I am woefully behind with posting, but I'll try to get some things caught up this evening. We've been very busy the last few days, but I have managed to learn something new each day, and I'll be back with those posts.
Yesterday we went to a get-together at the home of some friends of ours. It was a nice gathering. Our friends have a very lovely home that he designed himself, and she is a very good hostess. Her parents were visiting from Ohio, and it was very nice to meet them. Our friends had taken her parents to the Kroger in Middletown on Friday evening to see the Garland of Roses being sewn together, which is a very fascinating thing to see.
We enjoyed a lot of delicious food, and I even had an apple martini (made with apple pucker and vodka). I very, very rarely drink anything, even at home, and it is almost unheard of for me to have a drink while we're out somewhere. But I had one small martini, and it was pretty good, though very strong. While we watched the Derby I had a glass of champagne. If I'm going to have anything I prefer something white and dry, so I do really like champagne; I just rarely have any.
I really enjoyed watching the Derby, (and if you're going to see it, at a friends' lovely home and on a big screen tv is the way to see it, I say!) and I'm so glad Street Sense won. It was Jockey Calvin Borel's first Derby, and if you watched coverage that kept the camera on him from the win all the way through his ride to the winner's circle, you would have seen that he had tears streaming down his face, was crying and laughing at the same time, and hugging and shaking hands and giving high-fives the whole way to the winner's circle. It was very touching.
I had made a peach crumble for dessert, and I think there was about a tablespoon left at the end of the evening. It was a new recipe, so I'm glad it went over well.
All in all, it has been a good weekend for us, but my heart goes out to the residents of Greensburg, Kansas. I'll return later to make a few more posts.
11 comments:
The Derby was fun this year....specially after Barbero dying...left a sense of loss....and the Queen....it was fun watching her reactions....glad the rain held off....boy later that evening it opened up and just poured...you could hear it beating on the window....LOL...and how about sharing that peach recipe...hmmm???? LOL..God Bless....Hugs from Ora of KY
So glad you had a nice time. Paula
Peach Crumble sounds wonderful....please share :)
Busy bee you are sounds like you all had a good time and Champagne yummy!
luv bella xx
I admire how you are still able to make an entry even though you are so busy! It sounds like you have had a great time. I don't drink much myself. Sometimes an odd glass of red wine with my meal. I have a bottle of Moet Chandon which was given to me, along with strawberries, when I finished my cancer treatment but I couldn't drink it then. I will drink it when my friend Maureen arrives from Australia soon. She only drinks champagne. That will be my treat as we are both 60 within a week of each other. I made a peach crumble not so long ago as I had run out of apples. I enjoyed that too. Glad you had a lovely weekend. Thanks for sharing it. Jeanie
Now, that's the way to watch the Kentucky Derby. Glad you and your friends had a good time.
SAm
Appletini's? Peach cobbler? Champagne??? I am impressed! Way to get out there and ENJOY yourself! You should do it more often. :)
God Bless!
Amanda
Sounds like you had a great weekend in it's entirety! I truly feel for the KS Tornado victims, the weather is off the scale this year!(Hugs) Indigo
Sounds like a fun party!
Traci
Now thats the way to have fun! :o) And yes it is very sad about the KS tornado.
Lisa
that all sounds like so much fun, lori...you're having a great time! i'm glad :-)
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