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So Friday was visit Mom day. I ended up there around lunch time and we went to a Chinese buffet. It was okay, but a bit bland. They did have a huge mural of a phoenix that covered half a wall that was keen. After that, we went to (shudder) the Supa-Wal-Mart for a country ham. These are the ones that you find hanging on hooks and are initially saltier than salt. Alton Brown has what looks like a really tasty recipe involving one of these hams and DrPepper. Anyway, we didn't find country hams at the local grocery store here so when I left and asked hub if I should get him anything in Bryan, he said 'yeah, see if they have one of those hams.' So when I got to Bryan, Mom called the local fancy meatery and asked if they had them. They said 'no, and neither does anyone else.' Well, fie, because Mom remembered seeing them at the Supa-Wal-Mart and they confirmed over the phone that they had them. So we picked it up and got out of there as quickly as we could.
Next, entertainment. Off to Hastings to rent videos. Neither of us had seen 'My Big Fat Greek Wedding', and they also had Miyazaki's 'Castle in the Sky' so I talked Mom into it and we got them both. MBFGW was, in a word, simplistic. I thought the boyfriend caved way too easily to anything the chick or her family wanted without a word of complaint, and swore undying love for her from the start for no apparent reason. I mean, I just didn't get why he seemed so smitten with her- he seemed too cardboard. So, eh. CITS was long, like over 2 hours. But it was typical of him- very beautiful with a complex story line that was just terrific. It didn't grab me quite the way 'Spirited Away' did (must get a copy of that at some point!) but I still give it a big thumbs up.
I also did some clean-up on her computer. She had bought an optical mouse but couldn't get it working, mainly because her cd drive refused to read the driver disk. Or something. So I got that working after awhile and did some other minor stuff like clean up her email and remove some spyware. She had over 12,000 spams in her 'Deleted Items' file and made the reasonable assumption that if you put something in the Deleted Items file, that it would get deleted at some point. *rolls eyes* Thanks, Microsoft!
Anyway, it was after midnight by the time I got home, so I had a quick swim to get the nicotine smell off, and crawled into bed.
Next, entertainment. Off to Hastings to rent videos. Neither of us had seen 'My Big Fat Greek Wedding', and they also had Miyazaki's 'Castle in the Sky' so I talked Mom into it and we got them both. MBFGW was, in a word, simplistic. I thought the boyfriend caved way too easily to anything the chick or her family wanted without a word of complaint, and swore undying love for her from the start for no apparent reason. I mean, I just didn't get why he seemed so smitten with her- he seemed too cardboard. So, eh. CITS was long, like over 2 hours. But it was typical of him- very beautiful with a complex story line that was just terrific. It didn't grab me quite the way 'Spirited Away' did (must get a copy of that at some point!) but I still give it a big thumbs up.
I also did some clean-up on her computer. She had bought an optical mouse but couldn't get it working, mainly because her cd drive refused to read the driver disk. Or something. So I got that working after awhile and did some other minor stuff like clean up her email and remove some spyware. She had over 12,000 spams in her 'Deleted Items' file and made the reasonable assumption that if you put something in the Deleted Items file, that it would get deleted at some point. *rolls eyes* Thanks, Microsoft!
Anyway, it was after midnight by the time I got home, so I had a quick swim to get the nicotine smell off, and crawled into bed.
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"that's ok, I'll make lamb"-- cute story if a bit long
Date: Jun. 29th, 2003 12:36 pm (UTC)From:Dimitri has a wonderful love named Maria, who is vegetarian... Dimitri, who is an omnivore ;) is very cool about the fact that this is her choice, and even though he teases her about it, tries to make sure that she can get things to eat (which can be fun during holidays like passover).
anyway...
Dimitri takes Maria over to Greece so she can meet his family that still lives there... they welcome the couple, telling them to come back tomorrow and they'll make food. So when they get over there, there's this huge banquet... of mostly meat. Dimitri mentions that Maria's a vegetarian, and his family was apologetic, offering to make them something the next night.
so! The next night they visit, the gramma proudly comes out with this beautiful macaroni and cheese cassarole. This is the kind that you know took all day to prepare and cook... and in the middle, was a layer of ham. :::grin::: Maria ended up eating just the mac and cheese because she was so touched about their efforts, and she didn't want to cause a stink about the ham :D