Friday's Feast, once recovered

So, the Leeson and Gardiner family spent the greater portion of the last week in bed. I woke with the influenza virus last Sunday and spent the next 48 hours in bed. I returned to work later in the week to learn the it was a bug being passed around the hospital (so much for them having all of their employees be vaccinated). Every department was missing staff for this virus. Oh well. It felt as though we were going to die, but we didn't and now I am here to Friday's Feast about my life.

Appetizer - What is your favorite kind of cereal?

Depends on the day. Sometimes it is rolled oats in the form of oatmeal. Once in a while it is Weetabix -- not flakes, the biscuits. Today (and recently) it has been flaked cereal with pieces of dried fruit in it.

Soup - When was the last time you purchased something for your home, what was it, and in which room did it go?

Martini glasses, bought last month, they went in the kitchen and they sit on the counter waiting to be used. I have been one week martini-free since becoming infected with the damn flu-bug. Hard to sip apple martinis when coughing up a lung.

Salad - What is the funniest commercial you’ve ever seen?

There have been a few. I LOVE, LOVE, LOVE the Ikea commercial when the woman comes out of the store looking at her receipt and yells across the parking lot to her husband to "start the car! Start the car!!!" (She thinks she is getting a "steal.")

I also liked the one where the baby was in the Jolly Jumper and while mom talked on the phone the dog pulled the baby back enough to get some serious elasticity in the spring, released and the baby was able to fly through the air to fetch the block of cheese from the counter.

Main Course - Make up a name for a company by using a spice and an animal (example: Cinnamon Monkey).

Rosemary Jackal

Dessert - Fill in the blank: I haven’t ______ since ______.

danced since Doug and I were first dating. I miss going out to the bar to dance. I wouldn't necessarily want to now because I wouldn't know the music or be near the age of anyone in the bar but I remember loving the act of going out to dance and just let me body move to the music.