Okay, Saturday was great - much warmer than was predicted but very windy. Sunday just very wet and really windy. Not a huge improvement this morning - still very windy and 9' that really feels like 7' but we should warm up a little to 17' later on with only a slight chance of rain so things should dry up nicely.
Our weekend started out great with supper at a local watering hole - chicken wings and beer - does it get any better (well, yes, it could, if you're not a big fan of wings!) Fortunately they have lots of other choices as well. Lloyd had spent part of the day trying to get the Van Gaals new-to-them printer/scanner/fax to work with their new computer. Still not there yet, but now it's a challenge! I met them at their place and we all headed out for supper. A great evening with friends.
Saturday after work, I did a few errands and got home in time to have tea with Lloyd and put stuff away before heading out again. Brenda and I went to the movies to see "Good Ol' Freda" a documentary about a woman named Freda Kelly who was hired at the age of 17 to be secretary to a local group of lads who had formed a music group and had a bit of a following around town. That town, of course, was Liverpool, and well, you know the rest of the story. She was their secretary for 11 years so she was there for the duration. Lots of interesting information for those of us who are still fans.
Sunday morning dawned gray and dreary and very rainy. Fortunately I had invited Linda and Joyce to join us for supper. What a great way to spend a wet day - inside cooking. It really is my favorite way to spend the time. Lloyd worked for a bit on his new garage door and it looks great! Still a bit of work to do but at least it's now in place. When we look out the window now, we can see just how much has been accomplished in the past year. Still lots to do but now the progress won't be quite so obvious.
We decided some oysters might be a good choice as a first course. We still had some in the fridge but they had been there for a couple of weeks. We called our oyster friend, Jackie, to see if they were still good and he suggested that we come and get a few more as now that we're into September they are starting to get meatier and boy was he right. Lloyd brought some home and they were fabulous. Linda had only ever had one oyster, and that was several years ago when she and I were at Fishbones and I bought her the first oyster she'd ever eaten. So she really wasn't sure. Joyce had eaten them in the Caribbean and enjoyed them. By the time the oysters were gone, we had two new oyster lovers.
Supper was a small bowl of Leek and Potato Soup, a small caesar salad (with lettuce from our garden) followed by Cheddar Stuffed Pork Loin with a molasses mustard glaze, whole wheat speatzle, swiss chard and beans from the garden, and sticky date pudding with rum sauce for dessert. There was lots of conversation, lots of wine and lots of food - which could explain why I woke up around 1:00 am with a headache and heart burn. That should teach me not to overdo it (NOT!)
All in all, a pretty good weekend, in spite of the weather.
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