Sweet and Sour Night

My husband's birthday is this week and he always asks my father to make sweet and sour chicken stir fry.  Last night we celebrated with my parents, my brother's family, my aunt, my grandfather, and my cousin.  It was a fun family dinner.  And my dad makes the best sweet and sour chicken.

Make Your Own Fun

Today was a beautiful day in Dallas; the sun was bright, the sky was clear and the temperature was warm.  I hope my plants don't think it's already spring- stay dormant plants!   It's still winter.  The day was so beautiful that my boss went to play golf with a few of his good 'ol boys in our office.  My team wasn't invited.  That's okay, because my boss wasn't invited to the after lunch movie outing my team went on.

We can make our own good 'ol boy office network.  We went and saw Safe House in the middle of the afternoon.  It's a really good movie.  If you enjoyed the Jason Bourne movies, then you'll enjoy this one too.  Ryan Reynolds and Denzel Washington are excellent actors.

12 Minutes of Must Listen Howard

You have to listen to this audio clip from Howard Stern's radio show.  (Language warning.)  He's a straight person that really understands the plight of gay people in the U.S.A. in 2012.  Thank you Howard Stern.

Heteros for Same-Sex Equality

I just discovered Heterosexuals for Same-Sex Equality, and it made my heart smile from within.  Check out more of the photos here, and if you're on Facebook join their group!

High Times

One of our newest friends is leaving Dallas and moving to Hawaii.  As a goodbye gift, we wanted to take him out to dinner one last time.  We drove to the house he's been living at and sent him a text that we were in the driveway.  We waited a few moments before our friend came outside.  He came outside, opened our car door, sat inside our car, and as soon as he shut the door our entire car smelled like marijuana.   My husband and I looked at each other.  And I giggled a little bit as I pointed a air vent to my nose.

For dinner our friend wanted to try Pappadeaux Seadfood Kitchen, because one of his ex girlfriends always talked about that place and he'd never tried it.

It was a happening night at Pappadeaux.  Our friend ordered the special appetizers of almost two pounds of the crawfish boil.  He also ordered the special entree of grilled Costa Rican mahi-mahi topped with lobster and avocados. For dessert he ordered chocolate fudge cake with ice cream and a glass of milk.  He had my leftovers boxed up, because he wanted to take them home!

It was like the man hadn't eaten all year.  It was fun to watch, expensive to pay for, but he made the night more interesting!  I highly recommend taking one of your friends out to dinner to an expensive restaurant, while they're high- it's funny!

Two Men and a Baby/Babies

I just had a thirty minute conversation with my buddy Adam.   He and his partner are in the process of having a baby via surrogacy.  I didn't realized how badly I was infected with "baby fever" until I had a hard time containing my excitement when Adam told me they've 1) deposited sperm at the clinic, 2) picked out an egg donor, and 3) have identified a surrogate.  On the current timeline they could have a baby before Christmas 2012.  I'm so excited!

Thanks Dad

While we were skiing last week my dad was overseeing a 130,000 mile tune-up on my 2004 Toyota 4Runner.  Thanks Dad!  I've slowly come to the conclusion that buying a car and driving it until the wheels fall off is financially the smartest approach to handling vehicles.   I want a new car, but I don't want to pay for it!  So I'll keep driving my 4Runner...and this tune-up gives me peace-of-mind.  I can drive with confidence!