Storm Watch Dud

The 'weather' people on local news warned us of the impending rain over the weekend which was to drop 1-2 inches of rain. That was OK with me as there were four football playoff games over the two days to occupy my time.

Friday night, Carolyn and I headed over to the Spectrum so Carolyn could buy a present for a bridal lingerie shower and then we could grab dinner out. Somehow Fredrick's didn't appeal, nor did a few other stores have a reasonable selection, so we ended up in Nordstroms. I always find it a bit more than a little uncomfortable to trail Carolyn through the racks of bras and panties, and Carolyn tries not to buy an absolute nothing for one of these 'events' as the younger set will be more than willing to supply those. Carolyn found a nightgown which was short, cute, comfortable and opaque, and as the clerk wrapped it we found out she had previously worked at Victoria's Secret. Her observation was that there are two type of men who shop there: the man who knows exactly what he wants; and, the other who is nervous and anxious to buy anything and get out. I understand the anxiety.

Dinner was at Champs which is lined with large screen video displaying every possible sport imaginable. Over Carolyn's shoulder, played hockey, pro and college basketball, and snowboarding. Carolyn had a pretty good pulled pork sandwich while I had a chicken wrap that also became my Saturday lunch.

Saturday morning, it was misting so I hurried to lay out some plastic on the deck to protect the garden room. I think that was the hardest it 'rained' all day, as the storm (or drizzle) never really materialized. Then I settled in for some playoff football before the evening at the OC Performing Arts Center, the Pop series, which featured Henry Mancini's music and his daughter's singing. Front row, nearly center, the typical Lewis provided seats. We enjoyed it very much then took in an after theater dinner at Jerry's Deli.

Sunday started off lazy with reading both papers in bed, but then I got into cleaning out some of my clothes in the closet and Carolyn was also inspired so we ended up with a MUCH neater closet and two full bags of clothes ready for Goodwill. This, of course, morphed into a need to move the sewing machine back into 'Ashley's' room and a bit of rearranging there. Meanwhile, I managed to slip back to the game room more than once, while Carolyn contemplated, to catch portions of the two Sunday football games.

Then, we made it to church at the temple for the first time in about four weeks, and Mike taught a great sermon from Hebrews 4:1-3 about the importance of knowing you're a Christian (not just because of what I've done, prayed, or felt) as the consequences are eternal.

Home again we enjoyed a roast Carolyn had put in before we left (the smell permeating our house), and then settled in for the first two hours of season 5 of 24 and Jack Bauer. The tension begins again!