{"id":1249,"date":"2008-02-11T16:42:00","date_gmt":"2008-02-11T21:42:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/lawrencem94.sg-host.com\/?p=1249"},"modified":"2008-02-11T16:42:00","modified_gmt":"2008-02-11T21:42:00","slug":"whirl-wind","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/plazajen.com\/?p=1249","title":{"rendered":"Whirl Wind!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>OK, there&#8217;s been a lot going on&#8230;. let&#8217;s start at the beginning, rather than the middle, mmmkay?<\/p>\n<p>Friday Night Fish Fry. Well, this was a bit of a bust. We went back to St. Thomas More&#8217;s, where it all began for us, and they&#8217;ve changed their fish this year. The baked fish was pretty good, though rather bland, and the fried fish was resoundingly over-battered. And it wasn&#8217;t &#8220;battered&#8221; but rather &#8220;triangular-shaped fish object&#8221; and my first bite pulled away an empty corner of&#8230;batter\/crust. No fish. Argh.  Sides? Ok &#8211; your standard green beans, corn, and french fries, plus slaw &#038; buttered boiled potatoes (which I do so love.) Desserts were once again run by the girl scouts, and I must say, the girl from last year who delightedly applied whipped cream decided to get industrious, and created a tray that she took from table to table, upselling people who perhaps weren&#8217;t going to mosey over to their table to choose a dessert. I had seen pecan pie, and she dutifully went back to get some. Pretty cute. But not worth a return trip, sadly. $8.50 per adult.<\/p>\n<p>Sunday Blogger Meet Up. Well, is it really a meet-up if it&#8217;s just two of us, and we&#8217;ve already met before? Emma Liar is back in Kansas City, and had a hankering for Hooter&#8217;s chicken wings. So we got some.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/plazajen\/2257476973\/\" title=\"100 Wings by plazajen, on Flickr\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/farm3.static.flickr.com\/2215\/2257476973_df3e1c60b7.jpg\" width=\"500\" height=\"375\" alt=\"100 Wings\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>I must say, the 3-Mile Island? Not hot enough. Dammit. It&#8217;s pretty sad when Pizza Hut&#8217;s &#8220;Blazin&#8217; Hot&#8221; pack more punch than wings named for a nuclear disaster.<\/p>\n<p>And after we got home, I busted my hump to finish the wristwarmers.  I knit on them all throughout <a href=\"http:\/\/imdb.com\/title\/tt0431197\/\">The Kingdom<\/a>, which is a very stressful movie, I think, and if you&#8217;ve seen it, you&#8217;ll understand the jarring disconnect to turn that movie off &#038; immediately see Jason Bateman introducing the Foo Fighters on the Grammys. <\/p>\n<p>I knit so much, and so devotedly, that all my tiny little fine-motor-skills muscles ached. Even my ear ached, and I blamed the knitting. But I got up this morning &#038; wove in the ends, and Bravissimo, here they are!<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/plazajen\/2258275720\/\" title=\"Toasty Arms &amp; Hands by plazajen, on Flickr\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/farm3.static.flickr.com\/2400\/2258275720_0ea918f315.jpg\" width=\"500\" height=\"375\" alt=\"Toasty Arms &amp; Hands\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/plazajen\/2257479387\/\" title=\"Even without my hands they cling to coffee by plazajen, on Flickr\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/farm3.static.flickr.com\/2383\/2257479387_17cf065cd3.jpg\" width=\"375\" height=\"500\" alt=\"Even without my hands they cling to coffee\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>I can&#8217;t wait to knit another pair, but in finer-gauge yarn and smaller needles. Hello, have you met the Masochist who lives on CandyCane Lane? 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