Hoerman's House

We Ate Too Much…But It Was Good!

Glen and I decided not to exchange gifts this year.  Instead we planned an extra special dinner.  Our original plan was to have one of Glen’s co-workers smoke a leg of lamb for us.  However, he fell on the ice and buggered himself up pretty good.   So on to plan B.  Glen and I went to Costco and bought a beautiful standing rib roast.  I decided on an Emeril Lagasse recipe for the roast.  You roast garlic, mash it up and mix in chopped fresh rosemary, thyme, salt and pepper and then smear it all over the roast.

To go along with this wonderful piece of meat we had mashed potatoes and roasted brussell sprouts.

Petey has been such a good boy all year, so for his Christmas gift he got one of the rib bones from the standing rib roast.  He was super happy!

Glen and I also have started a nice little tradition.  We had a fire going in the fireplace.  Our fireplace is gas, (propane), which is expensive, so we decided this would also be something nice that is just for us for Christmas.

We had a wonderful Christmas.  Hope everyone else did too!

Snow is Pretty When…..

I think snow is really pretty when I don’t have to work.  We didn’t get very much for our first snow, and I did have to work….it was horrible.  The next day, when I was off, I went outside and found the pretty.

Winter finally arrived

Yesterday we had our first snow of the season.  Not only did we get snow, but we also had 35 mile per hour winds to go with it.  I was such a lucky gal.  I had to work…..and it was a busy busy busy day!

I took this right before I had to leave for work.

We Love Cheez It’s

Don’t you just love the serious begging that is going on here?

Of course I couldn’t resist his face….

Two Years

Yesterday was the second anniversary of my and Glen’s first date.  He was so thoughtful!  I came home from work to a beautiful bouquet of flowers, a card,a bottle of wine and a very well thought out dinner. 

The picture really doesn’t do justice to how very pretty the flowers are.  They are just gorgeous!

Glen bought bacon wrapped sirloins,lobster tails and twice baked potatoes for our dinner.  We grilled both the steaks and the lobster.

I actually remembered, with the help of Glen, to get a picture of my plate before I devoured everything on it.  The dinner was so wonderful.  My gift to him seems so paltry compared to this wonderful feast.  I got him a cheese making kit….so we could try out hand at making cheese.  Future posts will prove how good a gift it turned out to be, so stay tuned.

Let Sleeping Dogs Lie

Wild and Crazy Girl

Cats are great because the most inexpensive thing can become a toy.  Glen was teasing her with the string from the hoody he was wearing.

Lilly:  Well, well….what do we have here? 

Lilly:  String!!!  I love string!

Lilly:  I must kill it!

Lilly:  My work here is done.

Introducing a new toy

We were given another fun fishing pole for Lilly.  Naturally she was scared of it at first.

Curiosity always gets the best of her though.

Eventually she was playing with it like a long lost friend.

Girls Christmas Day Out

Yesterday my good friends Ila, Vickie and I got to have our annual Christmas outing.  This year we went to Brownes Irish Market in the Westport area of Kansas City.

I had the reuben sandwich and a bowl of potato soup.  It was very very yummy.

I also had a nice Irish hard cider to go along with it.

Afterwards we were trying to decide what to do and we decided to head to Houlihan’s restaurant and have a beverage while we waited for the sun to set so we could go look at some Christmas lights. 

Ila ordered an x rated flirtini, I had a skinny cosmopolitan, and Miss Vickie had a liter pitcher of long island iced tea.  They were all very tastey.

When my buzz wore off and the sun had set we headed out to Longview’s Christmas in the Park.

It is a wonderful tradition that we have and I enjoy it every single year. 

Footie Print

Was trying to take a picture of a pretty blue jay the other day when I noticed that Lilly had left behind a cute little foot print on the window.