I had a lovely weekend. I managed to relax, have fun & be productive. Friday night I watched Fargo, which I thought was pretty “eh” nothing bad to say, but nothing good either. And yes the sheriff was the best one in that movie. I then watched the next two dvds of X and I’m still loving it. They are playing things out differently from the manga – but I think they had to as the manga wasn’t done when the started the tv series, and they haven’t changed the flavor of the story any, just the details.
Saturday I went to the store to stock up on supplies and exchange the glade plugins for the right kind. So now the cat bathroom smells lovely no matter what. I then spent most of the day baking & decorating cookies & cupcakes with CS & PH. It was fun & relaxing and everything turned out nicely, although I think everything would have worked with more food coloring and more orange extract. As strong as that stuff smells, once it bakes it practically disappears. I also learned that I need to remember to add food coloring to the liquids first, not to the dough last. Then we were off (after testing all the treats of course – yum!) to MM’s housewarming & birthday party. Even an hour late we still managed to get there early, and with perfect timing to ask MM to pick up some steak from the store. I was soundly trounced at pool, the eight ball failed me and for once I didn’t win on the other player’s scratch. I finally got to meet the other MM who fit very well with the group (funny, intelligent & witty). The cookies went quickly and people even could tell that I was going for the look of a pumpkin patch. The cupcakes started disappearing after people realized they were allowed to eat them. We had fun with the one abstract art one and found: an eggplant, a guitar, a person sitting, a cat with the moon behind it, a monter face, and a camel. We also had fun (after a brief snag before we found something to light the candles with) singing to the three birthday boys: MM, AP & J, and making them blow out their candles. 
The steak MM made was delish of course, as was the pineapple chicken. I was starting to feel dizzy though for some reason – too much standing? the antibiotics? too much food? I don’t know, but as I couldn’t join in the merrymaking due to the antibiotics & my productivity plans for Sunday, I decided that it was time to head home for sleep.
Sunday I did dishes, laundry. PH came over to help. I vacummed the fireplace, moved the kitty tower, bought recycle bins, a cordless drill/driver, and supplies for redoing the fireplace from Home Depot, then off to Ace Hardware for a pair of washable air filters (so I can swap them out for cleaning) and some bits for my drill/driver and a few other odds and ends – including a new Christmas tree topper. We stopped by PH’s house for more pictures. I then dragged PH off to WalMart for slimfast & an s-video cable, the wireless cards there were too pricey. We tried getting the kitty toilet training kit from Petsmart but they were out so I just got a cardboard scratcher. Dinner was a chocolate dipped cone & fries from Dairy Queen. Office Max was closed (wireless cards). We finished off by trying to put together the air filters, but that was hard without a yardstick to cut properly, so those got brought into work. The next attempt was to move the pc to the living room and get wireless working, which it sorta is now, but I’ll need two wireless cards to get everything just right. I was a bit worn out by then, but it felt good to have been productive.
Next weekend: actually cleaning the fireplace & planting my bulbs (if the weather cooperates).
