Wednesday Date Night

Tonight we were back again at the movie theater for date night. There's no happiness like the feeling I get when I hand over a Hamilton for two seats to an evening show!

Yes, I had to Google who was on the ten dollar bill.

Anyway, for the time being, allow my Wednesday nights to serve as research for YOU because I plan to discuss movies I really like. I'm just a wealth of crucial movie-going information. My gain is.. well.. your gain.

And ohmygosh do I have a good one for you: Law Abiding Citizen. It was so gooooood. A real thinker. Great for the guys and gals! Here is the trailer (try to act like you don't have a tiny crush on Gerard Butler):



Also, I was trying to explain this commercial to a friend earlier and she hadn't seen it. It is by far the cutest commercial ever, and I hate commercials:



I double dog dare you not to smile after watching :)

50s

Is there an era of history that you just WISHED you would have lived in? My friend and I were recently having this conversation... which were the best decades in American history? At the time we were debating whether the 80s or 90s were better. Of course, I said the 80s!!

To me, there is an even better decade.

I wish.. WISH.. I could have lived in the 50s.

I want to be a real life "I Love Lucy", which is my favorite tv show ever. I own every single episode on DVD.

I talk to my grandma all the time about living in the 50s. She got married in the 50s and at the time was working at the local telephone company. I love to look at her pictures because she totally rocked the 50s cat-eye glasses, red lipstick and peep toe shoes!

Myself in the 50s

What decade do you wish you could have lived through???

Weekend

Can you guess what I did this weekend?



I went wedding dress shopping with my friend. And I was photographer extraordinaire.

I also cheered when the Yankees made it to the World Series.

Hope you had a good weekend!

Fall Has Fallen

My Fall decorating plan is a very complex scheme of putting out and removing various pumpkins, spiders, pilgrims, bouquets of sunflowers, spiderwebs, squash and crows all at the right moment to commemorate each of the Fall holidays! It takes a lot of planning and timing, so of course Joe takes absolutely no part in it whatsoever. ;-)

So... here are some of my favorite Fall things...

The table with a gigantor pumpkin that I bought bare and painted

China hutch with a few punkin' touches

How about a jar in baby white pumpkins? And look very closely at the lighting fixture in the background - see the crow? Eeek!

I love white pumpkins

Sunflowers are a must because, afterall, I do live in Kansas. Cliche, huh? I love how Boomer is all "Oops.. am I in your shot?? *pose cute so maybe I get a treat*"

An actual pumpkin pie pumpkin that I will encourage Joe to use in a homemade pie (he makes one every year!). In the back I've got a crystal vase with corn in it.

Date Night

Joe and I found out that our downtown movie theater has $5 movie night on Wednesday. Isn't it funny that we think $5 is cheap for a movie - can you not remember when it was $5 full price and we thought that was *outrageous*?!?!

So.. last night was date night. First, we were celebrating the fact that Joe could stay up to see a late movie because he didn't have to do rounds on his patients until 8am this morning. Normally he has to be up at 4 so that was cause for HUGE celebration! Haha!

Here are the ingredients for our date night:

2 loaded baked potatoes from McAllister's Deli. Hold the olives. Extra Ranch dressing on the side.
2 for Couples Retreat. I love Vince Vaughn so I LOL'ed at several parts. Pretty good and funny for the guys too!!


Back home for two servings of Serendipity's Frozen Hot Chocolate from a mix I bought at Williams Sonoma. I swear, this is almost as good as the real thing but you don't have to go to NYC or Vegas to get it!!!

What are the elements of your favorite date night??

Wishful Wednesday

I'm following along with The Seattle Smiths blog today and participating in Wishful Wednesday!!

If I were going on vacation tomorrow I would want to go to Ireland!

I've always wanted to rent a car and drive along the coast of Ireland, stopping in pubs to eat and touring castles!

I do get to go to Italy in less than a month though!! I'm going for work and I'm bringing with me my mom and my aunt! :)

Baseball

Tonight Joe and I grilled some chicken on our new grill and sat in front of the tv with the windows open and watched the Yankees vs. Angels baseball game.

Oh the joy of fall!!

There is nothing better than a good baseball game. I know everyone has moved onto football about now but I'm still holding on! I am a huge Yankees fan and I'm pretty sure they're going to the World Series this year. I used to convince my friends and my sister to skip school with me in high school to go to ALL the Yankees games when they came into town to play the Royals. And I just know if only I had been introduced to Derek Jeter during that time we would be married right now. And Joe knows this.

And there's no love like the relationship that exists between me and stadium food. But that is a whole blog post in itself I'll save for another day.

Nowadays, I'm able to convince Joe to take me to a Yankees vs. Royals baseball game at least once a year. However, there is one problem. He's a Royals fan. So every year, we each dress up to support our respective teams. And yes, we get heckled when we walk into the stadium. But there's some things you can't compromise on even when married to someone!!

Yankees. vs. Royals, Spring 2009