It's Beginning to Look a lot Like Christmas?

It snowed AGAIN this past weekend. Not very much, but enough for schools to call a snow day, and for Mr. Bo and I to sleep in and stay home!  I was pretty disappointed  since the weather has been so b-e-a-utiful lately, but we made the best of it. We even went sledding! We have the perfect hill for sledding in our neighborhood, and the hike back up the hill makes for a great work out!

Finally!

In October I got a tattoo of a peacock feather next to my upper left shoulder blade (representing mine and Mr. Bo's love for each other, as well as our quirky obsession with peacocks). To make a long story short, I wasn't pleased with the final product, and last night I finally did something about it.

Check it out!



Before




After



I love it.

*Super Secret Fun Fact!*....

A peacock's call is like a high pitched noise that sounds like "shmeow!" Mr. Bo and I now use the word shmeow interchangably with other words. For Example: "I Shmeow you," or "Let's get the shmeow out of here!" Mr. Bo also has "shmeow" engraved on the inside of his wedding band.



Food For Thought

So today I stumbled upon this blog, and now I can't stop reading it! Why do I love it so much?....Because it's about animals! I am not a woman of many passions, but I would have to say that animals are probably one of the few passions I do have. I'm taking a huge risk in admitting this, but I'm gonna pull a Betty White and say that sometimes I like animals more than I like people (GASP!). I think I am drawn to their innocence. I also believe that all animals are extremely brilliant. Like, did you know that pigs are smarter than any other domestic animal? You can teach them tricks like rolling over, or jumping through hoops, and they can learn it on the first try.  That's why I like seeing posts like this.
In November 2009 I challenged myself with a "No Meat November." Since then I have been eating a primarily pescatarian diet. This is not to say that I do not consider fish to be meat, but I feel that it is important for people to use conscious decision making when choosing the food they eat - my choice was to cut out a bulk of the foods that keep corporate factory farms in business. Mr.Bo does eat meat (because he is a grown up and can do what he wants). He rarely eats meat at home, however, and uses his conscious decision making skills when we go out, which means he has cut his meat consumption by a fraction as well. Yay!


That being said, enjoy this video of Mine and Mr. Bo's very own Dr. Katz getting a post-it note stuck to his foot :).

I Loved Betty White Before Betty White Was Cool

For seven years running "The Golden Girls" has remained my favorite sitcom of all time. I started watching it my freshman year of college in the mornings while I would be getting ready for class. I now own every season on DVD, and frequently watch them at night while I'm falling asleep. It is for this reason that I came up with a list of the top 5 reasons why I think that "The Golden Girls" is the best sitcom ever.

Reason #1: It has stood the test of time. When I discovered the show you could find the reruns on about a kagillion times a day on a jabillion different networks. You can still watch them on TV today, almost 20 years after the show went off the air.

Reason #2: Watching "The Golden Girls" is like a history lesson. For example, did you know that Pat Sajack had a late night talk show in the late eighties/early nineties? Well he did, and I learned that from episode 12, titled "Blind Date," of the fourth season of the show.

Reason #3: Quotable Quotes. Just to give you an idea...
Blanche: I'll give you anything. I'll give you one of my sons.
Dorothy: Blanche....
Blanche: Dorothy, I've given this a lot of thought. I've had 4 kids, I've never had a Mercedes. So, which one do you want? Biff, Doug, Skippy? No, don't take Skippy, he's got asthma.

Reason #4: The Theme Song!

Reason #5: Betty White reminds me of my grandma (and I love my Grandma), so I love Betty White.



Of course the runner-up for the best sitcom ever is Roseanne. For this I made a list of the top 4 reasons why I think that Rosanne is runner-up for the best sitcom ever.

Reason #1: It has the best series finale of any show I have ever seen.

Reason #2: John Popper sings the lyrics to, and plays the theme song on the harmonica for the opening credits in the last season of the show. Before that the theme song didn't have lyrics.  

Reason #3: The Halloween episodes are classic. The Best.

Reason #4: Because Rosanne's voice is so musical.

Be Mine

Valentines Day 2011 = Success!

 Regardless of my relationship status in the past, I have always loved Valentines Day. This year was no exception. If anything, my allegiance to the holiday was reinforced. The festivities began on Friday evening when Mr. Bo surprised me with these...

Irises

 Then the two of us went to dinner at our new favorite restaurant, Bleu. The bar was set pretty high for this restaurant, since we have heard so many great things about it over the past few years. We were not disappointed. Neither was our waitress, since I'm pretty sure we probably payed her first child's college tuition with the amount of food and drinks we ordered; Smoked salmon dip, sauteed Brussels sprouts, tuna burger sliders with Caesar salad, and fish tacos. We ate it all.

The next morning when we awoke from our food comas, we went to the The Candy Factory to assist in the production of their famous chocolate covered strawberries. Mr. Bo and I spent around 8 hours that day pulling strawberries off the production line, and placing them in small, red, paper cups, before they were boxed and ready to be purchased by satisfied customers all over the Midwest. The Candy Factory is run by long time acquaintances of mine and Mr. Bo's families, so we are more than happy to help out during their busiest time of year. Aside from the monetary benefits to helping out, there are obviously some tasty benefits as well....I'm not much for sugar and sweets, but I am a sucker for their dark chocolate covered strawberries. Later that night Mr. Bo and I spent a delightful evening at The Bam, (where my seester works), with Mr. Bo's seester, and my momma. We retired to bed early again that evening, so Mr. Bo could help out at the factory again on Sunday. I slept in until a glorious 11:30 a.m. I also went grocery shopping for the dinner I prepared the next evening for our Valentine's dinner at home.

Monday I went to work and made some yummy cookies with one of my favorite tods...

                                                              My Sous-Chef


After the baking was done, we moved on to the really fun part; The decorating!...

 We had to sample a few, too.

                    I decorated some cookies to bring home to Mr. Bo                                   


While I was there, these beautiful flowers were delivered from the wonderful parents I work for...

That evening I came home, straightened up the house (and myself), and made a delicious Valentine's dinner of lemon pasta with roasted shrimp, sauteed asparagus, and cheesecake cupcakes. Our wonderful weekend ended on the couch, where we watched one of my favorite movies of all time; "My Best Friend's Wedding."

Valentines Day 2011 = Success!

Girls Just Wanna Have Fun

So last weekend I had a busy, but fun-filled Saturday with some of my favorite people. The day started off with a baby shower for a dear friend of Mr. Bo and I. Of course there was plenty of oooooing and awwwing at all the great gifts for Amanda and baby "peanut," and it was also a great time to catch up with friends who I do not get to see near as much as I would like. It was also a great time for kicking my biological clock into overdrive.
I was, however, able to suppress my maternal urges long enough to enjoy the second half of my fun filled day, at the Ameristar Casino Resort and Spa, where my friend Cortney and I joined a fine group of gals for a bachelorette party in honor of Adi-licious. There was more than enough 'licious going around that night, starting with a D-E-licious dinner at Amerisports Bar and Grill.  After that we ventured on over to Bottleneck Blues where we were literally sweating to the oldies. They had a great 80's cover band, which was enough to turn us into a bunch of dancing queens.....or maybe more like dancing fools. If you've never seen me dance to "Footloose," let me be the first to tell you...it's quite the spectacle. At around 1:30 a.m. Cortney and I headed back to the sports bar to satisfy our late night cravings before heading back to our room. The party ended the next morning with a breakfast that came way too early for this late sleeper.  I can hardly wait for the Adi-licious wedding on March 4th.

Happy Belated Groundhog Day!

In honour of Sir Punxsutawney Phil NOT seeing his shadow this year ( go here to see the video...poor little guy), I decided to get a head start on some spring cleaning, starting with my blog. So while Mr. Bo watched the Super Bowl (remind me who was playing, again?), I started clicking. First my simplistic, minimalist alter ego told me I should simplify the layout...so I did!...or at least I started to (note the absence of color). Then I got a little carried away with some fun font changes. What do you think? Too difficult to read?


Super Bowl side note: I did happen to catch the Super Bowl half time show this year. Does anyone else feel that Will.i.am is not the innovative genius that the media hypes him up to be? I miss "Monkey Business."

This Week in Entertainment

Mr. Bo and I never go to the movies...and by never I mean maybe three or four times a year. Over the past few years we have become Netflix junkies. Rarely does it ever cross my mind that a movie might be worth seeing on the big screen rather than automatically adding it to our NF Que before it even hits theaters, and waiting a short 5 or 6 months for it to reach our television screen. But this past weekend we made an exception for brews and "Black Swan" at a local independent film cinema. I loved it. It was a little creepy and trip-tastic at times, but being a fan of  Darren Aronofsky's previous work, this came as no surprise. A must see in my book.

Sunday Mr. Bo and I enjoyed our weekly pizza and movie night together on our couch, where we watched "Inception". While I cannot say that I loved this movie, I did enjoy it very much. I recommend sipping on a nice glass of Merlot while watching this movie though, because it had my heart racing the entire time. Also, at the risk of sounding dense, I will say that I didn't understand the end...sorry.

Since Mr. Bo's wonderful wife, (that's me) gave him a Wii for Christmas, we are now also Netflix "watch instantly" junkies. This is especially true because since buying our home in July we have had no cable or satellite, with sketchy access to local network stations. Typically our watch instantly Que is reserved for television series', documentaries, rockumentaries, and according to the suggestions made to us by NF, "goofy stoner comedies". Our watch instantly Que is perfect for an evening at home, a lazy Saturday, and snow days. For example, today, (a snow day) I put on Wilco's "I am Trying to Break your Heart" while cleaning the house. Currently I am half-heartedly viewing "SNL: The Best of Adam Sandler." Some of our other favorites include the shows "Weeds" and "Crank Yankers", and the best Anna Farris movie ever, "Smiley Face".

In other media news, I just finished the best book I have ever read; The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo. I can hardly wait to finish the series. Before that I finished the first book in the juvenile fiction series Hunger Games.... Also a great read. The dilemma that I am now faced with: Which series do I continue on with first?