Weekend Wrap Up

Friday night
Lately we have been going to the movies on Friday nights but this week not too much was out (that was kid friendly) so we just stayed in, rented movies and enjoyed our microwave popcorn.

Saturday

It was a very early game for Buddy. His basketball coaches are frustrating the heck out of me! Look at the score - you'll know why. J takes him to practice and says they really don't do a lot of drills - basically just shooting. Our poor boys were having the ball stolen from them left and right! Poor Buddy - but he still loved it.

Buddy and I decided we were going to check out Game Stop to see if they had anything new for the Wii. We both were excited they had Guitar Hero for the Wii in stock. $89.99. He had $65 left over from his Christmas money. I suggested we go home and go through his older GameCube games and trade them in. So home we went and he found about 12 games he no longer played. After a quick lunch we headed to the mall and traded them in. He got $73! Woo Hoo. I paid the extra and we are now owners of Guitar Hero (a.k.a the best video game ever invented). I frickin love that game!

While at the mall I stopped into Forever 21. My new favorite blog is My Super Sweet Fashion Diary. She keeps an on-line diary of her fashionable outfits. I'm not good at putting outfits together - I have to see it and then copy. She's got a knack, a talent and I'm constantly thinking while I'm shopping - what would mssfd wear? I stopped in really quick (Buddy was itching to get home to play his new game) so I quickly found a couple things and headed home. One of which I liked the other - I'm taking back.

I thought this would be cute paired with some tights.

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BackI have been wanting to use my new KitchenAid. I cheated a bit with this cake but add orange zest and made a yummy orange glaze for the top. It was so good. Trader Joe's Vanilla cake is quick, easy and not really sweet.

Sunday

We went to church and then I spent the rest of the day cleaning and watching football. Poor Peyton and Romo. I was happy for the Chargers though and for Brett!

Last night I made some yummy Cheesy Garlic Biscuits with chicken and broccoli. So good!!!

What I Did This Weekend

This weekend was filled with fun and not so fun and not even close to fun...

Fun - Buddy started basketball. He's played soccer and baseball for many years but this was his first time at basketball. It was absolutely the cutest thing ever (at least I thought so). Many of the kids have never played basketball and an official game for that matter. I loved watching him play. Sadly, the teams were not evenly matched up and we lost by quite a bit - at one time the score was 18 to 1 (us having the "1).

Regardless of the score - Buddy still had a good time and I think he won't mind all the running at practice anymore now that he got a taste of what the game is really like. He was only one of the kids to shoot AND make two free throws. I was so proud!

Not so fun - I took down and put away all the Christmas decorations. I love decorating my Christmas tree but because I have so many ornaments - it makes putting everything away a long and tedious job.

Duncan helped....

Not Even Close to Fun - we are in an older house and the plumbing is terrible. This weekend the two bathroom sinks wouldn't drain. We had the plumber out twice without any luck. So today they are coming back out to replace piping. So not fun. We have been without sinks for two days. We have to brush our teeth in the kitchen sink - buddy commented that we are living "like hobos"...

Fun - Daughter found out that she landed her first job. Yay!!! I'm so excited for her. She has been wanting to work as a hostess at a popular steakhouse where we live and found out yesterday she got the job! So happy for her!

Not so Fun - Daughter's first day of work is today and they require the employees to wear Hawaiian shirts. We found out last night at 5:00. So we split up and went on the hunt for a Hawaiian shirt in January... in the pouring rain. Not an easy task but we found one at the men's department of Macy's.

Not Even Close to Fun - part of my search was a trip to Ross Dress for Less. Did I mention it was pouring rain???

Weekend in Review

This was the first weekend in a long time that we didn't have to get up early for soccer. It was nice to be able to have a Saturday with nothing to do. And that was exactly what we did - nothing.... It was really nice. The weather was grey and a little chilly (for Southern California).

Friday night we kept with our what seems to be a Friday night ritual and went to the movies. We saw Mr. Magoriums. It was a cute movie. Not the best but cute. Before the show we ran into our old neighbors which was great! We hadn't seen them since our wedding so it was nice to catch up with them. They have a 3 - almost 4 year old that I adore. Ever since he could talk he's called me "neighbor". And he's "baby neighbor" to me. I was so excited to see them and catch up. They just bought a house so we were able to hear of their newest escapades. Of course they won't have great neighbors as they used to. : )
Saturday was a whole lot of nothing which was just fine with me!!! Our big outting was to Costco - mainly to pick up our peanut oil for the frying of our turkey... The best way to make a turkey in my book. We were good and didn't come home with too much that wasn't on our list. Later that night we bbq'd steak and I made my buddy's favorite Twice Baked Potatoes.

Sunday we did just about the same. Cleaned house and watched a bit of football. Buddy is going to play basketball - they held try-outs yesterday and he made it!!! Yay! Well, actually I think all kids make it but I thought it was cute when buddy stole the ball J yelled "Yea!!!"... it was cute but probably inappropriate being there were a couple girls on the other team. oops. He was just in the moment. He loves basketball - even the smell of the gym (gross) so he was beyond thrilled watching Buddy out on the court.

Later that night I made Chinese food. I have to pat myself on the back for this one... it was quite the meal and a lot of work but it was so yummy!!!! And then Buddy and I made sugar cookies while Daughter snuck cookie dough.

I'm a blessed lady with such a wonderful husband and children.