Thursday, March 19, 2015

Just Checking In...

Hello!

The Ides of March (complete with full moon) must be the reason this month has been crazy at home and at work!  Thank goodness my "March Madness" will soon be over for the most part.  On to April Fool's...LOL!

Speaking of "March Madness" (the real one), Taylor and I just finished watching the Purdue- Univ. of Cincy game and he totally called it right after halftime!  We missed the first half, but it happened to be on the channel the TV was left on, so we watched it over dinner.  Cincy was behind.  He said not to worry because they play just like Tressel's Buckeyes and always wait until the end.  Well, Cincy tied it at the final buzzer, went into OT, then got behind, then won at that final buzzer.  Whew!  It's exhausting, but Taylor had been to several games and knew exactly how they operate.  He was texting his band friends there during the game.

Audra got her cap and gown today and is very excited to be graduating on Mother's Day!  She wanted me to decorate her cap (and I said let's do this together...)  Apparently, it's a thing with college kids now.

I rhetorically asked the kids if they thought they were too old for Easter baskets and I got a resounding NO!  Really?  They are 19 and 22 years old!  But they quickly presented me with their baskets and of course the Easter Bunny will not disappoint!

Speaking of which, if you haven't read "Darby Creek Down" it's one of my earlier posts that you might find amusing, gruesome and a bit sad.  We have lots of bunnies living here at the 'Creek as their tracks (and "Cocoa Puff poo") remained after they came and ate the bird food I put out...

The Ladies' Third Birthday party "Egg Hunt"
L-R: Megg, Penelope, Martha Stewart, Petunia, Isabella, Henrietta, Sylvia and in front, Bonnie.  Absent:  Gloria, who was in the house laying her own chocolate brown egg.
The "ladies" will be four years old on Easter, so we will have to celebrate and take some pictures.  I can't believe they are all still here, though Megg had a bad few days last week.  They are thrilled to be out and about with the better weather (aren't we all?)

Well, enjoy your Spring Break if you get one and I will be back soon!

Gale

Monday, March 9, 2015

Time For The Spring "Melt!"

Hi!

Well, Audra is home for her last Spring Break before graduating, so I took some time off work to spend time with her and Taylor.  Since I can't get them to agree on a movie, it's easy to just eat out as they are always ready to do that!  So, we decided to try someplace new...

Audra had been wanting us to go to "Melt" for quite some time and Taylor had asked to go to Easton Town Center in Columbus.  As luck would have it, there was a "Melt" that just opened at Easton!  As usual, Easton was packed and parking at a premium, but a car pulled away right in front of the restaurant.



The restaurant was also packed and the wait was an hour and 20 mins.  However, they will text you when your table is ready, so you don't have to stay there.  They give you a celebrity nametag and off you go.  We went to the new "Field & Stream" store across the street and killed the time.  It is exactly like "Cabella's" but that is no surprise.

Finally, I got the text and our table was waiting.  The service was excellent and the prices aren't out of line.  The atmosphere is kind of weird... they have yard ornaments from Halloween, Christmas and Easter intermingled.  Kinda creepy.

Everything on the menu involves cheese.  I hadn't had a Monte Cristo sandwich since I lived in California, so I got that.  Taylor had the Cod sandwich and Audra the Lasagna one.  They arrived surprisingly quick with a heaped high side of delicious fries.  They have a "challenge sandwich" featured on "Man vs Food" if one so chooses.  We didn't.

I would describe my sandwich as a "ham, turkey & cheese donut."  I probably wouldn't get it again.  Only ate about 1/4 of it.  Audra ate about the same and Taylor finished his off.  He said it was very good and Audra not-so-much.  We did have a ton of food for leftovers, but heat in the oven as the microwave will just, well, "melt" it into a soggy mess.

The sandwiches...

The Cod Sandwich

Their version of a Monte Cristo

The Lasagna sandwich


There are "Melts" popping up all over.  I think it is a fun place to try!  For more info, go to the link up top and check them out!

Until next time!

Gale