And yes, it is in that order!

Date Night
Well, last night wasn't intended to be a date night, but that's OK. After work DH and I hung out at the cigar store for a while. Turned out to be a good thing, b/c my accountant is a customer there and he popped in for an hour or so. He likes to 'talk shop' as it were, so I took the opportunity to pump him for information at no charge! *evil grin* The down side is that we wound up writing him a check to cover work he did for another friend of ours. Interestingly, this friend is also DH's boss, so we'll see how that works out.

Other activities at the store included setting up DH's 401k and dropping me from his benefits for next year. Got my own, you see.

After the store we ate at Wendy's. How romantic! Actually, it was kind of nice, b/c I can't remember the last time I sat in a restaurant and had a burger and coke (ok, diet coke). Absences makes the heart grow fonder, I suppose.

From there we headed to an irish pub to meet aforementioned boss-friend. Beer, darts, and a blues band. Gotta love it!

Beef Stuff
After sausage biscuits, brown sugar oatmeal, and homemade cocoa this morning, I decided to pretend to be productive. While working on organizing my freezer this am, I came across an angus bottom round roast I'd gotten on sale, 60% off. I decided to make something with it and had no clue what I wanted. So, I defrosted it, seared it 15 seconds on all sides, and plopped it in the crock pot with salt, pepper, and mad crazy garlic. Added 1.5 qts of water and the juice from 1) a jar of pearl onions and 2) a jar of sliced mushrooms. I had visions of beef & barley soup (oh my!).

A little later DH walked in the kitchen and said something to the effect of "MMMMM, beef stew....". Dammit, man, I started getting visions again! Now I was seeing a big pot of mashed potatoes, beef stew, and potato cakes in the morning. Beef & barley will have to wait. I strained the broth, cut up the roast, and added beef, pearl onions, and 3 cut up potatoes back into the crock pot. Dehydrated veggies will join them in about 30 min, then a bit of cornstarch, then the feasting begins. WOOHOO!!

Feelin' Stupid
DOH! While puttering around upstairs I noticed that the storm window in the bathroom was up. 'No wonder it's been chilly when I get out of the shower' I thought to myself. So, I close it up, and realized maybe it would be a good idea to check the rest of the windows upstairs: there are 9 total, but one is completely blocked off. Of the 8 left, only 2 had their storms down. ACK!!! The windows directly behind our headboard might as well have been wide freakin' open! Geez....

So yeah, I'm feelin' stupid. The good news is, it should be much warmer up there now!