Woe is me; my giant moth monster sucks.

[same_sky]

Magnus entered both of our LJ names into the Giant Battle Monster thingie that blookum posted. His little monster was pretty fierce. Unfortunately, I was a lame-o weakling. He assures me that his supergiant monster will protect my dinky little one. That's super, because I'm very busy guarding my nest and can't be bothered with such things.

Today was intended to be a super-fun outing adventure, but kinda turned out a little lazier than it could have been. We had big plans for swimming or shopping in either Lexington or Ashland or something like that. Then we got invited to lunch at the store.. they were fixing BLTs and thought we might want to come down. I really didn't want bacon, but thought I'd feel a little guilty if we turned them down for no reason. So we went. After five minutes, Dad mentions that there's a commercial yard sale at the restaraunt that went out of business (Boomerang's) and he'd like to go and would I mind watching the register while him and Magnus went out there? Anyway, the shortened version of this is that I ended up working for two unpaid hours on my day off. Yay. Well, two hours minus eating time. When we finally got out of there, we went to Carter Caves and played minigolf (I won! Yay!) and then came home. We were headed to Ashland, where I might or might not get a needed haircut, but we decided we didn't want to. Came home and took a nap instead. Magnus expends a tremendous amount of energy making me fall asleep. It's kind of weird, really.

I bought M two Monty Python type movies tonight, and we just finished watching Life of Brian. I hadn't seen it. Not my favorite, as it turns out. Not particularly fond of it, actually, though it wasn't terrible. And I lost my needle somewhere in the couch or on the floor. I got the urge to cross-stitch again last night and started one of our many tiny purchased-on-sale holiday kits. You know the ones, measuring about two inches square? I really haven't worked on anything since I started tatting.. I wish I could at least finish up the two projects I had going. Unfortunately, almost the only thing left on one of them was the bitchy delicate accents done in gold metallic. See what I mean? I promised it to Mom for Mother's Day last year, though, so it'd be nice to give it to her. *giggle* Anyway, I have this terrible habit of losing needles, which is another good reason for me to pursue another craft. :) This one was pretty blunt, at least.

Need to stop sitting on my feet. I was doing better with it, but have lately been sitting cross-legged again. Bad for me. Makes chiropractor gripe loudly. And makes legs, feet and assorted joints hurt. Looks like I'd eventually learn, doesn't it?

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[blookum.livejournal.com]

Whoa! Boomerang's went out of business?! A friend told me that Bill's Grill went under - who else is gone?

The Restaraunt Status Report

[same-sky.livejournal.com]

I didn't know that Bill's Grill went out of business. He came into the store a month or two ago buying produce and talking to my dad. He said that business was slow because of college being out and he was beginning to think about really marketing it as a place to go for a good quick lunch, but he hadn't wanted to do that yet because of his other committments. (He catered at Guardian's at night for a long time.) Anyway, I've never been in there. No one I know in real life (ie, real Morehead citizens) has ever been in there. It's crazy to attempt to run a business in that location without changing the exterior and running a marketing campaign of some sort, even on a small scale. There have been so many places go in there that look exactly the same (they even keep the freakin' awning or replace it with one just like the one before) that no one ever even considers going there to eat anymore. Plus, the parking situation sucks. So. I don't know anything else about the place, but I didn't get the feeling that he was planning on being permanently out of business, but he might very well have changed his mind since then. I don't know. Like I said.. it's not like I've ever considered actually *going* there.

Boomerangs is another one of those crazy places. I haven't been there in three years--I will NOT go into a restaraunt to eat if I have to pay a cover charge, which is what was posted on the door the last time or two we tried to go there, and after that, it completely left the radar of places we could go eat. The family (who dines out a LOT) refused to go for the same reasons. And don't get me started on the music. We said all along they were shooting themselves in the foot with the bar thing. Given how empty they were during most nights and their current closed status, I believe we were right. I'm surprised they lasted this long, actually.

Cutter's is still open, and they're saying that they have no intentions of closing. Can't think of anyone else that's gone. Anyway, this was a MUCH longer rant than intended, but both of those places bugged the crap out of me with their short-sightedness. ;)

Moreheadian cuisine

[blookum.livejournal.com]

Oooo! Don't even get me started! Yes, I have been into Bill's Grill more times than I care to admit, and I was a proper Morehead citizen for a while there. Yes, I was a college student, but I had lived there for a year and a half before I went back to school.

I totally agree about Boomerang's, how outrageous it is to charge cover there even to just eat. Once liquor licenses popped up, everybody lost their damn minds.

There is really nowhere to eat in Morehead. I've eaten at D's 3 times (once for lunch, twice for dinner) and I was never impressed with it. I had duck l'orange that was overcooked and smeared in what appeared to be orange marmalade. Their hummus was straight out of a package (I could even identify which flavor they were using, and recognized it as a brand from Kroger). I forget my other meal there - it didn't stand out.

Combine all this with the fact that Jimbo's is closed, and I just don't even want to think about it anymore.

Re: Moreheadian cuisine

[same-sky.livejournal.com]

I've eaten at D's once.. I had the cajun turkey sandwich. It was decently good, but it rather reminded me of deli bologna with cayenne pepper on the edges. I loved the atmosphere, though. It's another place I really don't understand. Magnus didn't even know they existed until I went there with my cousin for lunch a while back. Why don't these out-of-the-way places (Main Street, out of the way.. humorous, really) advertise? And they're closed on Saturdays. Wtf? Why would a restaraunt be closed on Saturdays? Be closed on Mondays if you have to, but not Saturday! Argh. I still miss the China Garden (they were closed on Mondays, if you didn't catch the connection). They were the best Chinese place in town until that damned China Star ran them out of business. Don't like China Star, but the China Cafe in the Morehead Plaza is pretty good. And I'm still in mourning over Trevino's, even with the new Italian place. :)

La Finca's is by far my favorite, though, and I'd be extremely surprised if they went out of business at this point. As long as we have La Finca's, I'm happy. Can always go to Lexington to eat, though I was hoping the liquor by the drink thing they made such a huge deal out of would intice a Red Lobster or an Applebee's or something. Morehead has a lot of restaraunts, really.. they're just mostly fast food. *sigh*

Ah! La Finca is KING!!!

[blookum.livejournal.com]

La Finca ruuuuuuuuuuuuules.

I doubt our economy could support even an Applebee's. Listen to me, "our" economy, like I still live there...

[blue-eyed-girl.livejournal.com]

Oh, I love The Life of Brian! I always crack up at "He has a wife, you know ..." :)

[same-sky.livejournal.com]

*giggle* Yeah, that was funny. I tend to like them better after I've seen them a few times, too, so it'll probably grow on me. :)

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That's a cute cross-stitch pattern. I find it quite relaxing actually the (very) few times I've done it. I should get another one to play with one day. But I'm in the grips of handbag making and cannot discard it until finished! MUST NOT!! :)

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I really got into cross-stitch for a while and had lots of projects going.. it was quite stress-relieving. Magnus even got into it, but he lacks the ability to complete projects, so it didn't turn out as well for him. *grin*