Wintry

Southeast Michigan is supposedly on the cusp of a "Wintry blitz", or so the weather people would have us believe. We were supposed to wake up this morning to 6" of ice and snow, but all we got was a whole lot more rain. At least in our backyard, anyway. Apparently others in the area weren't so lucky, because the news reported power outages and tree parts down all over the Detroit area. I guess it just didn't blitz on our street. And why is it "Wintry?" Why not "Wintery?" We don't say "Sumry." I'd like some clarification from the Weather Channel on this.

Saturday Vic & I went to a newly opened Irish pub for dinner. They had good food and the inside looked just like the pubs we went to in Ireland and London. He's only been open for about 3 weeks, so he's still working on expanding for live Irish music. Yea! We also stopped by Dragonmead afterward. They brew all their own beer and pop. The bar has a medieval theme to it, which I loved, and they also had a guy there playing the dulcimer. He wasn't bad. I've heard better, but I've also heard worse. It's not like a regular smoky, jukebox blaring bar ~ there's a nice atmosphere inside. They serve some basic bar-type food, but they also encourage you to bring your own. And the table next to ours had a backgammon game out! It was nice. I'm sure we'll go back.

Shawn came over Sunday night for dinner and family fun. He just wanted relax after his plane ride, so that's what we did. Vic made a delicious roast and then we all just plopped down in front of the fire for some knitting/cross-stitching/book reading. It was a nice, relaxing evening and I'm glad I got to spend at least a little time with my good friend.