And a good time was had by all

The evening started taking shape, I think, when I asked cell23 what it would take and what he would need to make up another batch of the potato leek soup he made last weekend. From there was me deciding that I wanted to make orange juice chicken again (I more or less use this recipe for that) and also wanting to make a foray into using the cake cycle of my bread machine to make pumpkin bread and also make regular bread since we were out, and from there this unholy monster of a shopping list was born because we were pretty much out of everything and its mama anyway, so cell23 and I had ourselves a major grocery expedition this evening.

We came home, put shit away and COOKED. Both of us. I made the chicken and also started bread in the machine, he made not only the soup for later on but mashed potatoes and bacon leftover leeky goodness. There was only a little bit of having to get around each other and get creative with counter space involved.

At some point during all of this (probably the point where I realized I had overestimated portions again) I thought of inviting renegadethumper over for dinner. And thus began a beautiful monster of an evening full of tasty (all the food was delicious) and ripe with all things nerdtastic, as first there was Smallville to be watched (Entertaining for me at least by virtue of James Marsters, but otherwise, meh, superheroes), then SNES to be turned on and subsequently sworn at for a couple of hours while renegadethumper, cell23 and I attempted to get through Super Mario World (ha ha ha we didn't make it through Donut Plains). Add the presence of a tired and very punchy deliriumdeva after she got home from work, and a lovely reasonably low key evening was had by all.

I will add that man, the rose colored nostalgia glasses apply hardcore to old video games. You know what, fuck these kids - these older games are HARD. Much harder than I remember them being. Also my controllers are finally showing their age, or I didn't realize that they seriously were that stiff and hard to control, but yeah. not helpful when you have to make a series of timed jumps across moving pipes.

Still need to sit down and play Castlevania IV at some point. Mostly to see if the first six levels of it are as firmly entrenched in my muscle memory as I believe them to be. Y'all don't understand, I've played through and beaten that game so many times, it's like the video equivelant of a bedtime story you had read to you every night as a kid.

But yeah, there were people in our house being all fed and entertained and stuff, and it was good. :)

And now fall down go boom time. More or less.

And a good time was had by all

The evening started taking shape, I think, when I asked cell23 what it would take and what he would need to make up another batch of the potato leek soup he made last weekend. From there was me deciding that I wanted to make orange juice chicken again (I more or less use this recipe for that) and also wanting to make a foray into using the cake cycle of my bread machine to make pumpkin bread and also make regular bread since we were out, and from there this unholy monster of a shopping list was born because we were pretty much out of everything and its mama anyway, so cell23 and I had ourselves a major grocery expedition this evening.

We came home, put shit away and COOKED. Both of us. I made the chicken and also started bread in the machine, he made not only the soup for later on but mashed potatoes and bacon leftover leeky goodness. There was only a little bit of having to get around each other and get creative with counter space involved.

At some point during all of this (probably the point where I realized I had overestimated portions again) I thought of inviting renegadethumper over for dinner. And thus began a beautiful monster of an evening full of tasty (all the food was delicious) and ripe with all things nerdtastic, as first there was Smallville to be watched (Entertaining for me at least by virtue of James Marsters, but otherwise, meh, superheroes), then SNES to be turned on and subsequently sworn at for a couple of hours while renegadethumper, cell23 and I attempted to get through Super Mario World (ha ha ha we didn't make it through Donut Plains). Add the presence of a tired and very punchy deliriumdeva after she got home from work, and a lovely reasonably low key evening was had by all.

I will add that man, the rose colored nostalgia glasses apply hardcore to old video games. You know what, fuck these kids - these older games are HARD. Much harder than I remember them being. Also my controllers are finally showing their age, or I didn't realize that they seriously were that stiff and hard to control, but yeah. not helpful when you have to make a series of timed jumps across moving pipes.

Still need to sit down and play Castlevania IV at some point. Mostly to see if the first six levels of it are as firmly entrenched in my muscle memory as I believe them to be. Y'all don't understand, I've played through and beaten that game so many times, it's like the video equivelant of a bedtime story you had read to you every night as a kid.

But yeah, there were people in our house being all fed and entertained and stuff, and it was good. :)

And now fall down go boom time. More or less.

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Wedding the 2nd

Congratulations again to Jon and Aura. Not that they read this or anything, but hey, considering most of my day has pretty much been all about their wedding, it needed to be said again at the end of it.

Have I mentioned I love going to weddings? How could I not, really, at their best, and I've only been to two or three... I won't say bad, but I will say drama-filled ones, you get to see two people who love each other start the rest of their lives together, and then attend a party afterward where you don't have to pay for the food and if you're really lucky you can get drunk on someone else's dime as well. What's not to like? ;) No, seriously, I think I like attending them because while they're all a means to an end (actually getting married) no two are the same and it's always fun seeing what sort of spin each couple takes on the whole idea, what traditions they follow, which ones they do not, what music they firmly tell their DJs not to play, that sort of thing. This one was a pretty traditional white dress church wedding with the standard reception afterward, and oddly enough, it's actually the first wedding I cried at since I was a kid, though I managed to hold off until the father/daughter dance. But yeah a good time was had by all, including myself, which was something of a feat as cell23's +1 at a Geoffroy wedding, though I am getting the hang of a few of chirping_monkey's cousins at least.

Moment of hilarity for the night: Aura and Jon's officiant said a blessing right before dinner was served (by the way, the Look Park Garden House? I now understand why it's so damn expensive. Swanky.), which apparently confused the hell out of the Lovebug, as right after everyone said "Amen" he exclaimed rather audibly, "but this is not church!" Oh, three year old boys. Both he and his sister were dressed up all super cute, and other than that outburst (which had me laughing hard enough to hurt my sides), were both reasonably well behaved. Also? Dancing to the B-52s while holding a giggling little boy is really REALLY fun.

You know what else is fun? Dancing with said little boy's Daddy. *blush* Gah, my facial capillaries got themselves a workout this evening. Eeek. Combination of the usual reasons and it being a super rare thing for me to actually be dancing with someone else like that - my exes might as well have been Quakers given their attitudes towards dancing, so I just never really expect to be asked anymore and I get all giggly and awkward and high school and eeeeeeeeek. *shakes head* I think that man likes me or something....

So yeah, good times. I tweeted some color commentary on it earlier, I'm sure that'll get posted later on. And now two of this fall's weddings down for cell23 and I, one to go in two weeks, then thankfully we're done with that for a while. Like I said, I love weddings, but three in two months is a wee bit much for anyone!

Wedding the 2nd

Congratulations again to Jon and Aura. Not that they read this or anything, but hey, considering most of my day has pretty much been all about their wedding, it needed to be said again at the end of it.

Have I mentioned I love going to weddings? How could I not, really, at their best, and I've only been to two or three... I won't say bad, but I will say drama-filled ones, you get to see two people who love each other start the rest of their lives together, and then attend a party afterward where you don't have to pay for the food and if you're really lucky you can get drunk on someone else's dime as well. What's not to like? ;) No, seriously, I think I like attending them because while they're all a means to an end (actually getting married) no two are the same and it's always fun seeing what sort of spin each couple takes on the whole idea, what traditions they follow, which ones they do not, what music they firmly tell their DJs not to play, that sort of thing. This one was a pretty traditional white dress church wedding with the standard reception afterward, and oddly enough, it's actually the first wedding I cried at since I was a kid, though I managed to hold off until the father/daughter dance. But yeah a good time was had by all, including myself, which was something of a feat as cell23's +1 at a Geoffroy wedding, though I am getting the hang of a few of chirping_monkey's cousins at least.

Moment of hilarity for the night: Aura and Jon's officiant said a blessing right before dinner was served (by the way, the Look Park Garden House? I now understand why it's so damn expensive. Swanky.), which apparently confused the hell out of the Lovebug, as right after everyone said "Amen" he exclaimed rather audibly, "but this is not church!" Oh, three year old boys. Both he and his sister were dressed up all super cute, and other than that outburst (which had me laughing hard enough to hurt my sides), were both reasonably well behaved. Also? Dancing to the B-52s while holding a giggling little boy is really REALLY fun.

You know what else is fun? Dancing with said little boy's Daddy. *blush* Gah, my facial capillaries got themselves a workout this evening. Eeek. Combination of the usual reasons and it being a super rare thing for me to actually be dancing with someone else like that - my exes might as well have been Quakers given their attitudes towards dancing, so I just never really expect to be asked anymore and I get all giggly and awkward and high school and eeeeeeeeek. *shakes head* I think that man likes me or something....

So yeah, good times. I tweeted some color commentary on it earlier, I'm sure that'll get posted later on. And now two of this fall's weddings down for cell23 and I, one to go in two weeks, then thankfully we're done with that for a while. Like I said, I love weddings, but three in two months is a wee bit much for anyone!