Friday Night!

It's been a long week, for me, and apparently for my kids. There WERE high spots (the Superbowl was fun, for many reasons), but The Game stank. And then there were work things, as well -- a friend left (moving to Dublin, so yay for a road trip, but sad to be losing her), and the week alternated between extreme boredom and trying to figure out why the application we thought was fixed died again. Sigh.

Apparently it was long for my kids, too, because they both said this morning, "Boy I'm glad it's Friday!". So, after getting them from school, we took a quick trip to Harris Teeter for the couple of things we needed from the store (capers and mushrooms for the shrimp I was making). While there we also got supplies for "fun drinks". Olives for me, so that I could have a martini, and Orange Crush and Wink for the kids.

Here are their concoctions: Peter's (Carolina glass) is Wink, Orange Crush and cranberry juice, Grace's (Giant's glass) is Root Beer, Wink, Orange Crush, and "two drops" of cranberry juice. And a cherry, which you can't see because it's on the ent of the umbrella.

Mine is gin, vermouth, and three olives.....