Saturday brought the first major snow of the year, although it was nothing like the snow I grew up with, being raised in northern Ohio. I was a lazy bum, and did not run. (Only a few more days of being a sloth.) I didn't feel too bad, however, because the view out my window soon looked like a snow globe, and I would have been a little snowwoman running the hills near my house with my runny nose.
A big day was planned, however, so Strawberry C Monster was needed! We also got provisions at Busken. Santa's Little Helper definitely missed his calling as a cheesy advertisement writer, as is evidenced in Busken's new book of billboards. Perhaps this will be his second career, and all of the bad puns I am subjected to can become a source of income instead of just groans.
Santa's Little Helper and I drove north to our alma mater to hit the bookstore, peruse our old haunts , and see a game . It is amazing how much campus has changed since I was last up there a few years ago. And its wild how old I felt walking the grounds near my freshman dorm. Thoughts were running rampant, and memories came pouring back of things both mentionable and unmentionable. I've definitely sledridden down that now-forbidden hill. :) A drive through the Ghetto was a stroll down memory lane, except that the famous (infamous?) 132 is now brown, instead of a pale yellow. I am guessing the bathroom isn't pepto bismal pink anymore either.
I think the bookstore's buyer has really stepped it up as there were multiple things I wanted to buy, not the least of which was an under armor running shirt with a UD on it. So cute. So after I dropped a pretty penny, and after a chicken and provolone sub which was good despite an unwanted helping of mayo, we were off to watch the Flyers kick some Coppin State booty. I can't say it was a good game, because it was a thrashing, but a win is a win. The weather precluded us from getting a fishbowl, but I guess it prevented us from getting any DUIs :)
We came back to watch some of my library goodies, including some episodes of Survivorman and the movie Zodiac. I think Santa's Little Helper is taking it as his personal challenge to solve the ciphers the Zodiac sent.....
Today was a day of rest, a day of football, and a day of cooking. I fully intended to attach a picture of a finished product but we ate it up so fast that there wasn't time. Props to Peabody for her amazing potato soup recipe. I have tried several, and this one is definitely the winner. Creamy, thick, satisfying, and definitely the thing to make when you've purchased 15 lbs of potatoes for two people.
Ok, time for dessert.....
1 comments:
Sub? Where did you get a sub? I might be turning green with jealousy. (If it's a certain establishment on Brown Street!)
You should show Santa's Little Helper's face. He's too cute to hide. ;)
I definitely have sledded down that now-forbidden hill as well. (Was it Joey who broke his arm on one of those multi-person sled rides when the momentum carried people into the baseball field fence?)
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