Costumes and Football Fill the Weekend!

First things first, this is post 300! Can you believe it? I like doing this blog even though sometimes I run behind but overall I enjoy making each post. Still can't believe I've made 300 posts now!

We had a good weekend. The costume party was fun at my boyfriend's work. He was surprised to see me as a ladybug. I hadn't told him what I was going to be, as I wanted it to be a surprise. He called me his lovebug after seeing me in my costume. He went to the party as a motocross biker. He had cool boots to match with his pants and shirt. The best part was his hair! He styled it just right to look more biker-ish! Lol!

Before the Cowboys game on Sunday I told my boyfriend I was done watching the Cowboys this year if they couldn't win against the lowly St. Louis Rams. The lowly Rams didn't even have their starting QB. So it shouldn't have been any contest. Lucky for all, the Cowboys won and I will continue watching this season! I'm not upset about the Cardinals losing because they just came off their bye week and they were playing a much more elite team than they are right now. So no shocker they lost! Has anyone noticed that in the last 3 weeks the teams coming off their bye week have awful performances in their games? That's because in the new collective bargaining agreement between owners and players the players demanded 4 consecutive days off during their bye week. Which means they are getting hardly any practice time in and mostly vacation time during the bye week. We've discussed quite a bit in recent weeks the level of play this year in the NFL is seriously weak!

Now for some good football pick news. I recently started participating in my boyfriend's work pool. When I first started participating I was worried about getting too many picks wrong and embarrassing myself and my boyfriend. I am happy to report that on the 3rd week of me participating I won! They didn't even need to wait until last night's Ravens-Jaguars game to declare me winner! Yay for me! Simon is hoping I spend the money I won on bones! ;)

Buggin' Out!

I went yesterday to get my Halloween costume. My boyfriend's work is having a Halloween party tonight. I had absolutely nothing in my closet to put together as a costume so I had to go get one. As I stated previously in a post, After looking online I had narrowed my costume options to a pumpkin, a ladybug, or a bumble bee.

I will let my inner insect shine through by being a ladybug! Since there was no bumble bee costume at the store the choice was between a pumpkin or a ladybug. The ladybug won out because I could picture accessorizing it better than the pumpkin. I even bought some fake eyelashes. I've actually never wore fake eyelashes so this should be interesting. And I painted my nails bright red and then added some black spots. I also plan on doing some pretty dramatic make-up to help it all work together. Thanks to a friend of mine from college she has given me plenty of tips for the eyelashes and the costume-drama make-up.

It should be fun! I'm looking forward to it. I've definitely had my moments through the years where I was completely not into Halloween. For some reason though getting a costume sounded fun to me this year. It's something different not something we do every day that's for sure. So just have fun with it has been my thought process!

Getting Colder!

Well, bring out the jackets, sweatshirts, and sweaters. Not that one needs to be in full winter gear here yet but it's chilled down considerably. I'm beginning to bundle up a little more than I have been. And today was my first day in long sleeves. For the first time in a very long time Cody overheard the word "cold" in the forecast. I hate to break the news to him but I do believe 80-degree temps are gone for the year.

I currently don't have A/C on in my house. The space heater has reappeared in the living room...which Sime loves! Quite possibly the actual heater may get turned on soon too. The temp inside our place is barely getting up to 71 or 72 before dipping back down. The boys will be going to bed in sweaters tonight! Cody gets cold easily and Sime has a thin fur. I'll be running the oven some tonight for dinner so that might warm up the place a tiny bit.

Earlier today I was trying to figure out what to be for Halloween. I'm thinking a pumpkin, a ladybug, or a bumble bee. We'll see, I'll go tomorrow to see what stores have left. I saw a peacock costume today. The peacock costume is my back-up plan. I would rather have any of the other three I mentioned. Last night I was recalling with my boyfriend some of my fave Halloween costumes from when I was a kid. I loved my Cookie Monster costume! My mom has a pic of me in that costume. I'm not fond of quite a few pics of myself, but I must say I did look kinda cute as Cookie Monster! And one year I was a bunny. I liked being a bunny too! The bunny costume was pure white which I spilled punch on. Typical kid! How many kids can keep a pure white costume clean? Likely not many! As for Cody and Simon...Simon is going to be a rottweiler while Cody will stay a pug! ;)

Football Picks and World Series

I would like to inform all that I have achieved victory with my football picks this past weekend. I was very excited to win! I get a good prize too! I actually only missed 3 picks in all. I would've only missed 2 if I had gone with my gut feeling that Detroit would go down.

Not that great of a weekend for Detroit sports now that I think about it. The Lions suffered their first loss and the Tigers lost out on going to the World Series to some team....What team was that again?....Oh yeah....The Texas Rangers!!!!!! LOL!!!

Most stores were closed by the time the Rangers officially won to make the World Series. However, due to the win they re-opened at midnight to sell shirts. So they closed at 9:00pm only to re-open 3 hours later at midnight. I thought it was interesting! Shows you just how fast they can start selling the shirts!

World Series Bound!

The Texas Rangers are headed to the World Series. Just a little while ago the Rangers beat the Detroit Tigers to advance to the World Series. Woo-hoo!!!!! The game wasn't close by any means since the 3rd inning but we hung in there and watched until the end because we didn't want to miss the celebration. We did take a few breaks to check in with the ASU game.

I love the shirts the players got at the conclusion of the game! I might have to get one of those! It's been a fun ride watching them go through the play-offs. Very exciting that they've been able to reach the World Series now 2 years in a row! Awesome! Pop the bubbly we're going to the World Series! Antlers Up!

My Football Picks!

My football picks haven't been going so great. I must do better this week! My boyfriend has a small win streak going with our weekly NFL pick sheet challenge. But never fear for this is hopefully the week I can reclaim VICTORY!!!!!

It's been a tough season thus far to pick. Many teams that were good last year aren't so good this year. And teams that were on the brink of Super Bowl caliber last year are losing to weird teams. Tough to predict! It was a huge hindrance not having an off-season. I thought the Cardinals would be better yet it makes sense that they aren't. I mean what do you expect when they signed a new starting QB as training camp started. For him there's been little to no time to get used to the system and develop chemistry. I'm still hopeful that they will flourish a bit in the 2nd half of the season. As for the Cowboys, I don't believe anyone in these parts had high expectations. We expect them to compete and be decent but are understanding that they have a new coach and a new system to get used to as well. However, we didn't anticipate at times Romo would be considered the MVP for the opposing team! Geesh!

I still haven't watched a single Cards game but I've seen all of the ASU games. I'm ready for the game later tonight. I just saw when I logged on that the current NCAA football headline reads: "This Team Will Have A Very Good Day"....the team pictured was none other than Oregon! Well, lets hope they don't have too good of a day against ASU. Darn Ducks!

Oh and Simon would like to throw in his 2 cents on the ASU vs. Oregon game. This is what he thinks of ducks. He says, "Take that you stupid duck!". Simon's mommie finished the job by throwing the dismantled duck in the trash a little while ago.

A B-day Cake I Made!

My boyfriend's cousin celebrated her birthday this week. I baked a cake for her. I love baking, everyone knows that! She gave me a bit of a challenge wanting a strawberry cake with strawberry frosting. I made both from scratch. My first ever attempt at strawberry cake from scratch. I have made strawberry cake from a mix many years ago. But obviously I'm much more into cooking and baking nowadays so making it from a box wasn't an option. The only critical point I have was the frosting. It tasted yummy but got a little melted as it sat out. It was cream cheese based frosting but it should be able to stay out for a little while without melting too much. However, I do know that is a common problem with cream cheese based frostings, they melt some. So if I ever make strawberry cream cheese frosting again I might have to tweak it a bit to figure out how to get the frosting to not melt so quickly. As for the decorating, I dyed fondant then cut and molded it into the shapes I wanted. All in all I think the cake turned out well! It tasted yummy! That's the most important! Below is a pic of the cake.

It's Friday!

It's been a busy week! Glad it's Friday! I'm ready to relax for the weekend. I really hope to get some extra ZZZ's in this weekend! We've had our fair share of rain lately. It's currently sunny and beautiful but earlier in the week it was rainy.

On Wednesday morning it had just finished raining when I took the boys for their morning walk. As we were walking down our usual pathway there were cars going by. Some were zipping by faster than others. Well a nincompoop was barrelling down the road in the right lane he or she hit a puddle at a speed that was too fast on our somewhat residential road and guess what happened as a result...myself, Cody, and Simon got splashed big time. I think Simon escaped serious splashing since he walks so far ahead. He got wet but not drenched. I was irritated at first and then started laughing, not much more I could do than laugh. Those that personally know Cody...take a minute and imagine the look on his face when this happened! Lol! I would like to say it is beyond me to understand why people lack the presence of mind to avoid the far right lane when it is raining or has just rained. I learned of the importance of avoiding right lanes when I lived in Seattle. There's way too much water that collects on the right side. I've even had scary situations occur where I've hit a dip in the road and way more water than my windshield wipers could handle has come flying at me blocking my vision for a few seconds. So I avoid right lanes in bad weather until I truly need to be there to turn.

Cody seems to be doing much better. However, I continue to give him pepto with each meal. Over the weekend I'll begin weening him off the pepto. It's good to see him arriving in the kitchen anxious to eat versus turning down meal after meal. There was one time this week I tried crushing up the pepto and sprinkling it over the food. That wasn't a good idea in Cody's opinion! He avoided eating a few kernels of food that were super coated in the pepto sprinkles.

Super Rainy Sunday!

Despite the Cowboys not playing this week there's still plenty of sports to watch here. Take your pick....college football or baseball! The Rangers started their series against the Tigers last night. Plus the Red River Rivalry game between Texas Longhorns and the Oklahoma Sooners was played yesterday. I was sure it was going to be a great game. It was a huge disappointment. The Longhorns forgot to show up! The good news of yesterday was that I got to see the ASU game! And ASU won! Yay! At times this season thus far I've enjoyed watching college football more than pro.


Now it's Sunday, a super rainy Sunday. It's been pouring! The Rangers-Tigers game 2 has been postponed due to the huge amount of rain we've received. Without the Cowboys playing and no way for me to watch the Cards, I must admit the NFL football this weekend isn't quite as appealing. At least we get to watch Houston play. While watching the Houston game I spotted the Cards score, I quickly thought to myself that it was okay I couldn't watch. Because I can hardly bare to see the score run across the bottom of my TV screen. One thing I'm glad about is that I didn't pick the Cards on my pick sheet. As most already know, I often don't pick the Cards because if they lose I lose double. I'm upset they lost plus I'm upset I got the pick wrong.


Oh man, my poor little Cody-man. He has been dealing with something the last 10 days. He has tummy issues going on. He gets better after having a dose or two of pepto. He stays better for a couple days then all of a sudden his tummy issues are back. Last time he dealt with something similar I was told to give him heartburn medicine but the heartburn med that I used last time is not working. He only feels better after having pepto. I'm debating about taking him to the vet sometime this week. Just wish he could get better and stay better!


After turning down his breakfast this morning he later showed signs of interest in food when I was in the kitchen messing with peanut butter. Simon wanted peanut butter right away and Cody came over interested as well. I gave Simon some and put some in Cody's bowl. As I laid the bowl down for Cody, Simon was done with his and lunged for Cody's. Cody took issue with that and let him have it. A small dog dispute broke out. I just let Cody take care of business. After he whipped his little bro into shape he turned down the peanut butter. It was all a waste! He then went back to his bed. At least he had enough energy to tell off his over anxious foodie bro!

Wrap Up Of My Mom's Visit!

I just dropped my mom off at the airport a little bit ago. It was a fun filled visit. Yet we had some relaxing moments as well.

We had a couple mall days! I don't get to shop with my mom much anymore so it's nice to have a girly shopping day or days when she's here. I don't believe either of us are that into going to malls on a regular basis, however, it's fun to go together when there's a good reason to shop.

We saw one movie at a theatre while she was here. Wish we could have seen at least one more. But I think Hollywood is broken! What ever happened to the days of one blockbuster after another being featured at theatres? Beats me! Like I said Hollywood is broken! They need better ideas and those ideas need to come along more frequently!

Yesterday was pretty fun! We went to play mini-golf and then went inside to play some arcade type games. She beat me at most everything. Or shall I say I let her win! ;) Right before I dropped her off at the airport I mentioned that I wished I would have won at a few more games than I did. She just said, "Maybe next time, I'm slowing down!". LOL!

We also got to introduce her to 2 different restaurants that she hadn't been to before. We went to Red Hot and Blue and then the following night we went to Texadelphia. Next time we will have to try to work in Boston's and a repeat visit to Cheddar's.

Well, I hope my mom had as much fun as we did having her here. It was a good visit.

My Bday Weekend!

I've been meaning to make this post for a couple of days now just been busy. My birthday weekend was enjoyable! My mom arrived last Thursday and will leave tomorrow. It's been a good visit...featuring great weather!

I decided on Chili's for my bday dinner. Just like old times! Then on Saturday we had a small get-together. Yummy burgers and some very yummy cake! I decided on a red velvet cake with cream cheese icing. Man, is it good! We still have some left!

We had a little trouble finding a purse I wanted. We went looking 2 different times. I finally got one! Oddly enough I didn't get the one I had my sights set on a few weeks ago. I gave up the idea of ordering my purse online. Purses look very different in store than they do online! Actually one purse caught my eye. After being reasonably satisfied with the purse I had spotted I explained to my mom what I would prefer for a style of purse. I then turned around to spot another purse that fit my description better. So that's the one I came away with! I kept the tags on it for 2 days but I took those off last night after fully deciding my new purse is a keeper! Yes, I'm crazy and I keep tags on purses for just a couple days before cutting them off. The tags are usually somewhat easy to hide.

As for football on my bday weekend....Yikes! The Cowboys lost in an embarrassing fashion once again! Local newspaper headlines were brutal towards Romo. Two headlines read: "Tony Romo is Lions' MVP" and "Cowboys Lose in Historic Collapse". Needless to say, I've stayed away from sports news for the last few days! To make matters worse my Cardinals lost too! At least ASU beat OSU! Woo-hoo!