The week-end before Haloween...

Salut,

how was YOUR last week-end before Halloween 2008? Here's mine:

Friday:
Don't really remember... What have I done Friday night? Picked up the kids at school a little later than usual. Had pizza for dinner. Watched the tube with the kids. Went to bed early... but with my laptop... Bad idea... End up working and chatting in bed and get to sleep later than ideal... Had an interesting phone call at one point though... But I won't get into much detail and let your imagination flow... :-P

HO! Yes... Of course... It was Friday that I needed to dial 911 for the the first time in my life... But I already told you everything that needs to be said about that episode...

Saturday:
Dance lessons in the morning (no, no, no, not me, my kids, of course). Grocery and a quick lunch (Quiche Lauraine). Blogged about the Unbelievable Stupidity of the Friday night Fire. Got my nephew to babysit while I go to a family dinner with GG. There are a few birthdays in her family around this time (Ho, and she officially turned 40 on Saturday, I had already sang happy B-Day to her on the phone Friday night, remember? ;-)

Was raining like crazy on the highway to her brother's place in Magog, but it was fortunately quiet and already dried when I cam back home at the wee hours... Was hard to stay awake, but it was still worth the effort... héhé... ;-P

Sunday:
The kids (including the nephew who spent the night here, of course) got up around 8, less than 5 hours after I crashed in. I got up at 10h30 and did some work... Then it was the special Daddy's crêpes au jambon fromage for break-lunch (abbreviated to brunch). Marilaure had some school project to work on at a friends place, so Fannie and I went shopping for Halloween (after my mom came to pick up my nephew).

Added some outside decoration to the few little pieces I already had, and we we also bought costumes accessories for the three of us (wasn't easy to argue with Marilaure over the phone to choose her backup plan once we realized there were no Chinese costume available). Marilaure and I ended up with the same costume (with different sizes, of course). Can't wait to show you the pictures, but not until Friday night (or maybe Saturday morning). My colleagues will see it live on Friday, I'll wear it at work. And I will also wear it to give candies since the kids will go trick or treating with Friends.

Tonight, I tried another improvised recipe of chicken and multi-colored pepper in the Wok. This time, I added read crumbs and creates a sauce by blending a bit of Kikkoman sauce, cherry sauce, BBQ and also a new one I bought yesterday, General Tao sauce. It wasn't too bad, not great, but still, not bad for a guy that hardly cook at all... And we treated ourselves with a chocolate fondue for desert, but I goofed, I used a regular fondue burner... Bad idea... I then remember that all we need it a candle for chocolate fondue. D'Ho! So my container cracked and my chocolate got cooked and lost the perfect taste of Toblerone... Damn... Better luck next time.

We still ate like pigs, and I still feel it... Having a hard time kicking myself in the butt to cleanup the mess we left in the kitchen for dinner and in the living room when we tried out our costumes... I feel like going to bed right away (well, after I'm done with this post), but I need to wait for the laundry anyway, so might as well finish cleaning and then I can treat myself with some Google work before going to bed... Ho, but not before I prepare the kids lunches for tomorrow... almost forgot that one again...

I hope you had a good week-end, and that you will have a great week... If you remember to have fun, things should go alright...

BYE
MAD... not feeling like adding pictures or links... live with it!!! :-P