Gabrielle and I finally got a chance to catch up and spend some awesome time with Bridget. We ended up going to Red Lobster for yummies and to my amazement I could not finish my plate. It must be a sign of the coming apocalypse. Gabi had her traditional Alaska king crab legs (it’s always fun to watch her eat those — it makes for great amusement), I had an assortment of shrimp and Bridget had shrimp linguine with crab legs. It was a gastronomic delight, well ok its was better than Ramen noodles which has been the mainstay of our diet lately. It was fun catching up and Bridget is planning on joining us when we go see Wicked downtown with Dani and Spencer (hurray party time).

After dinner we went over to Straford Square Mall and saw Wall-E at the theater there. We like going there, it’s brand new, comfy seats, a nice set up overall except for the screaming teenagers. Wall-E was freakin awesome, I highly suggest you go see it. Oh and look carefully for the well hidden commentary on the direction of our society (sarcasm alert)…but it’s a true commentary on our society.

All in all, a great day with Gabi and Bridget…much fun…ta

In my unit at work, we have a social worker that helps our patients that are possibly going to need help at home when they are discharged from the hospital his name is Aaron Polski. Aaron is a drummer for a band called Dollhouse, a band that plays covers from the Ladies of Rock. So Aaron told me that his band was playing today at the Venice Tavern in Batavia, so Gabrielle and I went out there to check out the band. We got there early to have dinner. The Tavern doesn’t look like much when you first walk in but once inside there is a nice dinning room and buffet and most impressible is the large outdoor seating along the river. The band can play either inside or out and today they played outside, it was cool and breezy and best of all there is a second bar outside. There is a large area for the band to play. I was a bit worried at first because the Batavia feast was going on at the same time and their band was pretty powerful on the decibels (although they sounded like crap). In addition, the air had the smell of rain but It all worked out, by the time Dollhouse started playing the Batavia fest band was done and not a drop fell from the sky.

The only odd thing was as Gabrielle and I ate our pizza (which was very good, although the chili was all that great) while the band was setting up my department manager showed up with a bunch of friends. Not that its a bad thing that she was there, it was just a surprise. Then a bit later our waitress said hey a table of my other customers are your coworkers. So she pointed them out and sure enough two of the ICU nurses (Tabitha and Maribel) were there waving at us. At intermission we switched tables to join them, had a couple of drinks and had a great time. We should definately get a group together on a nice day, reserve one of the tables outside and listen to Dollhouse jam. I must admit they are really good…they rock. Click on the image below to goto their sample section.

later….keep rockin

So most of today was unproductive other than doing the dishes and getting dinner for Gabi. Our favorite Chinese restaurant had moved or gone out of business and so we have been without our Asian food fix for awhile. Something today said, all right kilted get your butt out there and find a new Chinese place to try. So I found one, interestingly enough it is next to a sushi place we used to love to go to until it changed management…sigh…just can’t keep good Asian food in Carol Stream. Now the funny thing is when Gabrielle called me to find out if she needed to pick up anything on the way back from work, she was thinking of suggesting Chinese food for dinner…humm…scary how Gabrielle and I can connect at times. I bought a small assortment and the food wasn’t too bad, so I think we’ll end up trying them again. After Gabrielle came home we scarfed down chow and watched an episode of Cadfael (http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/mystery/programs/cadfael/) one of our favorite shows. I’m not sure what it was that caused me to do it, as I’m often the procrastinator of the family, but after the show I turned off the television and asked Gabrielle to help me in the yard. We mowed the lawn, pulled weeds, stacked firewood and generally got a lot done in the yard. Darkness was starting to fall and so we packed it in for the night, however, we discovered we didn’t have any village stickers for yard waste, so we made a pilgrimage to Jewel to pick up some and to replenish consumables.

After all that we came home and went plop. After a delicious dessert of fresh cherries, plain yogurt with honey and walnuts, I decided it was time to work on the website again. Naturally it is now very late but once I get started on something it is hard for me to stop. I ended up making a new banner logo for the photogallery (http://www.kiltedbehemoth.net/gallery2/main.php). It isn’t exactly what I wanted but it will work for now. It’s gonna take me some time and some trickery with Photoshop to create the image that I want displayed where the sunset picture is now.

I think its time for bed…so nite all and talk to you soon.

Karl

So most of the day was spent cleaning up the house. It has been a never ending chore, but at least I am making progress. With that said, the day was pretty uneventful until John came over around 5:30 and Gabi got home around 6ish. Gabi had make vegetarian sloppy Joe mix. In the words of John, who is so scarily like me said, “I doesn’t suck.” And then he proceeded to have seconds and for a famed Omnivore with great tendencies toward his carnivorous side that says a lot.

John and I spent some good guy time drinking beer and working on my website tweaking things and helping me get my photo gallery functional, HURRAY. So ya’ll should check it out…it’s still growing as I add pics but I think it’s beginning to look quite nice. Thanks John…You Rawk!