Froth

A rainy/snowy Saturday. Kirk woke up early and went to the gym. He couldn't sleep. I'm sure he's concerned about the our renovation and our upcoming trip. And that his partner is looking for work. Ahem. I got up soon after he did. Feeling concerned, too. I started right in, cleaning the house and doing laundry. We also looked a new wall color at Kwal Paint. We picked a color called Froth (CL3241W). It's a neutral grey. Now Froth is not a bad name. But I'll tell you this. There were some odd choices on the rack at that store. We were just reflecting that Womb was a bit odd when we found one called Last Breath. Now, that's just not an inspiring name! After we had a small portion made up, we went to Finn's for lunch. I had a veggie burger and Kirk had an omelet. It's been a while since we had been there. Everything was just great. Very, very attractive staff. Good service. Delicious food. I dropped Kirk off at the house and went grocery shopping. I've been clipping and using coupons for the last couple of years. And the store we usually shop at, Smith's, keeps me busy with all kinds offers that relate to the reduced-calorie frozen dinners, fat-free yogurts, and whole-grain cereals that we buy. Since our kitchen is unavailable and the weather makes it difficult to barbecue, dinner at our house has become low-calorie frozen. Plus, I've kept some of the habits from previous diets: fat-free whipped cream, sugar-free gelatin, sorbet, popcorn, low-fat string cheese, and fat-free cream cheese. We're doing OK. But we will oh-so-appreciate having the kitchen done. When they first introduced them, I resisted the affinity cards. Now I take them for granted and try to take advantage of them as much as possible. I had an old friend call me. I met him during my CompHealth days. He'd seen me on Facebook and decided to audio friend me. By way of the telephone. It was great to catch up, compare notes, and to make lunch plans. He just celebrated his eighth year with the company. Their marketing team has grown to 35-plus team members. He's a talented (and lovely) graphic artist and he has a great role there. It's a stable position. He travels. But not too much. Now, we did see Duplicity last night. And we were both underwhelmed. We usually don't agree on movies. And Kirk is so much more forgiving than I am. He is better able to enjoy a mainstream movie than I am. For example, he enjoys summer blockbusters as events. As long as he is entertained and interested. To me, mainstream movies usually include just enough unconscious racism or sexism to get me upset. So, we have very different tastes. But Duplicity just didn't happen for either of us. Kirk said that if he'd been watching it at home, on DVD say, there is absolutely no way he'd have made it through the movie to the (mildly) surprising end. It seemed, to me, that half the dialogue was attempting to explain rather than to show us what was so very, very intriguing about this plot and these characters. All of this said, we were pretty well relaxed and in a good state of mind by the time we got home. So, a successful Friday evening out.
Tonight (Saturday) we're going to a friend's place for drinks and then to an event called Giving is the New Black at Pierpont Place in downtown Salt Lake City. Oh! And tomorrow (Sunday) is Meet the Press and brunch with friends at Market Street Grill downtown. So good.