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Weekend Things

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Hello from super snowy Colorado!

We woke up yesterday to a down-pouring of snow that I was totally unprepared for.  I left around 10:15 to make it to an 11 o’clock yoga class and it did not go well.  I had accidentally left my phone at home and when my car got stuck on a hill literally 5 minutes from the yoga studio I was in full-blown panic mode.  Luckily, a man in a big ol’ truck pulled up and helped me turn around by pushing my car for me.  Thank you, random man!

In other weekend-y news, we won Friday night trivia, my nephew turned 4, I ate the best steak of my life and my life’s happiness culminated when I was finally able to watch the Oscars after months of excited anticipation.  Don’t make fun of me!

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What’s the only word in the English language to end in mt?  I was seconds away from guessing “verklemt,” but then realized “dreamt” was the answer and that it’s actually “verklempt.”  

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I’ve never seen so many kids so terrified to hit a piñata.  We’re talking actual tears of fear.  Not to mention the part where my nephew threw a tantrum and fell off his chair when we all tried to sing “Happy Birthday” to him.  What is with these kids not wanting to be the center of attention?

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I think my favorite part was when my nephew unwrapped his gift of stick-on mustaches and my brother put one on my niece.  It was priceless.

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We ended Saturday night at Vesta Dipping Grill for Denver Restaurant Week.  Everything was so good!  Hannah and I are going to Elway’s tonight, so I figured I’d just bunch both DRW experiences for another post.  Be excited for a lot of badly-lit pictures!

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Mother Nature apparently had other plans, rather than letting me watch the Oscars.  Our satellite dish went out right in the middle of Adele’s performance!  And all the websites, that had been promising live feed earlier in the day, were sadly just playing with our emotions because they suddenly weren’t showing any live feed.

Luckily, we reset the satellite and were able to watch the rest of the show, but I will probably pout over Adele for at least another day.  My thoughts?

  • Seth MacFarlane was okay, I guess, although that Sound of Music joke was great!
  • John Travolta has gotten weird.
  • Just how many long haired blonde men does Hollywood have?
  • How did Jennifer Hudson come in 7th on American Idol?  How?!
  • Make this popcorn immediately.
  • Quentin Tarantino is just so…awesome.
  • ARGO!

Happy Monday!

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Did you watch the Oscars?

Is there a restaurant week where you live?

Have any snow disaster stories?

 

 

 

Super Bowl Weekend Things

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This will probably come as a huge shock to anyone who knows how much I don’t care about football, but I love the Super Bowl.

Not because of the actual game.  On Saturday night I had to ask Joey who was even playing.  But more because of the commercials and the food and the beer and the Beyonce.

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But the whole weekend in general was pretty good.  There was a lot of party prep going on, which I was totally okay with.  Except the part where I spent a couple hours in the kitchen, making Jell-O shots and chili and washing dishes and my back felt like it was going to break.  I will never be a professional chef.

I was in a spring cleaning mood on Saturday.  Wait, it isn’t spring yet?

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For years, a giant pile of torn out Cooking Light recipes has been floating about at my parents’ place and on Saturday morning, I sipped a cup of hot tea, watched a new episode of the Pioneer Woman and ripped out all the bookmarked CL recipes I had.  I am my mother.

I also cleaned out and shined up all my jewelry.  So exciting!

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What I don’t have pictures of, but did occur, was some beautiful Colorado weather and an outdoor run.  I basically thought I was going to die as I ran up the final hill back to my apartment but I was proud of myself when it was all said and done.

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This weird snack plate made it into my mouth at some point, between cutting onions for chili and mixing gelatin with condensed milk for Jell-O shots.  And I coerced Joey and my family to go out for burgers on Saturday night.  Weird how Larkburger happened to be right next to Smart Cow.

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Oh.  And I finally watched Saving Private Ryan.  I thought it was really good but it was definitely one of those highly-acclaimed award-winning movies that you see once and then never really need to see again.  Those just aren’t the kinds of movies I like to re-watch.

As for the game.

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We had lots of chili.

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And lots of Jell-O.  I think we still ran out before half time.

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And our chili bar rocked.  Frito pies, chili mac, chili dogs, chili cheese fries, nachos and toppings galore.  I think Jenn and I were the only ones to eat my veggie chili and I don’t even care because that just means I get all the leftovers.  Also, I accepted a million compliments on the chili Joey actually made.  Whatever.

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And guys!  Beyonce?!  Come. On.  I don’t even know what to say except…FIERCE!  If you ask me, she was the clear winner of the game.

So what I’m really trying to say is, I had a good Super Bowl weekend and I hope you did too!

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What did you do for the Super Bowl?

What was the non-football-related highlight of your weekend?

Best Super Bowl commercial??  As usual, it’s too loud and I’m too distracted to fully pay attention to any of them, so I have to go back later and re-watch them all.