Weekend

This past weekend we had some friends over for lasagna (made in the crock pot with 2 lbs of ground beef and 4 kinds of cheese). The lasagna turned out very well. I also at temped to make so roasted garlic butter. Unfortunately, Richard turned up the oven on me and the roasted garlic got burnt. I salvaged what I could and went ahead and made a butter sauce with the roasted garlic and some Italian spices. It turned out good anyway, and it was delicious over some homemade baking powder biscuits that Richard made.

I guess it wasn't his best day at cooking because he almost had a disaster making homemade bread. He forgot the canned milk and was wondering why the dough just wasn't coming out right. He figured it out and we were able to salvage the dough. The bread turned out to be just fine even though it had a slightly stronger yeast taste than it typically does. I guess that's from the extra time that was spent messing around with it.

We watched the movie "Shadow of the Sword" which was an excellent movie about the abuses of the Catholic Church and the Spanish Inquisition. The thing I really liked about it was the story line was believable and there were no larger than life heroes in it. We also watched a few Ghost Hunter episodes and some of a Blackmore's Night concert. The concert was excellent. The quality of the sound was good and the band is amazing. It was a good prelude to watching "Shadow of the Sword."

On Sunday, I came down with Richard's cold. So, I spent the day doing laundry and messing around with the trial version of World of Warcraft. I should be getting the full version of the game in a day or two...I'm quite impressed with the virtual world that they've created for that game. There is just so much intricate detail...and the quests are interesting and challenging. I'm not very good at it, but it's still fun to mess with.

This morning there were a few patches of falling ice crystals that created some beautiful light pillars. Unfortunately, it created an icy spot on 37th street that led to an accident which I had to drive around...I'll be glad when winter is over. We're still in a pattern of getting some amount of snow every other day. It's getting old.