It’s February and there’s snow, a drug mule that listens to Adele (if you know, you know), a kitten and a pitbull that are best friends, a first birthday party, Super Bowl snacks and the prettiest sunset. I think it’s safe to say this month is off to a good start ♥
Friday night, we headed to the Alamo for the Oscar-Nominated Live Action Shorts. I’m still traumatized from last year’s barrage of child deaths, so I was nervous but this year’s batch wasn’t nearly as horrific, thank god!!! I think Joey found them somewhat lackluster but I thought they were pretty good. Brotherhood was my favorite (compelling story and beautifully shot), but Nefta Football Club was pretty entertaining.
Saturday started with double puppy cuddles then carrot cake waffles! Not going to lie, I’d been looking forward to making these all week and they did not disappoint. I also had our groceries delivered and then, since it was nice out, Joey went outside to do some yard clean up and I made some caramelized shallot dip for the next day. We hit up an open house on our way back to the Alamo to see the Animated Shorts, then hit another one on our way back home (neither were promising). Guys, I teared up at three of the shorts! We liked Hair Love and Kitbull best, but man was there some crazy interesting animation this year!
Back at home, Joey worked for a bit so I took some time to read and make salads for the week (one less thing to do on a busy Sunday!), then we saw the prettiest sunset and decided to go out for dinner. The wait for a table at Fire on the Mountain wasn’t so bad, but the wait for our food was REALLY testing my patience. At least the food was good! Back at home, we watched Fighting with My Family and it’s not a perfect movie, but much better than I’d expected and I just really love Florence Pugh, okay??
Sunday morning, we finished watching SNL (I was not really looking forward to this episode but then J.J. Watt was actually pretty good!) Again, it was so nice outside and the pups just wanted to stay out there… and sit in the planter box apparently. A bit later, we cleaned ourselves up and headed out for the day. First stop, Ellie’s first birthday party. There was a taco bar, a jumpy castle and the birthday girl was in a great mood ♥ She did dig her fingers in the cake but wasn’t really eating it afterward, so she stayed pretty clean.
After that, we headed to the Super Bowl party. We filled out prop bet sheets and I only had to ask who Andy Reid was, what T.O.P. stood for and then cheated off Joey’s answer for total yards ran 😛 More importantly, Mason was wearing a backwards hat and it was the cutest thing. There were a few good commercials, but for the most part I was underwhelmed. Loved that halftime show though! Also, I made way too much dip.
After that 70° degree day, we are back to 30s and snow, but I guess I’ll live because my parents are finally coming home, Josh and Fletcher will be in town and… IT’S OSCAR WEEK, BABY! Please have a good Monday 🙂
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