day might be my limit. I broke yesterday's block into two images. This is the bottom half. I outlined the applique, did some filler in the background, and some criss-crosses in the line of blocks at the top.

For the top half, I did pretty much the same thing. I quilted snowflakes into the four blocks at the top, using a cookie cutter as a template.

Now I've left it needle down at Block 6. Since I have PT today, I'm not entirely sure I'll have any time for this. 

Also, being a PT day, I need to make dinner this morning. I'm going to put together a meatloaf, and then I'll just need to put it in the oven when I get home. Also, tomorrow is Mike's birthday. He's requested Creme Brulee for Two for dessert tomorrow, and I'll make that up today.

The rest of this post will be about our dinner out last night. If you're not interested in these food posts, then feel free to jump off here. No hard feelings.

We went to the Charthouse, which has one of the best views in the city. This was the view from our table. It was a cloudy day yesterday, but the sun peeked out just about the time we arrived.

We enjoyed a nice bottle of wine. This was a gift from Erik and Mae. They brought several bottles with them when we had our family dinner last month. They left this unopened bottle with us, and so we took it to the restaurant last night. So good. That's somebody's husband sitting across the table from me. Don't tell anyone, okay?

We each started with a Caesar salad. The Caesar salad at the Charthouse is especially good.

I had my favorite coconut crunchy shrimp. The dipping sauce on the right is my favorite.

Mike had the prime rib.

We each had this mini hot lava cake for dessert. Mmm, mmm, mmm.

I was given this little red velvet cake as a bonus for my birthday. That little "Happy Birthday" piece is made of chocolate.

So that was a good dinner and a good day. The next day or two are going to be pretty busy for me. I'm looking forward to some R&R by Friday. For now, it's time for some slow-stitching, and then I'll get busy with my kitchen tasks. Have a good day, Everybody!