No BLUES here...!

Nope-not here...

although today I took my Valentine

to the

House of Blues Gospel Brunch.

It was raining as we drove

raining as we got there

(hence I completely forgot to take any outside pictures-duh!)

but it was warm insidewith GREAT music by

Glory

and the food!!!

Delicious!

We stayed through  two 1/2 sets of music

(they were just finishing one set when we arrived...)

I lost count of cups of coffee I drank

as well as trips to the buffet in the kitchen!

It was a lot of fun.

My pics are not the greatest---

in fact, the best one's hubby took..

(I've got to order the new camera---and then take a class

on how to use it!! and stop being shy about taking photos

in public...)

Hubby's second (?!) helping...

(that's a shrimp he's holding!)

Audience participation---

if you were caught not clapping-you had to sing!

There was some rockin' going on with

This Little Light of Mine...!

see-this is what I mean with my camera---

the room was dark-and the stage lit-

I futzed with this in Picasa to get it this light-but the picture itself is not clear

three little kids were singing and they were good!

The singer in the trio Glory--one keyboardist,

one on woodwinds (I saw a flute and clarinet-still think I heard a sax earlier as well)

they were GOOD!

It takes a lot for me to miss our praise band at church-

but they were worth it!

TO DIE FOR chocolate pie!

Gotta Google and see if I can find the recipe--

it's light like  Cool Whip but a little heavier-

but not as heavy as cheesecake or a pudding!

It was delicious and yes, I ATE THE WHOLE THING!

More pie in the kitchen---from whence mine came!

If I could have snuck one out of there...mmmm...

maybe by tomorrow lunch I'd be hungry enough again to eat!

SHRIMP!

Peel your own is not my favorite-

but these were easy to peel

(hubby said they slit them to make them so---)

and they were cooked in just enough spice

that I didn't even use the cocktail sauce... I had seconds on these, too!

Ok-thirds...burp!

 That's catfish next to the macaroni and cheese! YUM!

We had a great time--

how can you go wrong with good company,

good food and good GOSPEL music?!

Then we came home

snuggled under warm blankets

and took an almost 2-hour nap

(and woke up surrounded by cats)!

Can't think of a better way to have spent the day!

Now...maybe I will go try and burn off that pie

by doing a little stamping!

Then again....another nap might be good, too!

Until next time,

happy stamping and scrapping!

Blessings,

Can't think