This first week of January 2013 has come and gone with relatively little happening. Not surprisingly, work was slow and not much was happening around the house. It was a good week.
On Thursday, we went out to eat for our usual family night out. Rich and I decided we need margaritas and we headed out to Pablo’s. This is one of the local Mexican restaurants. We got seated and ordered our drinks. While waiting for them to come to the table, Rich read through the menu and noticed that they had a $99.99 freeze squeezed margarita. Now he got worried. Which one did he order? Our waitress came back with two margaritas and a Root Beer. She looked rather blank and said, “The good one, of course.” She avoided answering which one he ordered. Finally, the check arrived showing the $8.99 version. Now I wonder what a $100 margarita tastes like.
We went from dinner to Julie Ann’s. This is our favorite frozen custard place. We have to support them so they stay open. They closed a few years back, but a daughter of the owners reopened a new location. Tonight, we were coming for the sundae of the month. The flavor was Bourbon Caramel with chocolate and cookie bits. It was awesome.
It’s definitely winter here. Wherever you go around town, there are guys dressed very warmly. While waiting in line at Walgreens, a guy placed a case of beer on the counter. The cashier joked about getting more beer for the game. He explained it was for ice fishing on one of the lakes. At the grocery store, there were several guys in line wearing very warm gear as they waited to buy their food items. It is most definitely ice fishing season in the McHenry area.
The ice on Griswold Lake seems to be pretty thick. At least the ice fishers think so. On Sunday, there were maybe 25 or so people out there on the ice. At least the snowmobilers haven’t been out yet. That’s probably because the river isn’t frozen yet. The river becomes a major highway in the dead of winter with loud, roaring machines running up and down at all hours.
Rich want to ice fish this year. He is dying to buy a sled and a hut with all the tools. He even plans to have Sascha drag the sled out to the lake for him. However, the weather hasn’t exactly cooperated. It’s supposed to be warm this week, relatively speaking. He is hoping for more freezing weather. We have our fingers crossed again for colder weather. Heaven knows, we need the snow.
Rick is still looking for a job. I hope things are getting better, but he just doesn’t have any experience on his resume. On Tuesday, he has an interview with Menard’s. We are working on a resume for him to take to the interview. I hope he gets the job, but the experience of interviewing will help. Got my fingers crossed.
With an interview coming up, Rick needs a resume. Now this is one of my favorite documents. In a very short format, you have to communicate a lot of information. This document needs to introduce you, provide a sketch of you as a person, and give the interviewer something to talk about. How do you do that well in a single page? That’s the challenge. Rick had a resume that he had created for a class. We reviewed for changes and I asked him to add a few things to expand his interests.
On Saturday, we had late appointments for haircuts. By the time we got out, it had started to snow and sleet pretty well. The road was slick and the snow was starting to accumulate on the grass. We got home safely. As we drove past the house behind us, I looked over and saw one of the guys who usually visits standing in the typical peeing stance. Luckily, he had his back to us. I yelled back to Rick that he was not allowed to pee behind our garage. That was one lesson from an uncle he was not to repeat.
Rich decided to take Sascha for a run today. I think she is beginning to enter her couch potato stage. She was lying on the office floor sleeping when Rich came in with her harness. She opened her eyes for a moment and then went back to sleep. I couldn’t believe what I saw. We finally got her and into her harness. They started out on a slow note, but Sascha soon picked up the pace. Rich took her out to the peninsula and down to the river and back. Remember, a good Husky is a tired Husky. Sascha was pretty good all evening.
On Friday, Rick put on his red Star Trek shirt. I thought it would be funny to get him this t-shirt for Christmas. It was to remind him that he is expendable now. Just like in the Star Trek TV show, the storyline doesn’t revolve around him. He was frowning in the picture I took at Christmas, but I think he took it pretty well.
This week will be busy for me as I start up the next project and try to get the information I need to complete the documentation for it My new minion, Karen, should be getting a lot more information and introductions to a lot more people. I guess I’ll earn my keep now.
Rich told me that he entered a contest to win a trip to the Tampa Blues Fest. This festival is coming up the weekend of the 18th through the 20th. We would get round trip air fare, hotel arrangements, and tickets to the festival. I haven’t checked to see who was there, but it should be fun. Now I’ve my fingers crossed that we win that one. I assume Rich will take me.
Wait, I’m running out of fingers to cross here! Oh yeah, I’m still not writing 2013 yet. Maybe Christmas next year.
