Happy 86th Birthday Wayne!!

HAPPY 86TH BIRTHDAY WAYNE!!

We made dinner at our house, ribs, chicken gyro's, potatoes and coleslaw.     

I made a carrot cake, used a box cake and added spiced nuts and some carrots. I should have added some crushed pineapple and a few raisins to top it off. Plus, it could have used a bit more spice! I also made a cream cheese frosting which gave me trouble decorating since the frosting was a bit soft. I even put it in the freezer for a bit but don't have time to wait till it was stiffer. Not the best looking but over all a good cake. Probably could have used a bit of salt to even out the sweetness. 

We also went to fish fry at the river/legion Friday night. The wait was 2 hours till we got our food after sitting down. We thankfully, only had to wait about 10 min to sit. 

We didn't finish eating and home by 9pm. Which we left at 5:30pm. 

1 foot!

 I think we had at least 12" of snow! Look at the temp for the end of the week! 51 by Sunday!!

Just a little bit of snow! We went from brown, no snow to this!!

That's Zoey's head sticking out of the snow. Poor dog had to poop standing up! 

It sure is pretty out!! The wind/blizzard conditions are supposed to start around 11am after the snow stops. And then sun shine at 5pm. 

Sunday Fun Day in March!!

 We had Zero plans for our Sunday. It started off at the gym, cross ramp 10 minutes followed by a 20 min weight workout and a chair massage. 

Steve found a brewery in New Prague he wanted to check out that is south of us. We also found another brewery just a few minutes away and a winery/distillery too. We hit all 3 since they were all close by. Did we need to drink, no but this was the Sunday Fun day plans! 

First was the brewery in New Prague. Really good amber beer. We also brought along a few snacks, cheese, crackers and salami 

Montgomery brewery 

Winery/distillery. 

I had a glass of wine and a $5 vodka espresso/salted Carmel cream drink. Kind of sweet but good too. Could have used more coffee! 

More good amber beer! 

Then the quick drive home to eat leftover taco's for dinner. 

A great way to start the month of March! 

Family Birthday for Celina!!

 

Happy 25th Birthday Celina's Family party. 

We had a taco bar with pork, chicken and steak. We also made the cream cheese/salsa dip and some guacamole. All delicious!

I made the cake and attempted to make roses, which I haven't done in years and never on a cake! I also used the leaf tip cake decorator for the first time and it worked really well. The cake was just a box, chocolate and very moist, I re-used the dairy free chocolate ganache for the middle along with cut up fresh strawberries and dairy free butter cream frosting. It was delicious! I probably should have just used jam instead of fresh strawberries since they get mushy and hold a lot of water. 

We all played pass the potato and then 2 rounds of Bingo for candy prizes. Everyone seemed to like the games at the table. I'll have to do that every gathering. 

Happy 25th Birthday Celina!!!

Happy 25th Birthday Celina!!!  

Valentine's..

 It was a nice day to Celebrate Valentine's Day! Work first, then we went to Northfield! Late lunch of beer and apps. A quick stop for some cupcakes and home! 

I got yellow roses from Don, Celina's BF and she got the red roses from him. 

Steve got me a card and a pretty flowering plant. 

Monday...after the Super Bowl

As a suburban white 50+ woman, the Super Bowl half time performance by Kendrick Lamar went over my head. I know enough to do research on my own to figure out why people were saying it was genius and the best half time performance ever. I'm not into rap, so there was the first hurdle for me. After he won song and record of the year for " not like us", I listened to his music trying to understand it and listen to the words. Again, immediately determined it was not my kind of music and I couldn't understand how he had so many grammy's 22? 

The Super Bowl half time prompted me to know why.. So while doing my research, thanks to tic tok the creators and comments explained the meaning of his words and performance symbolizm and I finally got it. I'm sure there are a lot of hidden messages and symbolism I have yet to decipher from last nights half time, but now at least I have a new appreciation for his music and message. It was very powerful and it was a great performance! I completely changed my mind 1000%. I'm not all that different from others around me that just won't get it and won't bother to. Now to start discussions with others to educate and keep learning.  It's easy to turn off what you don't understand and just tune out what's going on around us. I'm going to tell my older self.... always keep your eyes and mind open.... Don't just dismiss what you don't like at the time or understand, or you'll never grow as a person.