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Aug. 25th, 2006 11:19 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
verbicideYaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaay, Friday!
Just had the loveliest night. Jeff's parents are in town and his mom's been cooking up a storm and he invited me to have dinner with his parents and Chris. There's a bigger friends-dinner tomorrow night that I'm also looking forward to, but I got to hang out with just them tonight, too! It was really awesome. Jeff's parents are wonderful and we sat and chatted over this spectacular Italian meal that his mom referred to as 'easy' and I referred to as 'manna from Heaven.' I so should have been born Italian. It was a glorious marinara sauce. And normally I require meat in my pasta sauce, but the flavors are so rich, you don't miss the meat at all. Jeff's dad made this divine tomato salad and there was some crusty bread that was so good, I wanted to grab the basket and run away. Did I mention my love for Italians and their food?
So we ate and chat and it was such a great end to a tiresome week. As my contribution, I brought this fresh fruit tart that I'd run home after work to make. This has replaced the berry cobbler as my favorite dessert to make for people. It's a very pretty looking tart and so easy. And the hazelnut crust always gets rave reviews. So, yay! It made my day when Chris took a second helping and his mom said, "I think you should leave it," when Jeff asked if I wanted to take the leftovers home. Jeff's parents are both amazing cooks, so I have to admit I was ecstatic that they liked it so much. His dad asked his mom to get the recipe, even!
I was also very touched because Jeff had clearly told his mom that I took care of him last weekend when he threw out his back. It's so silly, because I got to hang out with Jeff all weekend (while Chris was in Portland) and stay up late for an X-files sleepover and drink diet pepsi and walk to the ale house for lunch and get love from the kitties. Not that I would ever wish Jeff harm, but I don't know that gratitude is in order when I felt so spectacularly gleeful about having him at my mercy for two days. Muhahahaha!
Anyhow, after dinner, Chris put on a disc of photos their recent hike to the Enchantments and some of the shots were just spectacular.
Eventually it was time to leave, and I got to smooch both Brutus and Buffy before heading home --with glorious pasta leftovers.
It's sort of a busy weekend ahead! I hope to meet up with Jeff & Co at the Farmer's Market tomorrow, then see Invincible with Pete, and then dinner again with Jeff's family. Sunday I need to get twenty billion errands done, and my reward will be to hang out for movie night chez Sarah! I can't wait to see her place all spruced up with paint and new picture frames and a darling little tree we picked out at IKEA on Thursday night (I bought more of my current obsession--glass 'tupperware').
Right now, though? I am nigh-orgasmic about getting to sleep in tomorrow morning. It's been a sleep-deprive-y sort of week, and I'm dying to just loaf in my bed for as long as I damn well please!
Just had the loveliest night. Jeff's parents are in town and his mom's been cooking up a storm and he invited me to have dinner with his parents and Chris. There's a bigger friends-dinner tomorrow night that I'm also looking forward to, but I got to hang out with just them tonight, too! It was really awesome. Jeff's parents are wonderful and we sat and chatted over this spectacular Italian meal that his mom referred to as 'easy' and I referred to as 'manna from Heaven.' I so should have been born Italian. It was a glorious marinara sauce. And normally I require meat in my pasta sauce, but the flavors are so rich, you don't miss the meat at all. Jeff's dad made this divine tomato salad and there was some crusty bread that was so good, I wanted to grab the basket and run away. Did I mention my love for Italians and their food?
So we ate and chat and it was such a great end to a tiresome week. As my contribution, I brought this fresh fruit tart that I'd run home after work to make. This has replaced the berry cobbler as my favorite dessert to make for people. It's a very pretty looking tart and so easy. And the hazelnut crust always gets rave reviews. So, yay! It made my day when Chris took a second helping and his mom said, "I think you should leave it," when Jeff asked if I wanted to take the leftovers home. Jeff's parents are both amazing cooks, so I have to admit I was ecstatic that they liked it so much. His dad asked his mom to get the recipe, even!
I was also very touched because Jeff had clearly told his mom that I took care of him last weekend when he threw out his back. It's so silly, because I got to hang out with Jeff all weekend (while Chris was in Portland) and stay up late for an X-files sleepover and drink diet pepsi and walk to the ale house for lunch and get love from the kitties. Not that I would ever wish Jeff harm, but I don't know that gratitude is in order when I felt so spectacularly gleeful about having him at my mercy for two days. Muhahahaha!
Anyhow, after dinner, Chris put on a disc of photos their recent hike to the Enchantments and some of the shots were just spectacular.
Eventually it was time to leave, and I got to smooch both Brutus and Buffy before heading home --with glorious pasta leftovers.
It's sort of a busy weekend ahead! I hope to meet up with Jeff & Co at the Farmer's Market tomorrow, then see Invincible with Pete, and then dinner again with Jeff's family. Sunday I need to get twenty billion errands done, and my reward will be to hang out for movie night chez Sarah! I can't wait to see her place all spruced up with paint and new picture frames and a darling little tree we picked out at IKEA on Thursday night (I bought more of my current obsession--glass 'tupperware').
Right now, though? I am nigh-orgasmic about getting to sleep in tomorrow morning. It's been a sleep-deprive-y sort of week, and I'm dying to just loaf in my bed for as long as I damn well please!
