The weekend, 11/15 - 11/17/2013

Day 321, 11/17/2013 - Eat, we had coffee while we finished up our Downton Abbey mini marathon. I rather enjoyed a Sunday morning off. We met friends, Mark and Sue, at Battuto Italian Kitchen for lunch. Their meat and cheese board was great as always. I ordered the ham and cheese panini. We finished up shopping at places Donna wanted to get to while in town, Sam's Club, Central Market and World Market. She decided to extend the weekend and stay until Monday. We shared another lazy evening and had chips and dips for dinner since we had such a hardy lunch. Pray, more prayers of thanksgiving,  for a relaxing weekend with my good friend. Joy, my joy was in having an entire weekend without performance commitments, just time with my good friend.

Day 320, 11/16/2013 - Eat,discovered a new cereal at the grocery store this week. It has 10 grams of protein in every serving. Finally I can get protein while enjoying my cereal, very tasty too. It is a Special K product, I also found a granola with 10 grams of protein. Love it, cereal with a purpose! We grabbed a late lunch of beef fajitas at Tin Star. I haven't had a bad dish there and the fajitas were no exception. My friend , Lynn joined us for happy hour before Lynn and I went to the symphony. After a few cosmos we decided to just snack for dinner since we all had late lunch. We dined on a smorgasbord of goodies, Asiago cheese bread, Pimento and Gouda cheese spreads from Central Market with Snickerdoodle cookies for dessert. Just the right amount to eat before Lynn and I headed to the symphony. Pray, prayers of thanksgiving for the beautiful weather and spending time with good friends. Joy, my joy was in having a spa paraffin pedicure with Donna. I won a gift card for Salon G in Dallas. They are a full service salon offering many services from the hair on your head all the way down to color on your toes. We felt so pampered by Christie. Our feet are baby soft and the foot massage was great.

Day 319, 11/15/2013 - Eat, had a blueberry bagel and brewed coffee for breakfast. Then I got so busy that I never got to the sandwich that I took for lunch. With Friday came another loaf of Asiago cheese bread with my new specialty olive oil and balsamic vinegars. Since my friend Donna was here we made Cosmos and enjoyed the bread as our appetizer. We had some chicken salad for our dinner and Donna's left over pizza from California Pizza Kitchen. Delicious for an unplanned meal. Pray, continued prayers for my friend,Donna, as she deals with chronic pain everyday. I am fortunate not to have that issue. Sure, I have good days and bad and I can only imagine how the daily chronic pain wears you down.   Joy, my joy continues in having Donna here for a few days. We stayed in for the evening and had a "Downton Abbey" mini marathon. Donna had not seen all of Season 3. A great beginning for the weekend.