PRIME RIB BABY!!!

 BRRRRRRR!!  So just WHAT is the opposite of Mother Natures hot flashes?   It's a very chilly 43 degrees.  None of us ... not Cooper, not Kitters nor myself wanted to go outside this morning.  

The moon is still shining brightly as it quickly falls behind the trees and disappears.  Lucky for me, it didn't have much effect on the Lodge dinner last night.

But first .... let's lay out in the sun and soak up a little WARM.  That didn't last long at all.

You guessed it ... Kitters followed me right out, plunked down here and harassed me the entire time.  Meow ... meow ... little pats on the chaise until she jumped right up in the middle of me.  She literally pestered me for 30 minutes before I gave up and went back inside.  It's okay though.  A little chilly breeze came up, which shortly turned into a blizzard.  It was downright COLD!!!

Just to pass the time, I did a little laundry before checking out the astronauts once again.  This looks like pretty tight quarters to me!  Hope those men don't snore too loud!!  

I must have had the hungry shakes when I took this blurry picture of lunch.  Yes, I'm trying to be GOOD, though the leftover chocolate cake is just SCREAMING at me constantly!!!

I finally donned my "garb" for the Elks Lodge Sheriff sponsored dinner.  Literally half the Sheriff's Department showed up to hang out, have a few beers and cook a fabulous dinner for us.  I mean what could be better than a bunch of good looking MEN cooking dinner for you?  The Sheriff, a very good member and friend of the lodge, is one of the best cooks in the country.

The Elks Lodge has a dinner and a raffle twice a month to raise money to pay our bills and donate to charities.  This table of goodies raised over $1500 in their raffle ... and this is just ONE night.  What can I say, Elks are VERY generous!

So here I am with my lone little glass of White Zin, served by the best bartender we have.  She is a sweetheart from Hawaii who has the best attitude of anyone I've met in my entire life.  This girl ... she always has a smile, so I always buy one drink so I can tip her BIGLY.  Yes, that's ice in my glass.  You know I'm a lightweight!!

Dinner was PRIME RIB, scalloped potatoes that were the best I've ever had (and they come from a BOX in our pantry), green beans smothered in brisket, bacon and tomatoes (that's a new one) and a roll, followed up by CHOCOLATE ICE CREAM!!  

This is not the entire meal ... this is my LEFTOVERS!  In case you were wondering, Thursday night meals are $20.00.  Become an Elk and you will get lots of CHEAP amazing meals.

The meeting afterwards was less than spectacular.  The mostly new officers had no idea what they were supposed to do.  The good part is the meeting lasted 20 minutes and we were OUT THE DOOR!!  YAY!

This is a short one today ... I'm off for a haircut at 8:00 in the morning.  Ugh ... I actually have to get myself ready WAY too early.  As you know, I don't leave the house before 10:00 on ANY day if I can help it!!!

But first ...... a little prime rib breakfast!!