The Rambling Anecdotes Of A Handsome, Debonair Marionette ��And His Companion, ,Who's A Real Doll.��
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Tuesday, April 23, 2019
Now is the winter of our discontent......
Game of Thrones returned last Sunday night for it's final season๐, but we did not watch it. We had completely forgotten that we wanted to rewatch season seven beforehand, so we are putting the first episode on hold for a week and then we will have two episodes to watch on Sunday! My Lord Cham had been watching the series when he peaked my interest with Monday morning breakfast tales of Daenerys , Jon Snow, Tyrion, Sansa, Arya and the Hound, Winterfell ,King's Landing and the Wall.
The cement pond froze again. |
I begged to be allowed to watch it with him (there were also food-related bribes involved). He thought about it for a few weeks while he finished out the season and then I received an invitation to join him in his den to watch the very first episode. He had decided that it would be too difficult for to catch up to the current season unless we started from the beginning (I think he wanted to avoid having to answer a plethora of questions. I do not blame him (He banished me from his den after one episode of Westworld ๐ค ๐ฉ He had good reason.). He had considered letting me watch the pilot alone, but checking the episode and being reminded of the very first scene (if you have seen it, you know what I am referring to๐จ๐ฐ๐ฑ) he thought better of it. He says that he regretted ever telling me anything about it, but because I had watched The X Files, he thought that I would not be afraid.
This was a beautiful picture before we put the doll's head on it. |
I did not tell My Lord Cham that I was planning anything special for our evening. He was busy in his office, so I busied myself with the menu and decorations that I had planned and when he came downstairs for lunch, he saw and grimaced. "Are we having a party?" "No, it's just the two of us." "Good. I don't have to wear the costume, do I?" "Of course not, Honey. Be comfortable." "What are you making?" "Food." "Very funny ." I showed him the menu. "Mmm.Looks good." " I hope nothing happens to make us lose our appetites." "Oh no! I just remembered, we have watch season seven first!" "Okay." "What do I do with the food?" "Freeze it . I'll order pizza!" ๐"Alright." Luckily, I had not started cooking and most of the ingredients would last a week without a major disaster. Fast forward a week......
We began with cocktails.
My Lord Cham looked at his glass with trepidation. "What is it?" Wildfire!" Said I. "What is it really?" "The Aloxe-Corton that you bought last week.....with green food coloring." He gave me a look that would make Arya Stark nervous and then took a sip. "D..did I ruin it, my Lord?" He chuckled and shook his head (Sigh of relief). "And what are you having?" "Ginger beer with green food coloring". I am a tea toatler and leave the wine cellar to him. He chuckled and being the love that he is, humored me and drank it.
Our starter was a Dragonstone spinach salad with lobster, pickled beets, baby carrots, cucumbers, and Valyrian "dragon's eggs" (only in honor of Drogon, Rhaegel, and poor Viserion. We would certainly never eat a baby dragon!) Our entree was Chicken Clegane,
with Highgarden ๐ pilaf with dried apricots, cranberries and almonds, steamed spinach and asparagus with lemon butter sauce.
We watched last season's finale and the first two episodes of this season and we were so exhausted that we did not get up until this afternoon. I think we had better rest up before next week's episode! Hopefully, My Lord Cham's schedule will allow for more at home Game of Thrones evenings. There are only four left after all, and then our watch is ended. But, not today. ๐ท
Mine His |
Wednesday, April 17, 2019
A Little (VERY belated !!! ) Romance.
I love Valentine's Day !!! ๐ I am a hopeless romantic , and proud of it. ๐ So, when February 14th comes around, I am usually prepared, but not this year ๐. I have been pretty busy, both with work-related and family responsibilities and Tess' mother had to be hospitalized for several weeks after a fall and Tess received the "Royal summons" ๐ to go to Florida to visit her and again when she was ready to go home. We were all set to see Michael Buble at the Garden on February 20th, but that's been postponed indefinitely. We'll try to catch up with him sometime during the tour. We gave our tickets to friends (including the pair from our anniversary giveaway box !!! Because NO ONE entered ??? ๐คจ So no one won ๐ฃ. Don't you feel silly now ? ) who called later to say they'd had a great time. I know Tess was more disappointed than she admitted. I know that look. It breaks my heart ๐๐. Yesterday, I got home from a weekend business trip and that afternoon, Tess put a card under my office door. Inside, was a belated Valentine with an invitation for a candlelight dinner. (We celebrated over the phone last month , but it wasn't very romantic for either one of us.) How could I resist๐??? Oh no๐ฒ ! A present !๐ We have an agreement, My Tess and I, about presents. Preferably handmade and nothing ostentatious or expensive. ("Frugal" is her middle name. Not really. ) Fine. Of course, we made this agreement AFTER she gifted me with my OSAKI JP PREMIUM 4S Japan 4D massage chair three years ago.
Isn't she a beauty !!!๐
Now, Tess is a chocoholic, so she's easy to buy for ๐๐๐๐๐!!! So usually, I just call See's and have them back a sixteen wheeler into the driveway and dump the contents into the empty swimming pool๐(We drain it for the winter, although I think it would be cool to use it for a skating rink⛄๐⛸️๐ฃ). Tess requested that I not make fondue this year because she says it's too fattening๐.Thursday is usually Tess' baking day, and she made a cakefor us and dinner was in the oven calling my name๐. As I walked by, I noticed that there was a wrapped package on the dining room table. Oh no ! ๐ฒ I don't have a present ! My sweetie was upstairs taking a bath and I didn't have time to go shopping. I'd done that two years ago and while I was out, I bumped into an old friend, went for a drink which turned into a late lunch, and came home seven hours late, in the dark. She thought I had been kidnapped or something. She didn't yell, she didn't pout, but she hugged me harder than ever (and I get plenty of hugs๐ค๐ค from her on a daily basis) and I've never felt so guilty. Present....present.... Money ?๐ตNope. That would insult her. I could call the florist๐ ? No. She says flowers should come from your garden. I looked out the back window. Nothing growing in ours yet. It's still too cold.
Shiba Inu ๐ถ? Uh uh. I went into the pantry and rifled her supply of semi sweet chocolate morsels, some sweetened condensed milk, marshmallows, and, threw them all in a bowl, nuked it, stirred it up, tossed in half a bag of walnut pieces, and half a bag of rice krispies, poured it into a dish, covered it with plastic wrap and hid it in the back of the fridge.
ge until after dinner which was...heart❤️ shaped. Seriously ! After dinner, we decided to watch two movies and during the intermission I got up and offered to make the coffee ☕and tea ๐ต (she should've known I was up to something) and cut up the fudge and filled the box๐ Then we exchanged presents. Ladies first. Tess gave me a handknit scarf ๐งฃand watch cap in my favorite color and soft as a bunny๐, and a pair of beautiful leather riding gloves ๐งค. We're still having a lot of cold ๐ง️weather, so I'll wear them. She made some for me a couple of years ago, but I'm hard on my clothes and she said they had "seen better days". Did you make these ๐คจ??? Tess: Yes, except for the gloves. Me: Who made those? Tess: Someone in Italy? Me: Were they ....expensive ?๐คจ Tess: N...No. Me: Fibber. Tess: But you need them! The ones you wear are disgraceful. They look ancient and they do not even have fingers. Me: They're mitts !!! Tess: Your hands get so cold. Feel how soft they are. Me: Cold hands, warm heart. Ooo ! Nice !๐You spoil me. Tess: You are not spoiled! You are pampered. Me: I sure am๐. Tess: Then you like them? Me: They're great. She smiled, which was another gift. Her smiles have been rare lately. Me: Open yours !!!๐ My Tess is one of those people who takes ten minutes to open a present because she refuses to tear the paper (actually, she's the only one I know. She uses it later to wrap other packages and saves the ribbon for ponytails. ๐Did I mention she was frugal ?) Well, after I woke up ๐ด she had finally folded the paper and wound the ribbon into a little ball. We have a closet where she keeps all of the decorations, ornaments and gift wrapping paraphernalia. (Watch out, Martha ๐ฌ!!!) I shouldn't complain. To make a long story short (too late, I know๐) I gave her this little pearl pin
(everything has to be little ๐) that I found in a LITTLE shop in St.James last year but I hid it from her, and subsequently myself, but I eventually found the box on a high shelf in my office and took it downstairs to wrap it. P. S. : She loved it. And the fudge. Later, we took our cake into the den and snuggled up on the couch and watched a Michael Buble concert from a couple of years ago on YouTube. A month and a half late, but it was still the best Valentine's Day ever. I'm looking forward to Easter๐ฐ๐ค๐ Sometime in July. ๐.
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