The Beast not only printed up his pictures of Chewlee and Gunner but he remembered to buy frames so they could be put on the walls. He took down two of Chewlee's pictures that I really liked so I told him to buy frames for me for them. I showed him where I wanted to put them when he does and he agreed to get me some. My walls have held only a few pictures that I have had for ages with one exception. I do have one 16x20 of Chewlee that's fairly recent. Now I will have two more. I will say this about the Beast's pictures.....they look professional. But that's his *thing* for many years and he's gotten really good.
We went to dinner at Dennis and Diane's today and had a really nice dinner. We had the usual cheese and meat appetizers which Di served without crackers since we didn't care if we used our fingers and she is dieting. She's put on a lot of weight while they were cruising the country in their RV and now is working on getting it off to get down to a better weight for her. She even joined a gym and talked about how tough it's been to work on the machines. LOL...the way she described how it's been for her to use them was really funny.
Dennis grilled the entree, which was Cornish hens and, when they were almost ready, he put on the corn on the cob. I haven't had grilled corn on the cob before but he watched it carefully and it was sweet and tender when he got done. I was surprised that the Cornish hens didn't have any of the wild flavor that they sometimes have but Di said she soaked them overnight in water, salt and soy sauce. The flavor was truly wonderful. She obviously didn't use a whole lot of salt since she was using the soy sauce, too. You know how salty soy sauce is on it's own. The skin tasted amazing with the way Dennis grilled it to a nice golden color.
We also had a nice salad that had an unusual type of lettuce, cucumber, thin sliced green pepper and cherry tomatoes. Di said the dressing was rice vinegar and olive oil plus a few fresh herbs from her garden. It was put together well and wasn't the least bit oily tasting as olive oil can be sometimes. I don't remember what the name of the lettuce was but it's something that Dennis is growing in his hydroponic garden. She said it's a type of miniature lettuce that Dennis found in this catalog of thousand of seeds, some that are kind of *antique* since they are ones that haven't been grown commercially yet have been available for over a hundred years. Figures Dennis would just HAVE TO try something unusual.
We were really full after we finished our dinner. Diane had some potato salad too but I didn't indulge because I really don't like it with pickle relish in it or mustard. I didn't tell her that I didn't like it. I just passed the dish to the Beast....LOL. Diane didn't eat any because of her diet and I think she figured I may have been doing the same thing....watching what I eat, I mean. She knows I lost weight several months back and have been keeping the weight off.
I came home before the Beast since I was concerned about leaving Lady here without an person around. Since she is still in the chewing stage, I didn't really trust leaving her here with just Baron for company. He wouldn't care if she started chewing up pillows or anything laying around. I came home and checked the rooms but she hadn't chewed anything, thankfully. She DOES chew on tree branches she finds in the yard but it seems that is enough. I hope so anyway.
We are having a cold night again but it's supposed to be in the mid 80's tomorrow. I hope so. We have to pull some more weeds again but we are making progress. I almost hate to since the Beast gets this urge to plant something if we have a lot of open soil.
Love you all. I'm off to bed as soon as I post this. I hope you are enjoying your weekend. ***Hugs***
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