My whole week off was pretty low key.  I ran a lot of errands and built a projector screen for our new projector TV.  I ate at Sabor which is an amazing Brazilian gaucho steak house.  It is all you can eat top cuts of steak, pork, chicken and lamb.  You first hit the salad bar and then when you’re ready you flip over a little coaster.  Once you do that guys come to your table nonstop and cut off hunks of meat from a skewer (saber) on to your plate.  You keep eating until you flip your coaster over.  The meat was amazing as were the sides.  It is not cheap but worth the treat every once in a while.  The only other thing I really did on my break worth mentioning was going to eat by J and check out her gourmet cafeteria. The trip was three years in the making and the chicken parmesan was very good.  If I had the cafeteria like she does I would only need to eat once a day weight in the neighborhood of three hundred pounds.

Didn’t do much the weekend days either but wait for New Year to roll around.  Watched some football and bought some insulation to take advantage of the tax deduction.

For New Year’s Eve we had the Wians’, Bone and Jessica over for a little pre-party/pre-game.  The Pack was taking on the Bears to close out the season.  We had some drinks, chips, shrimp and pizza.  The game didn’t mean anything for the Pack but they finished the season on a high note beating the Bears.  The game was the inaugural sporting event on my new 110” projector TV.  It ended up being overkill for the room so I’ll have to make some adjustments.  After the game we headed to Lakefront for their New Year’s Eve bash.  We hung out there from 10-2 drinking beer and listening to the Reggae stylings of King Solomon.  If was fun and a great way to bring in the New Year.  We didn’t stay out until five this year; we headed straight home and called it a night.

Sunday was a dreadful and delightful day.  It was delightful because the Badgers managed to beat Arkansas to finish 12-1 and the Capitol One bowl champs, killer season and what a great year.  The day was dreadful too though because it was my last day of vacation, BIG bummer.  Back to work tomorrow to start 2007.  Happy New Year all, may it be prosperous!