January 1, 2007 - Happy New Year!

Happy New Year!

I thought I'd start out with a festive photo. I toasted the New Year with Brian. We stayed home this year on account of my double ear infection and all. Despite all the drug warning labels, I still drank this glass of champagne. Take that UMC!

And, by the way, this will probably be the only beverage picture posted in 2007. The food pictures are enough.

I know you're all wondering how my first day went....

Breakfast:

I eat a lot of cereal, and you're going to have to accept that. I don't eat eggs. I don't have a lot of time in the morning. So, I eat cereal. Here we see a lovely bowl of Honey Nut Cheerios, with skim milk.

I also ate a huge orange
that looked beautiful but wasn't very good at all.

That won't stop Chopper though! He's right at my feet just waiting for me to drop a piece for him.

Lunch:

Leftovers! Brian and I cooked at home on New Year's Eve. And we had tons left over. So what are these beautiful snacks? There are two pieces of french bread with spinach dip, topped with pesto shrimp. They were so delicious they deserve a closer look. That weird looking brown ball is actually leftover Arroz con Pollo made by Brian's grandma. She stayed with us from December 27th to the 31st. She knows Arroz con Pollo is my favorite dish she makes, and she showed me how to make it. We made way too much. Brian made some tasty riceballs with some of the leftovers. He rolled it into balls, rolled them in bread crumbs and baked them in the oven. Clever boy.

After a lazy afternoon at home (you can see Brian playing Madden in the background of the close up), we actually decided to go out to the Sahara and play in the 7:00pm Poker Tournament. Our poker friends Randy and Nick came with us. None of us won any money, but at least we got to enjoy some free sandwiches....

Dinner?
yeah... so I ate this sandwich minus the salami and ham they had on it. It was basically a piece of turkey and a Kraft Single. Forgive the poor quality of the shot, but casinos are paranoid about cameras. I made Brian hold the sandwich while we were on the other side of some back entrance to the poker room.

It's hardly dinner, but it held me over till I busted out of the tournament..around 10:30. Then I enjoyed this glorious chocolate milkshake at the Caravan Cafe in the Sahara. For whatever reason, getting the shake took longer than Randy and Brian's food. Our apologetic waiter explained that the kitchen had taken an extraordinary amount of time to make the shake, and waiting for them to make it was like "an Act of Congress."

We debated whether or not the milkshake "counts" as food and had to be photographed. I'm not sure the shake is food, but whether or not you agree, the cherries definitely count.

I'm also including a freaky picture of Randy posing with my shake. A woman at a poker table actually believed he and I were twins.

So that's day one. Don't lecture me for eating ice cream for dinner.