Weekend at Wendy’s

Christmas came and went so fast. I took Thursday and Friday off last week, so I had a nice, long 5-day weekend. Thursday was spent vegetating at home while Wanda was at work. On Friday, Wanda and I drove to Hudson, WI to visit her sister Wendy and boyfriend. We were unlucky enough to hit an amazing blizzard on the way. We stayed in a Super-8 Motel for two nights because it was the cheapest rate in the area. The motel was surprisingly pleasant, and the weekend went very well. Wanda and Wendy made their famous Fiala-family sour cream roast, a family tradition. It was quite good, as usual.

We watched the movie, “My Super Ex-Girlfriend.” I thought it was funny, but everyone else seemed to think it stunk. Wendy’s roommate had a cat with a crooked tail. It looked like it was broken and healed in a 90-degree angle. I tried to take a picture but was unsuccessful. It was sad, but the cat didn’t seem to mind.

We also went to the Bloomington Ikea store. It was my first time in an Ikea. If anything would entice me to move to the Cities area, it would be Ikea. Very sweet. We bought some shelves, a picture and frame.

On Monday, we had dinner (“supper” for those of you in Rio Linda) at my parents’ house. My mom made a delicious ham. It was nice catching up with my family. Unfortunately, I got wasted on margaritas and had a killer hangover the next morning.

All in all, a successful holiday with few casualties.

December 28th, 2006  Family & Friends   Tags: christmas, family, Food, holiday, vacation, more...

4th of July Weekend

Well, I finally got around to blogging about our 4th of July weekend, which for us lasted a total of four days.

On Friday, we saw fireworks at Jefferson Park in Menasha. They were quite good, as usual. It was Me, Wanda, and my mother. We had a great time. We also learned that our digital camera takes surprisingly good pictures of fireworks!

On Saturday, we decided to go to Bay Beach for the day. We went on rides, did sight-seeing, and I reminisced about my childhood at the place. Most of it was still as it had been, but there were a few improvements, like a new train depot and the addition of swings!

For those of you who remember 10 cent rides, the price is now 50 cents for the bigger rides and 25 cents for the kiddy rides. A bargain! We also visited the Bay Beach Nature Preserve. It has changed A LOT since I was little. They did an impressive job remodeling.

Sunday we mostly lounging around (which, if Wanda had her druthers, probably would not have been). We spent Sunday shopping and looking at the sales. We managed to find a cute table set for our deck at Menards, and a great deal on a stainless mini-refrigerator at Target.

All in all, it was a perfect and relaxing weekend for us to celebrate our 1-year anniversary (for those not in the know, we were married on the 4th of July in Jamaica last year).

July 7th, 2005  Holidays, Recreation   Tags: anniversary, bay beach, holiday, outdoors, more...

The Melting Pot

Wanda and I went to the The Melting Pot for Valentines day. It was extremely expensive, but I knew that getting into it. I though it would be nice to make up for Valentines days that I wasn’t so thoughtful for We had a good time – it was nice spending time together over a nice meal. A very nice place, indeed, but I don’t think it was our cup of tea.

For those who have never heard of it, The Melting Pot is a fondue restaurant. We got “The Big Night Out,” which consisted of about four courses – veggies and bread to dip in a tastey cheese fondue, salad, a main course of shrimp, fillet mignon, lobster, and stuffed ravioli, and desert of fruits and chocolates dipped in a white chocolate fondue. It was tastey for the most part, but not quite worth the price tag in our opinion. The lobster was terrible, although the rest of the main course was pretty good, though meager. The desert had too much bourbon in it and tasted like booze. A neat experience and a very nice place, but we’ll probably stick to our other local favorite, Good Company, in the future.

February 15th, 2005  Food, Reviews   Tags: fondue, Food, holiday, restaurants, review, valentines, more...