The Emperor Strikes Back

Hubby and I went to our jeweler today. Hubby has been wanting a different wedding band to wear to work and to match his fancy smanchy watch, which is a white metal. Oh, and I wanted to get a bracelet for my boy for Christmas.

So, we special order the ring, to be handmade by Joe the Jeweler. It is 10K white gold and square. We go on our merry way.

Later, I make a silly comment. Something to the effect that we can't afford something on the account of Hubby buying this wedding band. He says he doesn't care anymore and we can cancel the order.

When we get home, I am verifying that he wants to cancel the ring and we look for a cheaper alternative online in titanium. Then hubby drops the bombshell. I am the one in charge of cancelling the order and getting our money back. Hubby will not talk to him on the phone and moreover, he wants ME to go to the shop and get our money back. He wants me to do his dirty work.

First his excuse is that he wants to lose weight. Then, he says I have "tainted" the ring because of my comment. Nevermind that I was joking.... that "ruined" it for him. Next, I know Joe better and longer than him and I should be the one to cancel. I only made things better by calling him a pussy and he needs to man up. Of course, it gotter better from there. I imagine you know how these things escalate. Now we are moving out of our house (again. He said that last week when I hurt his feelings).

I apologized to him for calling him names. But I still think he is spineless sack of shit.

And we are still getting the ring. Whatever.

Iron Chef in my kitchen

Forget Food Network, I live with an Iron Chef.

Although he has no formal training, no papers, no pedigrees, he can kick ass with a skillet.

Tonight he made a potato/corn dish with fingerling potatoes and corn scraped off the cob. The fresh corn and red onions made it really sweet and he balanced that with chipotle. I wanted to eat the whole pan!

Periodically, he will watch FNTV and his favorite chefs, get inspired and do his own Throwdown. Or he will be shopping at Whole Foods and find something funky and run with it.

Oh! Friday he braised boneless/skinless chicken breasts in Apple Butternut soup. The soup reduced into a luscious gravy that he served with the chix. I tossed some chopped butternut squash and sweet potatoes with olive oil, salt and fresh ground pepper and roasted 'em. Ta-Da....Dinner is served. He thinks the chicken would have been a lot better if he had shredded it and cooked it in its own gravy. Maybe next time.

BLESSED SAMHAIN (aka Happy Halloween)

October. Disneyland. Went together as a family to the "Spooktacular." We had a lot of fun.

We played at Woody's Round-Up. Went on a few rides. Ate chicken dinner at the Plaza Inn.

Then we got the kids dressed up in their costumes and trick-or-treated in the park (California Adventure).

On All Hallow's Eve, we did our annual neighbor tricks and treats. We have Katie (Power Ranger), Tanner (soldier), Jaylynn (JoJo), Emma (pirate), Jarod (Dementor), Dominic (soldier) and Maddy (Ariel). The kids each got a sack-full of candy that is not humanly possible to comsume before Christmas and a helluva good time.