Grandma and Grandpa stayed home last night with Poppy so Rockford and I could go out for dinner and a movie. It was the best date we’ve had in a long time. In fact, I think it was the only date we’ve had in a long time. We went to Maggiano’s and had a wonderful meal (Veal & Mushroom Ravioli for me, and Chicken Marsala for Rockford, and fabulous little chocolate truffles “on the house”!), and then we went to see “Stranger Than Fiction” (made me cry). The movie wasn’t until 10:10, so we lingered over dinner and talked and talked, and it was just lovely.
He thinks ‘Rockford Files’ is cool.
Rockford: “I sure wish my ‘Rockford’ DVDs worked.”
Friday Feast No. 119
Appetizer
Have you ever changed a flat tire by yourself?
- Yes, once. It’s a hazy memory. It was sometime during high school, which was more than 10 years ago now, and all I remember is that it was hard to get the bolt thingies off. (Yeah, that’s the technical term.)
Soup
Do you have an “innie” or an “outie” belly button?
- Innie.
Salad
Name a new paint color and describe it.
- I can’t do that. That side of my brain is still in bed.
Main Course
What is your favorite holiday tradition?
- I started a new holiday tradition last year that means a lot to me. Last year was Poppy’s first Christmas, and I went out by myself one day to find a special ornament just for her. I’d like to find an ornament display tree to put up each year with her ornaments, but they’re not going to go on the big tree until she has a home and a tree of her very own.
Dessert
If you were a cookie, what kind would you be, and why?
- I asked Rockford to answer this one. Here’s what he said: “If you were a cookie, I’d say you would be a sugar cookie. Because you like to be unassuming and you prefer not to stand out and you want to just kind of remain present but not the focal point.” He did not add that I am sweet. Hm.
The Friday Feast is a weekly meme intended to “feed your mind by asking thought-provoking, mind-stimulating questions.”