Item #52: One Saturday night remaining, with no TV and no computers, and we have plans to take our good friend out for her birthday, so this'll be super easy. We've learned that barring ourselves from TV & computer does, indeed, encourage us to foster other skill sets & interests (making granola bars, looking through scrapbook albums, curling up together to read, etc.) ... but when we want to look up something, like weather or a movie time & use the TV or computer as a TOOL, that's when it really hurts!!
Item #85: I sent a 4th care package out today, this one to my cousin, Ava. She's keen to try her hand at scrapbooking, so I sent her a funky journal & a bunch of stuff to play with! This item is now DONE.
Item #99: We tried out The Patio. Which is our 30th and final new restaurant to try! It's been an interesting journey. About 1/4th of the restaurants we would actively seek out again ... but 2 of those have already closed, permanently! Just encourages us to CARPE DIEM!
Monday, March 22, 2010
Saturday, March 13, 2010
March 13th 2010
We tried Webber Grill today for lunch which is item #99 on our list. That makes 29 out of 30 new restaurants! Only 1 left!
The meal itself was so-so, the service was...well we weren't even acknowledged for the first 10 minutes of being seated, and then even though we were no longer looking at our menus, and they were placed at the farthest end of the table from us, the waitress still came over and said, "can I start you off with a drink, or give you more time to choose?" *sigh*.
Needless to say, we're not going to go back any time soon :P
ALSO tonight we we will be almost completed with item #52, as there will only be two weeks left!
The meal itself was so-so, the service was...well we weren't even acknowledged for the first 10 minutes of being seated, and then even though we were no longer looking at our menus, and they were placed at the farthest end of the table from us, the waitress still came over and said, "can I start you off with a drink, or give you more time to choose?" *sigh*.
Needless to say, we're not going to go back any time soon :P
ALSO tonight we we will be almost completed with item #52, as there will only be two weeks left!
Friday, March 5, 2010
March 3, 2010
Item #99: We tried Flat Top Grill. Food was great. Service was great. Rowdy noisy groups of tween and teen kids was not. Not the restaurant's fault. We'll go back when it's not peak hours, though, so we can actually hear ourselves converse. 2 more restaurants to go.
Monday, March 1, 2010
March 1, 2010
Item #52: We're making good progress with the no TV, no computer thing. We need to finish out the rest of the month, and we'll have this one checked off. It's interesting, seeing what kinds of things we do when we are forbidden from watching TV or doing stuff on the computer. It really does result in some new adventures and some quality time together!
Item #81: We are about 1 bottle away from using up all of our lotion. We still have a fair amount of body wash and shower gel. We now know just how much stuff we use in the course of an average year. It really isn't that much!!!
Item #97: Just waiting for cash flow hiccups to be resolved & then I think we're heading to Lands End to buy new winter coats!
Item #81: We are about 1 bottle away from using up all of our lotion. We still have a fair amount of body wash and shower gel. We now know just how much stuff we use in the course of an average year. It really isn't that much!!!
Item #97: Just waiting for cash flow hiccups to be resolved & then I think we're heading to Lands End to buy new winter coats!
Monday, February 15, 2010
February 15, 2010
Item #16: We visited the Art Institute, which has been on our list since it's inception. We enjoyed the impressionists & the sculpture gallery ... but were sorely disappointed to learn that the entire arms & armor exhibit has been replaced with Indian art!!! Only 2 pieces of the entire collection remain on display. There went my best chance to get my nephew to go to the museum! I have always loved that exhibit & will miss it sorely.
Item #52: Spent another Saturday night with no TV & no computers ... but it was a near thing,
because we forgot all about it, as we were in The City for an overnight stay in a hotel. Good thing we didn't watch the Olympics ... we would've had to have started all over again!!!
Item #99: Three new restaurants for us to report trying: Wow Bao, Park Grill, & Cooper's Hawk Winery & Restaurant. I think we'd happily go back to all three!!
Item #52: Spent another Saturday night with no TV & no computers ... but it was a near thing,
because we forgot all about it, as we were in The City for an overnight stay in a hotel. Good thing we didn't watch the Olympics ... we would've had to have started all over again!!!
Item #99: Three new restaurants for us to report trying: Wow Bao, Park Grill, & Cooper's Hawk Winery & Restaurant. I think we'd happily go back to all three!!
Saturday, February 6, 2010
February 6, 2010
Item #2: We successfully completed this item! H says it has been the hardest on thus far, but I recall how many times we attempted our "no swearing" item & failed!!! We celebrated by going out to Five Guys on Thursday. It was heavenly.
Item #52: Last Saturday night we spent a lot of the time reading ... tonight we have plans to be doing a lot of cooking and baking. We're getting creative for our upcoming week's menus. In addition to wanting to use up things from the freezer, H had dental implant surgery this morning, so for a week, he can't have anything crunchy or hard. It rules out all kinds of foods he truly enjoys, so we're making a lot of things he likes -- pasta & sauce, salsa to go with some quesadillas, fresh cut pineapple, brownies ... chicken barley soup. I expect the time to fly by!
Item #52: Last Saturday night we spent a lot of the time reading ... tonight we have plans to be doing a lot of cooking and baking. We're getting creative for our upcoming week's menus. In addition to wanting to use up things from the freezer, H had dental implant surgery this morning, so for a week, he can't have anything crunchy or hard. It rules out all kinds of foods he truly enjoys, so we're making a lot of things he likes -- pasta & sauce, salsa to go with some quesadillas, fresh cut pineapple, brownies ... chicken barley soup. I expect the time to fly by!
Sunday, January 24, 2010
January 24, 2010
Item #2: We are really missing some foods, now. Tortilla chips. Potato chips. French fries. Those are the big three. Not that we eat them a ton, but every week or two, it's nice to have 'em. We've discovered we aren't hankering for other fried foods, like fried chicken, fried fish, flautas or chimichangas. We'd rather have grilled chicken & fish, and our own homemade burritos or tacos!
Item #52: Last night we spent a chunk of time reading. We also made the mistake of going to Baker's Square on National Pie Day. The place was jammed ... and understaffed. Plus, the food was just tolerable. I think that as we consume fewer preservatives, we become less interested in food that's obviously been sitting around for quite some time. Either that or their quality has gone downhill seriously in the last 6-8 months!
Item #52: Last night we spent a chunk of time reading. We also made the mistake of going to Baker's Square on National Pie Day. The place was jammed ... and understaffed. Plus, the food was just tolerable. I think that as we consume fewer preservatives, we become less interested in food that's obviously been sitting around for quite some time. Either that or their quality has gone downhill seriously in the last 6-8 months!
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