February 14, 2011

He bought me flowers.




He prepared a meal...




...and made sure to include my favorite as an appetizer....Brie!




He practiced his flambay.




Ta-da! Beef Wellington




Tasty, Tasty!


Here's to a great Valentine's Day!

July 25th, 2010 - 1 year Anniversary!

We had a memorable Anniversary weekend starting with a yummy dinner Friday night at Honey with Marty and Amanda. All courses were super flavorful and wine we picked was tasty, tasty!



We finished off dinner with a special cake (lemon poppy seed with cream chease frosting and lemon curd) hand picked by Amanda from Take the Cake to mimic our wedding day poppy seed cake and it was SOOOO good - better than our wedding cake fo'sho'!

On Saturday, Chris surprised me with a trip to Yellow Springs, only an hour and 15 minute drive from home. We started off with lunch at Clifton Mill and then proceeded to wander around town for a while before checking into our bed and breakfast. The original house was built around the 1820s and it was filled with character. I LOVE old houses and I had fun picturing what life was like back in the day. I'm convinced that in a past life, I lived in the 19th century so I felt right at home.

We had a wonderful dinner at The Winds in downtown Yellow Springs on Saturday night. We chose an appetizer of figs filled with goat cheese, wrapped in crispy bacon and it was delicious! I'm thinking I might experiment a bit with these flavors in a chicken dish....or I'll make Chris experiment with it since he's a better cook than I am. When I'm at a restaurant, I always like imagining about what the judges from Top Chef would say about each dish. I'm sure they would be pleased with The Winds!

Unfortunately, I'm not very good at keeping track of our exploits with photos, but I always have good intentions.....

Here are some of the few shots I DID get:

A building outside the Clifton Mill that only American Pickers and myself would appreciate.










I took a photo through the window of this building because I was imagining it being haunted!


As you can tell, I REALLY liked this building.



To finish off our Anniversary adventure I'll provide you with a few photos of Chris and myself enjoying our original wedding cake which we did, in fact, freeze and store all year long in order to indulge on our 1 year anniversary. I'm not really sure if people actually do this for real, but we did!

Apparently I have issues standing still for the camera when it's on a timer. I made Chris take around 8 photos and I thought he was going to kill me.

I never did get the shot I was looking for.

Either Chris looked evil or I looked evil....

...or I was blurry.

Oh well.

Homeless Wildlife?

We have a neighbor who religiously feeds the various Clifton wildlife at certain times during the day. He also calls them by name "Blue" and "Burt"are the ones we have made out so far...

Today I found some forgotten rolls leftover from Thanksgiving in the breadbox and needless to say I was a little worried when my husband proceeded to take them out to our sun-room, open the window and yell "Caw-Caw" while tossing the rolls out to the forest below. He said instead of tossing them in the garbage, we should feed the "homeless wildlife".

I'm worried there may be something in the water....