June 2006

A fun, different kind of dinner this evening. We joined our friends, Dave & Robin, at the campsite where they are spending the weekend in Winton Woods Park. We grilled burgers and hot dogs over an open campfire (a few extras were cooked on their portable propane grill), ate fruit salad & a green salad (and gelatin parfait), took a walk around the campground, and then made S’Mores over the same fire. It was a lot of fun, and Wendy & I didn’t realize we had nice campgrounds so close to our home (Winton Woods Park is about 3 minutes from our house).

I had Chef Boy Ar Dee Ravioli for dinner this evening, just a very simple dinner because I forgot to eat before our Salsa class.

That’s right… A SALSA CLASS.

In Wendy’s continuing quest to kill me by overworking me, she’s signed us up for a 5-session, once-a-week Salsa class that she found on SalsaCincy.COM. Actually, we had a really good time and learned the basic 1-2-3 steps and the right turn. We’re going to practice before our next class so we don’t suck. It’ll be fun to continue learning this dance, and it’s nice, as always, to spend time with Wendy.

Drew in 9 Layers
I forget where I found this online, but it’s one of those shared ideas that goes through the Blogosphere like wildfire.

LAYER ONE:
Name: Andrew Phillip Vogel
Birth date: 23 October 1967
Birthplace: Cincinnati, Ohio
Current Location: Cincinnati, Ohio
Eye Color: Brown
Hair Color: Brown
Height: 5′11″
Righty or Lefty: Righty
Zodiac Sign: Cusp of Scorpio & Libra

LAYER TWO:
Your heritage: German, and “a fifth of Scotch”, as my father would say.
The shoes you wore today: Clogs from Klogs.com. White gym socks.
Your weakness: Animals & food, not necessarily in that order
Your fears: Not being needed; Alzheimers; the deaths of those I love; not accomplishing my goals
Your perfect pizza: Margarita pizza eaten on the beach with my toes in the sands of Punta Cana, Dominican Republic
Goal you’d like to achieve: Expert-level proficiency in the things to which I apply myself

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Tonight’s meal was at TACO CASA at the mall. Wendy had Bourbon Chicken from one of the Asian places therein. We went to pick up TITAN QUEST, a game Wendy has been looking forward to. She’s playing it now, thoroughly addicted.

I’m spending time installing DREAMFALL and SHADOWGROUNDS, though DREAMFALL is currently giving me fits. DREAMFALL came on 6 CDs (and the store didn’t have the DVD option, darn it), so installing is a long process of swapping discs. I installed it once to find that the game’s graphics are all messed up, so I’ve uninstalled it, will reboot and attempt to install it again.

A simple dinner this evening since Wendy had appointments this evening. I ran through Taco Bell for a couple tacos and a chili-cheese-burrito. When Wendy got home, we watched the latest episode of HELL’S KITCHEN and saw Tom get kicked off, which we both felt was a long time coming.

Tonight was a very simple dinner — a Tuna Melt made with oil-packed tuna, scallions, a bit of onion, mayonnaise, salt & pepper, then loaded on toast and topped with sliced fresh tomatos and cheese. Pop it under the broiler for a moment or two, and it was an easy, cheap, and delicious dinner.

Wendy & I played some GUILD WARS this evening — something we haven’t done in months because of various boulders in our schedules. It was nice to get back into that gameworld, and we even ran into Nick, one of our guild-mates!