Super Bowl Sunday Party???

I want to have a Super Bowl Party.

I don't know why. I really am not interested in this game this year. Jeff may be for the Steelers, so I guess I will just have to root for the Cardinals to bug him. But, really I want a Super Bowl Party.

I want a party, like you see on the TV commercials with friends at my house, eating food, drinking, talking, laughing, having fun.

Maybe it is because I have been cooped up in this house for too long. While I will never run out of things that need to be done, or that I want to do, in this house - I just want to use it for another outlet. Just for a night.

So, I guess if anyone around me thinks they might want to go to someones house for a Super Bowl party, give me a note or call. Maybe we can work something out.

DyFlockly Meme

Okay so the rules are simple. Just do what each ones says then tag 10 of your friends and laugh. Have FUN!

1. YOUR REAL NAME: (If you know me, you know it all. But since this is a public blog, I am just going to leave this one blank.

2. YOUR GANGSTA NAME: (first 3 letters of real name plus izzle.) Wenizzle

3. YOUR DETECTIVE NAME: (favorite color and favorite animal) Green Dog

4. YOUR SOAP OPERA NAME: (your middle name and street you live on/or neighborhood if it's a number) Dawn Heidi Rae

5. YOUR STAR WARS NAME: (the first 3 letters of your last name, first 2 letters of your first name) Fugwe

6. YOUR SUPERHERO/CRIMINAL NAME: (Your 2nd favorite color, and favorite drink)Blue Martini

7. YOUR IRAQI NAME: (2nd letter of your first name, 3rd letter of your last name, 1st letter of your last name, 2nd letter of your moms maiden name, 3rd letter of your dads name, 1st letter of a siblings first name, and last letter of your moms first name). EGFCLKY

8. YOUR WITNESS PROTECTION NAME: (parents middle names). Kathryn Vernon

9 . YOUR GOTH NAME: (black, and the name of one of your pets). Black Brooks

10 . YOUR HOOD NAME:....first 3 of your first name and add -iqua.... Weniqua

11. What will you repost this as? (1st letter of middle name; last letter of siblings first name, first letter of your last name, and add lockly) DyFlockly

Technology overload

KD and I were playing on the living room floor yesterday evening with the baby. He was sitting up between us, babbling, spitting, laughing, and shaking his toys around. He is still teething, so whenever he wants to really chew on something, we give him his pacifier (otherwise, his toys get soaked). Anyways - I know that my kids have too much technology in their lives when this happens:

Me: KD - can you go get Ry-Ry his pacifier from the kitchen?

KD: Sure! Put him on pause though until I get back - okay?

Me: Honey - this is live, there is no pausing life.

Getting to Know You 2009 - all about me (sort of)

Welcome to the new 2009 edition of getting to know your family and friends. Here is what you are supposed to do, and try not to be lame and spoil the fun. Change all the answers so that they apply to you.. Then send this to a bunch of people you know, INCLUDING the person who sent it to you. Some of you may get this several times; that means you have lots of friends. The easiest way to do it is to hit 'forward' so you can change the answers or copy and paste. Have fun and be truthful!
I want to see your answers!!

1. What is your occupation right now?
Household CEO - I can also add "Office Bitch" when I am at my husband's shop or basically "Personal Assistant to the AIC (A**hole In Charge)"

2. What color are your socks right now?
Not wearing any - usually barefoot whenever possible

3. What are you listening to right now?
Children whining and fighting with each other (Bedlam basketball is on in the background)

4. What was the last thing that you ate?
Cinnamon chipotle grilled pork chops, corn, broccoli (of course - my hubby cooked)

5. Can you drive a stick shift?
You really do not want me to attempt that

6. Last person you spoke to on the phone?
My sister

7. Do you like the person who sent this to you?
Yes (miss seeing you!)

8. How old are you today?
Literally or figuratively? I'm really 34, but sometimes I feel 50-ish, and generally 20-something

9. What is your favorite sport to watch on TV?
Football

10. What is your favorite drink?
depends on whether or not the kids are asleep or not! When they are awake - it is only coffee or water... when they are asleep - one of my husband's martinis

11. Have you ever dyed your hair?
yes - but I would rather pay someone to do it for me - it looks better that way.

12. Favorite food?
Whatever I do not have to cook. I'm a junk-food-a-holic (pizza, macaroni and cheese, pastas), but I also love Mexican and Japanese food

13. What is the last movie you watched?
Kung Fu Panda

14. Favorite day of the year?
My birthday of course! Because you know - it is always about me!!!
Actually - the days that each one of my children were born

15. How do you vent anger?
Do you mean before or after I bitch out my husband? Usually I bite his head off over something inconsequential. He gets me back. Then when we are both fuming - I just break down and laugh because I got him to share my frustration and anger with me. It works better when I start the fighting though.

16. What was your favorite toy as a child?
Snoopy - this was more my Mom's favorite as she kept buying him all the outfits, but he was fun to take to swim meets.

17. What is your favorite season?
Fall - when the days are cool enough to enjoy, but the evenings are not too cold to enjoy outside by the fire pit.

18. Cherries or Blueberries?
Blueberries - fresh, frozen, or dried I love them. Bing cherries when they are fresh.

19. Do you want your friends to e-mail you back?
Heck yes! We are all too busy to call, so e-mail me anytime, anywhere, and about anything!

20. Living arrangements?
Married - with children - in a house - iced in right now

21. When was the last time you cried ?
This afternoon when I was watching some show I had recorded........... just because I was needing an emotional outlet and I do not want to take it out on my kids.

22. What is on the floor of your closet?
The question should be - what is not on the floor of my closet. There are shoes, clothes, kids toys, and no telling what else they may have dragged and hidden in there. They like to play "Hide And Seek" in my closet a lot. I loved to hide in my mom's closet too when I was growing up.

23. What did you do last night?
Celebrated my niece's 15th birthday with dinner at Ted's followed by homemade cake and presents at my sister's house

24. What are you most afraid of?
something terrible happening to my children or husband

25. Plain, cheese, or spicy hamburgers?
Cheese

26. What is your favorite kind of dog?
The ones I've got - please, no more

27. Favorite day of the week?
Saturday - when DH isn't working, hunting, or playing golf; And Friday nights - we all finally seem to get together on these nights

28. How many states have you lived in?
1

29. Diamonds or pearls?
Diamonds

30. What is your favorite flower?
yellow rose - means friendship

It's the Middlen's Day

My Middlen (pronounced-middle-uhn-and-no-this-is-not-her-name) is 4 today. How she has made it this far is sometimes beyond me, but I am so proud of her. Her royal highness went skipping off to school today with her tiara on and her singing princess microphone (gifts courtesy of her Aunt Kelly, Uncle Mike, and cousins Lauren and Jake).

She is a precious and precocious little child and I love her more and more each day. So - Happy Birthday Sweetheart. I love you, my little KD.

From the mouths of babes

While taking JT to basketball practice last Thursday night (of course KD had to come along too - I think she just likes to get the snacks), the kids were watching Star Wars: Episode 1 in the van. Here is how the conversation went....

KD: Jarod? Who is that?

JT: That is Yoda. He is the leader of the Jedi.

KD: He talks funny. Why does he talk funny?

JT: That is because he is old, like a Grandpa. He is like a funny-looking old Grandpa. And he is short too, so that makes him a little Grandpa.

(My thoughts: A funny, little, GREEN Grandpa)

Fun Times Meme - from my step-mom

I got the following activity in an e-mail from my step-mom, so I thought I would share it with you and my responses on my blog. Feel free to do it yourself and pass it along.

Five names you go by
1. Mommy
2. Wendy
3. Mrs. Fugate
4. Wendles
5. Wendy King (some people still call me this - and I still respond)

Three (3) things you are wearing right now
1. wedding ring
2. tank top
3. panties
(Whew! Good thing they didn't ask for 4 things!)

Two Things you want badly
1. Financial freedom (who doesn't want this!)
2. For my family and friends to all be healthy and happy this year

Two people who will probably fill this out:
1. Don't know
2. Since I have done it through my blog
(hee hee - I cheated!)

Two things you did last night
1. Took JT and KD to basketball practice last night (there is a blog about that soon)
2. Drank a chocolate cherry martini while watching OU play football

Two things you ate today
1. Uh.... Sonic hamburger without onions
2. Sonic peppermint
(I know, I know - I need to eat, but like my previous blog said I am disappointed in food right now)

Two people you last talked to on the phone
1. Jeff - my DH
2. Micah - a builder

Two things you are going to do tomorrow
1. JT's basketball game
2. KD's birthday party

Three longest car rides that you can remember
1. From Keystone, CO to Norman, OK via a side trip through New Mexico and getting snowed in on the interstate - it took us 24 hours and 2 minutes to get home (but I didn't want to kill my boyfriend then - so it must be a good thing since he is my hubby now!)
2. Bus ride from OKC, OK to Crested Butte, CO - that is because the bus broke down in the middle of the night and we were off to the side of the road for an additional 3 hours without heat
3. Driving from Norman, OK to Roswell, NM as a kid every other summer. Everything takes longer when you are younger.

Two of your favorite beverages
1. My hubbies martini creations for me
2. Water

Now, here's what you're supposed to do .... And please do not spoil the fun. Hit forward, delete my answers and type in your answers. Then send this to a whole bunch of people you know INCLUDING the Person who sent it to you. Have Fun!

My baby is growing too fast!

Ry-Ry is just growing up too fast! I have been holding myself back from trying to force him into things, as I am trying to enjoy the infancy of my son that I missed with my other two. But dang it - he won't cooperate and stop developing! (Hands-on-fist-stomping-foot-mood)

I left him for 4 days last week and when I come home, all sorts of stuff start happening. On Christmas day, he started cutting his first tooth. So I didn't mind so much having to leave him with this beginning milestone, as I didn't mind missing those wet poo-poos from his teething action. Yet, I come home and what does he do - he starts holding his bottle and feeding himself, rolling onto his knees and rocking back and forth trying to crawl (although he is dang good at rolling himself across the floor or pulling himself around in different directions by his arms), trying to stand up when I hold him, and is now cutting his second tooth.

Just what in tar-nation did those other grandparents do to him to make him grow up so much! The excitement is going to come next month when we take him to Disney World. I didn't want him to be wanting to walk at that time, but I have a strong fear that he sure will like to try.

Of course, things are not helping me too much when on our return flight home, my DH sees another little girl on our plane and states that he would really like to have another girl. I DON'T THINK SO! I had to remind him that the lack of sleep and the few nights away from our daughter has addled his brain and after 1 night home with her I am sure he will change his mind. I hope it has changed since we have been back this week. My baby girl is going to be 4 on Monday, and she is all the girly-girl I can handle. I feel for my friend Jessica, who just gave birth to her 3rd girl today. I do wish her CONGRATULATIONS! but I do not know how she is able to manage her little girlies as it is. My one is enough and I am done.

No more Ho-Ho-Hoing please

I am spent. Physically and so is my wallet. I still have a birthday party to plan for this weekend and a little girl's room to paint pink, then I think I will be able to breathe again before the next week long journey to Disney World next month. Although this morning started off better than the past few, as today is actually the first morning that I have awakened without the hangover feeling from jet lag. While the holidays were wonderful(especially my unplanned gift of not pissing my MIL off, although my DH did on a daily basis - at least she was mad at him and not me!), the trip to Las Vegas and the Holiday Bowl in San Diego were awesome.



I will probably never spend another New Year's Eve in Las Vegas - so I am glad to have this experience. But after our dinner that night - my stomach may be fuller, my taste buds more discriminating, but my wallet is too flat now. Jeff, my DH, summed up the whole tasting sensation perfectly when he said, "I have had Thanksgiving, Christmas, and Easter in one night!" Needless to say, there was a lot of food, good food, and it just kept on coming. Plus for the price - you didn't want to stop eating - there were no such things as doggie bags at this restaurant.



So here is the story of our dining experience. Mom was able to get us reservations at Craftsteak in the MGM Grand hotel where we were staying. The menu was all al-a-carte, but there was a section off to the side that were 3-course meals. I thought at first that you picked something from each course section listed on the menu. Boy, was I wrong. This was the Chef's menu. In other words, when you chose this section, you didn't get to decide what you were going to eat except for the grade of meat. The Chef would decide what cut of meat you would have, what appetizers and salads, and desserts. The Chef for Craftsteak is Tom Colicchio. He has been the head judge on every season of the Bravo reality TV show Top Chef.



Craftsteak serves Wagyu beef only. Wagyu beef is raised just like Kobe beef, just not in Kobe. Jeff chose the Australian Wagyu beef with lobster (grade 10), Mom and Bryan chose the Domestic Wagyu beef with lobster (grade 8). We were told that the courses were for 2 or more people, but because Jeff likes his beef cooked more that Mom and Bryan do, we each ordered our own chef's menu - thus we ended up with even more food than necessary. We could have easily eaten only from 1 chef's menu. So here are the courses and the food that we all shared:

First Course: Fresh Arugula salad, Fresh Caesar Salad, Fresh Hawaiian Shrimp Saute, Steak Tartar, Lobster Bisque, Air-aged prosciutto crudo (hung dried for 18 months). When I say fresh - I mean everything is fresh. Flown in daily from around the world, never frozen, and made when you order it.

Again - this was just the first course! And it wasn't just a 1 or 2 bite tasting per person. There were 12 shrimps, a large bowl of the soup, 1/2 the head of lettuce for each salad, and six slices of the prosciutto ham - and 1 slice was longer than the diameter of my plate! This first course could have been my total meal and I would have been satisfied.

Second Course: Each group had sauteed mushrooms and garlic creamed mashed potatoes, then we also had wilted spinach and grilled asparagus. For our steaks, Jeff and I had the filet and flatiron skirt steak. Each steak serving was at least 8 oz and came with a wine sauce that makes my mouth water just thinking about it. We also had 2 1/2 pounds of lobster that was freshly cooked and cubed (this includes the meat from the tail, body, and claws) and was placed in a saffron cream butter sauce. Saffron itself is the most expensive spice by weight and comes from southeast Asia, so it was neat to try this spice - and delicious too!

Finally - our third course was desserts! Yes, desserts as in plural. We were each served 4 desserts - and each dessert could have easily been eaten by 4 people. We both had roasted pineapple slices in balsamic, fresh pear sorbet and rasberry sorbet. They melted in your mouth. My favorite was the pear because it tasted like you were eating a fresh pear that was chilled. Jeff and I were also served creme brulee and a bread pudding that I would more than be willing to pay the dinner price again just for the recipe. Even Jeff was astounded by it and said that it was better than his Great-Grandmother's. Nothing has ever beaten his great-grandma's recipes before, so you know it was great! Mom and Bryan had the pineapples and sorbets, but they also had an apple crunch and a molten lava cake. These had nuts in them, so you know I have no comment on it, but the apple crunch seemed to have been the biggest hit of their selection.

Can we just say that I feel as if I had eaten a year's worth of food in just one sitting! The price tag was a couple of months of groceries too. It would be like taking my most expensive meal from Mickey Mantle's and multiply it by 2. If you have ever eaten at Mickey Mantle's in OKC, you would know that you cannot get out of there cheaply - especially if you choose a 3-course meal. Yet since I have been home, food is horrible now and I feel as if I am so picky because I have been spoiled by such a delicious fare. Now I know why rich people are so picky about their food - because they have tasted the best.

Oh well........ back to reality and my crappy cooking. :)

Are you freakin kidding me?!?!

OK - this is a rant. We flew home yesterday from Las Vegas and our plane went from Vegas to Midland/Odessa, then to Love Field (where we then drove home). Our plane was late taking off because we were waiting on 4 chickies to board and stow their luggage that should have been checked. I had to point out to Jeff that was ranting about this, that they probably purchased tickets late and couldn't get their bags checked since we were already loaded and waiting (and waiting and waiting). We made up time in air and landed in Midland/Odessa. We shifted in our seats and stretched out (since the first leg was jammed pack), and the stewardess kept coming over the intercom telling everyone that we will be leaving the gate as soon as everyone was seated. People were waiting to use the potty, so this was our hold-up. I can't complain on this, since I was the second one in line for the facilities when we were given the go ahead and the line was long when I got out (the bonus for sitting near the potty in the first place). But the stewardess kept saying, "Really people.... we will be leaving as soon as everyone sits down in their seats and are buckled. We will be at the next stop in 45 minutes. You can go to the restroom when we are in the air." (She was cranky - but trying to be good-humored about getting the plane going as the flight still had 2 other stops after Love Field).

So FINALLY we are cleared. Everyone is seated, the flight attendants are going over the safety features doing the seatbelt demonstration and this woman in the row in front of me gets UP, crosses over the person in the aisle seat and tries to go to the bathroom! She was never in line waiting like everyone else - she just decided then she wanted to go. This again stopped everything on our flight. The male attendant had to chase down the aisle and kick her out of the bathroom.

I do wish I had a picture of my face at her stupidity. I am sure my dumb-foundedness would have made a priceless pic. I would have forgiven her if this was her very first flight - but as it was, she had just been telling her seat mate that she was on the same plane since Los Angeles, where the flight originated. She had already gone from Los Angeles, to Las Vegas, to now Midland/Odessa, waiting for our leg to Love Field - where she would be exiting with us. She had already had 2 encounters with the plane and the instructions, but the lady thought she could just slip on by.

Maybe next time I will carry some Depends with me in my carry-on for any more idiots that try to hold up the flight anymore.

I hate idiots on planes.