Red wine and Ambien

I went in to work on Family Day today. And as expected, most of the senior citizen patient clientele asked me how my weekend went hoping for a nice, juicy Valentine's day story of how I spent the weekend away with my fabulously rich and gorgeous new boyfriend.

If you are curious too, which I'm pretty sure you're not, lets just put it this way:

I did NOT spend Valentine's day "filling up my day with Coldplay songs and that movie called The Notebook...and 500 days of Summer".

In short, I had one of those weekends that leave you feeling like you're walking on a cloud for the rest of the week. Okay, maybe just for the Monday...but I'll take it.

Here's a little photo show:

Morning:

I went to visit an old Friend.

Afternoon:
Lunch with Ms. Vogue at La Vecchia. Rizzoto and a glass of Valpolicella. La Vecchia claimed to have the best tiramisu in the City of Toronto. Bold statement for a cutesy little Italian restuarant.

The tiramisu was hoovered up in a total of 15.3 seconds. It could have been done in 5 but it would have been a terrible crime not to taste it before inhaling it.

I had the best tiramisu in the city of Toronto and the classiest date to date.

Evening AND Night:
"And this is not to say,

There'll never come a day,

I'll take my chances and start again.

And when I look behind, on all my younger times,

I'll have to thank the wrongs that led me to a love so strong"

Nothing like listening to my everyday commute companion LIVE!

ALL DAY:
And no good day in life can ever be complete without joyness in a cup.

I'd like to see you top that!

How to host a dinner party for two Catholic priests

For our first experience at hosting a dinner party, my roomate and I decided to invite Fr. Daren and Fr. Mark for goodtimes and some good food.

While the night was a success, as demonstrated by the smiles on their faces, the whole process was quite a learning experience (for me at least). Here's just a few handy tips that I picked up along the way when playing host.

Its time for a little Good Idea, Bad Idea:
Good Idea: Making a list of things on paper you need to get done over the course of the day.

Bad Idea: Making a list of things you need to get done over the course of the day...in your head while you're still half asleep cursing and stumbling to bathroom. (true story)

Good Idea: Making your grocery list with your roomate the night before so that you know exactly what each one is getting.

Bad Idea: Calling your roomate (who has no minutes on her phone) 300 times from Food Basics because you were too much of a lazy ASS to make a damn list.

Good Idea: Playing eye-contact tag with a cute stranger on the bus while going to the store.

Bad Idea: Playing eye-contact with a cute stranger on the bus but accidently making eye contact with the creeper sitting beside him instead. (this happens to me more often than you think)

Good Idea: Comparing prices between different brands of an item to maximise your budget.

Bad Idea: Wasting an hour comparing prices when you realise you don't need the item.

Good Idea: Putting out a nice scented candle in the living room for a warm welcoming atmosphere.

Bad Idea: Putting out two different types of scented candles and a fragrance oil burner in the living room for a bad headache.

Good Idea: Buying fancy wine.

Bad Idea: Buying fancy wine when you don't own a corkscrew.

Good Idea: Experimenting with different ways to set a table last minute to optimise space.

Bad Idea: Experimenting with different ingredients last minute to optimise taste.

Good Idea: Playing some soothing dinner music.

Bad Idea: Forgetting to make the soothing dinner music playlist and then having to deal with the awkwardness when all you hear is the chewing of food and Nelly Futardo singing Maneater.

Good Idea: Cooking spicy food for yourself and your roomate.

Bad Idea: Cooking spicy food for Fr. Daren and Fr. Mark.

Good Idea: Putting out dessert bowls.

Bad Idea: Forgetting to bring out the dessert.

Good Idea: Watching a Patrick Dempsey movie with a glass of wine after your guests have left.

Bad Idea: Watching Made of Honor (of all Patrick Dempsey movies)

Good Idea: Going to gym the next day and working out to songs that remind you of good times

Bad Idea: Going to the gym the next day and working out to Jingle Bell Rock and a really bad remix of Silent Night.

Good Idea: Reading this blog post on a Saturday night

Better Idea: Having a life on a Saturday night instead.