It started off by getting together with some of David's friends on Friday night to say goodbye to a friend that is moving to New Zealand, indefinitely. He leaves in less than a week and we are sad to see him go. David and I (and a few others) are secretly hoping he's not gone too long.
The festivities continued Saturday night, after another day of coaching for David, as we had another friend and his significant other over for dinner and games. I whipped up a few swiss chard, white bean, and bacon pot pies, recipe from the SK cookbook:
These pics are from the test run a week or so ago, they looked even better after the practice round and a little egg wash added to achieve a glistening effect on the crust.
The SO is a vegetarian, so this was the perfect dish as the bacon (or pancetta) was easily omitted from her pie.
David was in charge of the appetizer- toasted baguette with goat cheese and roasted tomatoes- and a blue cheese, grape, fennel, and arugula salad to accompany my pot pies.
I got to use my formal china, for the seventh time. Which always makes the evening more special, at least for me.
We ended Saturday night by playing a rousing game of Settlers of Catan. I had never played before, but that didn't stop me from winning the game, even if the game was cut short (relatively speaking) by a chihuahua barreling across the board. And speaking of chihuahuas, Franklin spent the entire evening mean-mugging our male guest. He had to be put in his kennel upstairs because he would not stop barking and nipping at my friend. He proceeded to get in a tizzy in his kennel where he ripped one of his toenails on the door and when I went to let him out discovered his paw and the kennel were bloody. It was traumatic for everybody involved (well probably just me and Franklin). It was also shocking behavior from Frankie, normally Winston is the more aggressive of the two, but Winston snuggled right up to our guests while Franklin tried to run them out of the house. I guess they decided to switch personalities for a night.
Sunday we spent the morning recuperating from the cooking, cleaning, and entertaining flurry that was Saturday as well as getting a few chores done around the house. I took the dogs on a much needed walk, baked some delicious cookies, and then headed to a friend's house to watch the season finale of Downton Abbey while David worked the Wild game. I knew how the season ended (thanks for the spoiler Syd) so I wasn't devastated after the episode like apparently all of Facebook was, and was able to enjoy the evening with my friend (and her mom) and some cookies and cucumber sandwiches.
Now here's hoping for just as good of a week! And it's bound to be as we started it off with ALL of the dishes washed, laundry put away, and a clean house!
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