I [heart] Davids It helps me to say these things aloud, I think.

Normally I hate FedEx, but today I don’t! My brother shipped this package and it arrived last night.
It’s brand new and signed by David Lloyd. How cool is that?!

After the 2-for-1 Sake sale at happy hour at Sakura, we needed martinis like we needed a hole in the head. And this morning, that’s about what it felt like.

Here’s me with Willow, the shop cat at Zoe’s.

And here are the kitties, helping sell stuff by looking cute.

A pretty cup of hot citrus tea.

Here’s the picture I wanted to buy today. Dave, can we have it!? It’s only $200 and it’s a nice largish piece. It’s from a nice local artist in Alabam’.

Check it out here:
http://www.nakedartusa.com/Artists/Goodman/goodmanbio.htm

Here’s some pics from our Birmingham trip

Here’ s us with Zoe:

Here’s the crew at “dinner”:

Here’s Jeni & the waiter with his bling on. Can you say “David Bowie”?

We carved our pumkins on Sunday night. I like carving pumpkins. I had a vision for mine but I know it will require lots of planning and photoshoping. I didn’t have time last night so I went for it anyway, ill-prepared.

Dave’s happy jack-o-lantern in the back and Aladdin Sane up front.

Aladdin Sane detail.

Glowing faces!! Get ready for trick-or-treating!!

Boy, does he ever look like a calzone. He’s not really this big, is he? He’s only 17 pounds.

Dinner on Saturday was tre yummy!!
I rubbed a pork tenderloin down with fresh ground coffee and pepper mixed with brown sugar and a few other spices, then Dave cooked it on the grill to perfection. I made two vegetable dishes. The first was apples cooked very slowly with red onions in butter, spiced with white pepper. Tastes so lovely, if you’ve never had it, you have no idea! The other dish was parsnips and carrots braised in hard apple cider and maple syrup with cinammon and red pepper. I boiled down the cider/maple syrup into a lovely glaze. It was a really tasty dinner and I was so impressed with myself! 🙂

Today we were supposed to plant our flower beds but it was too rainy. Instead, we stayed inside and did chores around the house. We started our day with M&M pancakes! Dave read the paper, accompanied by the cats.