{"id":335,"date":"2008-12-15T09:57:53","date_gmt":"2008-12-15T15:57:53","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.pkenagy.com\/blog\/?p=335"},"modified":"2008-12-15T09:57:54","modified_gmt":"2008-12-15T15:57:54","slug":"brrrrr-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.pkenagy.com\/blog\/brrrrr-2\/","title":{"rendered":"BRRRRR!!!!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Wow, welcome to winter.\u00a0 That was a quick and harsh change in the weather there.\u00a0 Hopefully it will be short-lived too.<\/p>\n<p>We kicked off our weekend with a few dinner dates.\u00a0 Thursday we met the Munkirs at the <a title=\"Blue Moose\" href=\"http:\/\/www.thebluemoosebarandgrill.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">Blue Moose<\/a> in lovely Prairie Village.\u00a0 In truth, that really doesn&#8217;t qualify as a &#8220;weekend&#8221; event, as I had to work Friday, but since they are one of six people who actually read this I have to be sure and give it mention.\u00a0 We had a fine meal and fine conversation, at least when we could get in a few words between James&#8217; nonstop blathering.\u00a0 (He <strong>DID<\/strong> actually speak though;\u00a0 To the waitress when he ordered his meal.)\u00a0 Friday we went out with the Martin and Wilcox gangs.\u00a0 We met up at the Brooksider to say hi to that group, mostly because we haven&#8217;t been there in a few weeks and needed some face-time.\u00a0 Satisfied that nothing had changed there while we were away, we walked down the street to Carmens for some dinner.\u00a0 It was awesome as always.\u00a0 I even branched out and ordered eggplant parmesan, which I don&#8217;t believe I&#8217;ve ever had.\u00a0 After dinner everybody came over for a <a title=\"Rock Band\" href=\"http:\/\/www.rockband.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">Rock Band<\/a> party.\u00a0 Yeah, that&#8217;s pretty much what we do anymore.\u00a0 Keeps us out of trouble and so far hasn&#8217;t gotten the least bit old.<\/p>\n<p>Saturday was pretty low-key.\u00a0 We did a little shopping in the afternoon.\u00a0 Big sale at <a title=\"Microcenter\" href=\"http:\/\/microcenter.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">Microcenter<\/a>!!!\u00a0 I picked up a copy of Guitar Hero, because you just can&#8217;t get enough rockin&#8217; at our house.\u00a0 I <em>thought<\/em> the guitar that came with it was compatible with our Rock Band game, so that was my main reason for getting it.\u00a0 Turns out it&#8217;s not, but I kept it anyway&#8230;\u00a0 Because it&#8217;s fun.\u00a0 After that we went across the street for a big 1-year-old birthday party.\u00a0 Now <em>there&#8217;s<\/em> something I don&#8217;t find myself invited to very often.\u00a0 This was the little boy that Donette babysits for though, so I guess we were obligated.\u00a0 It was fun I must admit, and there was plenty of delicious food to occupy me.\u00a0 For evening entertainment, we stayed in and played Wii games all night.\u00a0 We played Rock Band for quite a while, then we ended up playing Mario Brothers well into the night.\u00a0 I really think that game is gonna pay for itself sooner or later;\u00a0 We tend to just stay home and entertain ourselves with it rather than go out.<\/p>\n<p>Sunday got off to something of a rough start.\u00a0 I put on my shoes to go out and get the paper, and quickly made the disappointing discovery that somebody had peed in my right shoe.\u00a0 That falls pretty squarely in the &#8220;you know you&#8217;re going to have a bad day when&#8230;&#8221; category.\u00a0 I lined everybody up against the wall for a harsh interrogation, but nobody was fessin&#8217; up.\u00a0 I did catch the cat nosing around the scene of the crime later, with a rather annoyed look on his face like &#8220;Hey, who moved my litter box?&#8221;\u00a0 So, at this point he is my prime suspect.\u00a0 However, Donette was pretty upset that I beat her in Mario Brothers, and Gabe doesn&#8217;t like going out in the cold much, so I haven&#8217;t totally eliminated them as the culprits either.\u00a0 Remarkably, the day shaped up to be not so bad after that rather unsettling beginning.\u00a0 Donette made some delicious breakfast burritos, and then we headed down to the Brooksider to watch the weekly debacle at Arrowhead.\u00a0 Donette&#8217;s Mom &amp; nephew came down and joined us for the Steelers after that, so we effectively made up for our recent absence at the &#8216;Sider by staying there all day.\u00a0 After football was over, yep, you guessed it, we fired up the Wii and gamed all evening.\u00a0 Good stuff.\u00a0 I can feel my brain atrophy a bit every time we turn it on.<\/p>\n<p>When I wasn&#8217;t playing video games, I\u00a0 (finally) got around to putting up a few donated pictures from the <a title=\"American Royal 2008\" href=\"http:\/\/www.pkenagy.com\/photos\/arb_08\/\" target=\"_self\">American Royal<\/a>, so check those out.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Wow, welcome to winter.\u00a0 That was a quick and harsh change in the weather there.\u00a0 Hopefully it will be short-lived too. 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