Someone could have DIED! / Outback Steakhouse Bleu Cheese Dressing

Mom made a LOT of stuff for dinner tonight - seven dishes! We compared her to Auntie Grace, and said that she didn't need to make so much! As I said to Dallas, I think she went into overdrive when she heard that we both were coming. I got my sister to sign birthday cards even though she was doing some camp planning, so that was a good thing. Emailed a few people after dinner before I forgot, too. Eric came over with 10 seconds to spare: SOMEONE COULD HAVE DIED, YOU KNOW! Jon was making plans with Holly - he wanted to say hi to Harmony's parents, but wasn't sure if they were home. Speaking of Harmony, she sent him a cute box with their picture on it - quite nicely decorated! Later, certain people wanted to know what was inside the box - none of my business, so I didn't look!

Discussed that highway collapse in San Francisco-Oakland, taxes, Jen's party (which Banana Leaf on Broadway IS it?), Alan's barbecue that same night, ride arrangements, Daniel camp, Dallas' 19-pound watermelon, Sunday dinner (only a handful of people because of camp), Eunice moving to Burnaby, weddings and babies, the change at Shanghai Wind (NEVER going back!), our friends, and tomorrow's hockey game. Eric and I are going to remain home for that one, most probably! Mom gave me some pineapple juice, an Old Navy wool coat, and some more dishes with dragons on them. Not sure where I'll put the dishes and such, but the coat's hung up somewhere and the juice is in the fridge. (no shopping till a week past the cruise?) The old Shanghai Wind owners and waitstaff have moved to the old Bread Garden, so maybe we'll try the upscale stuff once - before Eunice goes to Burnaby! Eric insists that they've been talking about it for the last six weeks, but I haven't heard a thing till tonight! Crazy person...

24 was pretty good this week: I guess the Vice-President isn't that bad since he's a WIDOWER and not actually married, but Lisa Miller is a two-timing specimen of humanity with a spy! (I won't use the common characterization of such women on here, and "skank" doesn't quite cut it!) Tom Lennox was all like OMG WTF?!?!?! for the entire time that the Vice-President was explaining things to him, hahaha! Morris made Chloe cry because he said it was over, Milo will be insanely jealous because of Mike Doyle and Nadia, they put CTU on lockdown since Jack escaped with Audrey Raines, and that medical guy was SO BAD for insisting that Audrey was HIS PATIENT and shouldn't be treated in a different way! No more drug-induced interrogation for this woman, since she's catatonic - at least Jack got her to say something useful. (guess her dad isn't dead like people thought... but he needs to know that Jack SAVED his daughter, and they're not teens anymore!)

CSI involved a fireball and Horatio firing a member of his team for accepting money from a gambler. "I'll give you something new to obsess about - a row of steel bars!" Persistent ex-boyfriends, arson, and more... oh my! Everyone thought that Steph's ringtone of Vivian S. laughing at something really funny was pretty scary! On the way home, I was kinda crazy... Eric just wanted to ask me some questions and remind me to read a certain site, which I didn't really mind TOO much. Gotta remember Jen's gifts since Jon's teaching till 7:30 and hopes there will be something afterwards! (Nathan's going to BOTH the dinner and the barbecue? Wow.)


Outback Steakhouse Bleu Cheese Dressing

If you've had the Kookaburra Wings from Outback, then you've tasted the chain's thick and creamy bleu cheese dressing served up on the side. Use this stuff when you need an excellent dipping sauce for your next batch of wings, or just pour it over a salad and dive in.

1 cup mayonnaise
2 tablespoons buttermilk
1 tablespoon crumbled bleu cheese
1/8 teaspoon coarse ground black pepper
1/8 teaspoon onion powder
1/8 teaspoon garlic powder

1. Mix all ingredients together by hand in a small bowl until smooth.
2. Cover and chill for 30 minutes before serving. Makes 1 cup.