Whee! It's the Weekend!

Most of the dishes in the kitchen are clean. I'm working on my second large cup of very strong, dark coffee (two views here...nice cup, don't you think?).









I read the latest issue of The Texas Observer cover to cover (which doesn't take long). I've updated my homeowners' association website and sent a few emails to prospective advertisers for the upcoming directory. I'm in a leisurely productive mode thus far this morning and I like that. I've returned temporarily to my "stop griping" mode and have noticed it feels better. I may try this more often.

I tried to convince my wife yesterday that spending this long weekend in the country at my brother's place in Falba would be a good thing. She suggested I go by myself, but she had things to do at home. I opted to stay home, since to take her up on her suggestion would have resulted in a nose or two out of joint.

My favorite wife in the entire universe is off to the drycleaner/launderer shortly and she has graciously agreed to take the one dress shirt in need of cleaning and pressing in for me. If I were not such a lazy slug, whenever I wear a long-sleeved dress shirt (which is increasingly rare) I would launder and iron it myself, instead of paying someone else $1.25 plus tax. But, from all appearances I am a lazy slug. I'm not complaining, though.

Thanks to a restaurant experience while we were in Chicago recently, my wife and I have decided that, this weekend, we will have pasta with arrabiata sauce. I ordered cavatelli arrabiata at Rosebud on Rush our last night in the city and was overwhelmed with wonder. I've apparently never had arrabiata sauce (at least not that I recall and I would have recalled it had it been that good)...but now we are both avid fans of the stuff...provided we can master the recipe to replicate our Chicago experience.

Speaking of Chicago, I've been promising myself I would post a few more photos from our trip. So, here are a few more: