Week In Review

Some of the high points of the week:

Christmas Show at the Temple:

I took my staff to see the Thursday matinee of A Carolina Country Christmas at the Temple Theater this week. It was soooooooooo good! The story touched everyone! We all really enjoyed it. It was a nice day!

Holiday Get Together:

Thursday evening, I enjoyed a relaxing evening with friends at the BPW Holiday Get Together. We had good conversations, lots of food, and an ornament exchange. It was a lot of fun!

Gas Prices Dropping:

I paid $2.91 for gas today!!!! Woo Hoo — it’s dropping!!!! This is good news for all, but I am especially happy – I have a 300 horse power V8 engine in my Mustang!!!!

New Authentic German Restaurant In Town:

There is a new authentic German restaurant in town — Brathaus — located where Jersey Mike’s used to be in that Stadium Center plaza on Bragg Street behind the big Rite Aid drug store. I tried it out Friday evening for dinner — very good!!! It is a quaint, relaxing little restaurant with German music to create a warm atmosphere. It isn’t cheap – in fact, it’s a tad pricey — but it is WELL worth it!!!! I had some special pork chops that were encrusted with seasonings and served with a Vienna salad (tomatoes and onions in a delicious vinegar based dressing), caramelized onions, mashed potatoes, red cabbage, and garlic bread. The food was served on what I would consider a large oval platter and there were THREE (3) pork chops!!! It was enough food for an army — I brought some home and had it for tonight’s dinner!!! The pork chops were the most tender, moist, and delicious pork chops I have EVER eaten — even the one I ate cold the next day was perfect!!!! I was told that I would be an IDIOT if I passed up the Strudel, but I was so full – I was sure I wouldn’t enjoy it if I did try to eat some — but, since I certainly didn’t want to be considered an IDIOT, I got a take out serving. I had that this evening, as well —- YUM —- it was fabulous —- I can only imagine what it would have tasted like if I had eaten it the way it was meant to be eaten – warm with a scoop of ice cream!!!

The Weather

It was damp, cold, and cloudy most of the week, but today was BEAUTIFUL — high 60s, sunny, just lovely!!! And, it’s supposed to get into the 70s several days this week — is this really December???? I am looking at the calendar – the picture this month is a lighthouse scene with ice and snow covered land around it and a very cold looking sky —- but that certainly isn’t the scene here! I hope the weather is nice while my Mom is here!

That’s all I can think of for now!!!