Ready for the Weekend!

Tonight I will be celebrating with one of my bffs for her 30th birthday.  It's about time she reach "adulthood"!

Jenny, Jenny I hope you have a wonderful birthday tonight.  I hope you drink as many Lemon Drop shots as you can stand (without puking).  I hope you get lots and lots presents. I hope you know we love you :)

We will be doing our partying at Hermanns Olde Towne Grille in Plymouth, MI.  I will be sharing these:

"Mooseballs" - Bite sized beef and bleu cheese mooseballs in a port wine au jus.

and

Margheritta Pizza - Roma tomatoes, pesto, fresh mozzerella, pepperoni, olice oil, & garlic on our char grilled crust.

with this terrific guy:

Looking  forward to a great night with great friends.

Going to EAT TODAY - Exercise tomorrow :)

Hope everyone has a great weekend.

Halloween Recap

Well it was a fun Halloween.  This was the first year that my kids wanted to go separately.  This created some anxiety for me, however, it turned out to be perfect.

My daughter - who at 10 thought she was too old to go trick-or-treating - decided to go as a "Devil Girl". 

Love the EMO look.  Took several photos - but her serious EMO look was standard in them all.  Can't wait to show her this one in a few years :)

My son decided he wanted to be War Machine from Iron Man 2 this year. 

He is always the poser for me.  He seems to be saying "Don't worry mom!  I will beat this ghoul up for you.  Hi-yah!!"  He always takes care of me :)

I love that halfway through we had to take a candy pit stop.

Afterall - he is my kid :)

Luckily there wasn't much left this year!

And even Malibu got in on the dressing up this year!

All in all we had a great Halloween!

Now - just trying to get pumped up for Christmas.....

How Do You Spend a Sick Day At Home?

Well unfortunately I was hit - hit hard - with some sort of bug.  It started out as a sore throat, then a phlegmy cough, then achiness, then a headache.  You get the picture.  I felt SHITTY! 

I decided to call in sick to work on Tuesday.  Hate calling in sick, and if it wasn't for the headache, I probably wouldn't have. 

So besides sleeping 7 hours of the day - I didn't achieve too much.  At all.

Again on Wednesday I stayed home. I tried to watch some DVR'd TV.  Now this isn't the type of TV that you must devote 100% of your attention to.  This is the type of TV that you can have on while you are napping on the couch.

So - I caught up on a few episodes of:

Watched a few from last season and the first 3 from this season.  Not sure if this season is as good, but I guess they are developing the storyline still.

I LOVE this show.  I guess I have a soft spot for reality TV, but I really love the Bruce family.  Everyone can relate with their struggles.  Also, as bad as it sounds, it's refreshing to see kids having to some responsibility.  They aren't spoiled.  They pay for their "fun" things.  I think that's the way it should be. 

Also watched some old:

Because it's awesome. 

When you are home sick, what do you do?

Here Comes the Weekend

Just a few of the things I'm looking forward to this weekend:

Creamy Tuna Noodle Casserole



Livin' on a Spare

It's Thursday - and Thursday is BOWLING NIGHT!  Woo hoo!!

I hope GTuck, Just Joe and Jenny Jenny bring it tonight!  We are currently sitting in 4th place with 2 weeks of bowling left.  We are hungry for another championship.  It can happen - or should I get cocky and say it WILL happen!

Then again, Thursday bowling isn't just about bowling.  It's about good friends, good times and good eats. 

Bowling Thursday = To Die For

Review Wednesday

So we have a couple of things to review today.  First let's establish our rating scale:

Shitty (Poor)      Not Good (Fair)         Ok (Good)        Great (Very Good)        Too Die For (Awesome)

1.  Yesterday was my Birthday = TOO DIE FOR

Many people (family, friends, co-workers) made my birthday very special.  My kids got me adorable cards that made me laugh:

My girl takes after her momma :)

My boy - well - yeah he'd take the money :)

I had a wonderful lunch, shared with friends, at 2Booli where I indulged with a Tawook Wrap with extra garlic sauce.  I was stinky all afternoon - but it was so worth it.

For dinner, I went to Mitchell's Fish Market.  Had an amazing meal which included the Spinach Salad and the Shang Hai Seafood Sampler - Fresh Talapia, scallops and shrimp, steamed with ginger and scallions and served with sticky rice, spinach and rice wine soy sauce.  Can you say YUMMMM! 

Then, for dessert, I got this bad boy (for free!!!).  “Sharkfin” Pie - The original. Butter fudge ice cream, honey roasted peanuts, fudge, peanut butter, Oreo cookie crust.

What the description doesn't say is that it is enough ice cream to feed 4 people! 

2.  The Ides of March = OK

Well, although it wasn't hard to tell they were in Detroit, the landmarks they used were not very identifiable to me.  The storyline itself wasn't bad - it actually had some twists and kept me guessing what was going to happen.  The major cast players (George Clooney, Ryan Gosling, Evan Rachel Wood, Paul Giamatti, Philip Seymour Hoffman, Marisa Tomei) did an excellent job.  Politics are very dry to me - but this movie was more about the "dirty" behind-the-scenes campaigning.  Definitely was worth the FREE movie ticket I got from my Entertainment coupon book. 

Thank you to everyone who shared my day and made it so special.  Love you all.  

Movie Tuesday

My "posse" and I go to a movie and dinner every Tuesday.  It's something I look forward to every week.  When we started this, AMC was running $5 movie night (every weeknight).  Well we are now paying an "outrageous" $7.50, but I feel like I'm a movie connoisseur since I see just about every new movie.  This week we are seeing The Ides of March with George Clooney and Ryan Gosling. 

I'm not the biggest Clooney fan, however, I do love me some Ryan Gosling :)

I'm intrigued by this movie because it was shot here in our lovely State of Michigan!  Parts were shot in Ann Arbor and in Clawson.  Hopefully I'll recognize some spots.