Happy Birthday Jess!

Happy Birthday Jess!!

Calamari

We bought some fresh calamari at Fresh Market on Saturday night. We cooked it tonight and it turned out so well!

It's just not fair

In the previous post, I talked about Chris getting up to take a break from the race and his snacks and told me to make sure Willy didn't bother his snacks. Chris wasn't even out of the room before Willy was making a move to get to the food. Chris went to put it away. Willy wasn't going to miss an opportunity to check it out though, just in case any crumbs had been left behind.



Inspecting and finding the olive pits. I was very surprised, but he liked the pits! I had to stop him from licking them and get Chris a new plate.

Daytona 500 Snacks

Red pears, Asian pears, baby carrots, smoked salmon, sliced brie, mozzarella, zuchini and celery


Hard salami, capicola, asparagus spears, assortment of marinated ripe and green olives and peppers

Crackers - Sociables, Ritz Crisps and Ritz Vegetable Crisps

Chris definitely loves getting his snacks together when it is time to watch a sporting event. He is eating now, and is very vocal about how good it is.

We went out to eat last night to a local Italian restaurant. I was given a gift basket for being one of the top individual walkers for the Heart Association Heart Walk, and in the basket, was a gift gard to a local restaurant. I realized it was about to expire (on the 16th) so we decided we should use it. We went early because it was Valentine's Day.

Back to our dinner last night, I got the Piccata Pollo (chicken) with fettucine pesto, and it was WONDERFUL!!! I had eaten at the restaurant at lunch several times and had never really liked it. So, I was only going because I had the $40 gift card. We will definitely go back!! We ordered the calamari for an appetizer - it was so tender and flavorful. Chris ordered the Steak Marsala - an 8 oz Sirloin. It was so big, he thinks it had to be a 12 oz steak. The entire bill was only $48. We thought that was very reasonable. I ended up bringing 1/2 of mine home there was so much food. That was the best pesto I've ever had.

We were so full that we decided to take a walk. It was such a beautiful night.

Since it was early, and we had some time once we finished eating, I suggested we go to the Fresh Market. We had never been. They have so many wonderful things there, wish we hadn't waited so long to go. Chris bought the majority of his "snacks" there, and we both saw many things we want. We had to tell ourselves that we didn't need to buy it all on the first trip. The store is only 10 minutes from where I work, and 30 minutes from where we live - so it is easy to get to.

Football and Buffalo Wings

Tonight is Super Bowl night. We had some friends over last year, but this year, we decided to just have a quiet night. We did want to have the traditional wings. So, I picked up some yesterday. I used the fryer Wanda gave me for Christmas. I threw together some spices for the breading, and 12 minutes later, we had some great wings if I do say so myself. It's a great little fryer, has a lid on it, which I love.

Last night, we used the fryer to make some calamari. Chris went to get groceries and the little grocery store in our town had fresh squid!! He did a great job on it. They turned out so well that we are definitely going to have them again.

Rough life

Willy really has it rough.

Willy in "his" chair

Willy was enjoying being on the porch today. Chris grabbed the camera and got this great shot of him.

Friends

Had dinner with some friends tonight. We decided to come to the house for a little while to continue our visit. Willy got plenty of attention. Gina, Willy, me and Tonya.