Super Bowl Weekend

It was a rather busy weekend for us, at least busier than the last few had been.  I had wine night at Ursuline Friday night.  On Saturday we took a much needed trip to Soulard and stocked up on a lot of food. 



We found out that our meat market now sells racoon!  I didn't see it, I took the sign's word.



  I ran errands and clean the hall closet (much needed organizing) and rested while Scott worked.

Saturday night we headed to the Birch's to celebrate Elizabeth's 14th birthday.  I can't believe it's been 14 years since I was living with them!  We had a great time watching the Blues game and Mizzou beating KU in the second to last rivalry game.

Sunday, we started cooking.  We found new ways to make chicken wings, spicey chili and some dips.  Over all the Super Bowl was a great day.  I didn't care much for either team but did root for the Patriots.  I figured Brady needed the win more than Ei (league's biggest crybaby).  Oh well, at least I'm done seeing both of them for a few month and can concentrate on hockey.

6 months

I would like to wish my husband a Happy 6 Month Anniversary.  They have been a wonderful 6 months!

Wine Night

A couple of weeks ago, Loreen asked if I wanted to go to the alumni wine night. I figured it would be a great way to give back to the school and see some girls that I hadn't seen in a while. So, this past weekend Ursuline had an alumni wine night. It was a chance to get together with other UA alums and sample some wine from a local vendor.

Brooke and I arrived early, well before most showed up due to the rain and the highways being a mess. We took full advantage of this. We started out at the Old World wine table and managed to sample them all before a crowd gathered. Loreen showed up and we headed over to the New World wines.

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 After tasting all the wines they had out there were only a few that I liked. None that I wanted to buy though. We got our plates filled with foods and of course, Swedish Fish and Watermelons. We hung out with a large group of ladies from the class of '75. They were hilarious to listen to their stories. We compared athletic stories and uniform issues, even what was not allowed and was instant detention.  Brooke and I snuck off to the old gym (still smells the same)

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and decided to leave a note to our old advisor.

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I won a door prize, a glass ice bucket with the Ursuline crest on it. I loved it! Now when to use it.

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Afterwards we headed over to Bar Louie for some more catching up and drinks. It was a great night.

 

 

January

Wow, this month is taking FOREVER!  After all the crazy busy of the last 5 months it's a little weird for us to have hardly anything going on.  Plus, we've both had our share of colds/flu to go around.  January just seems kinda blah and makes me long for the warmer spring weather that I know is just around the corner.

I'm longing for baseball, good thing I met Lou Brock last week.  The Cardinals had their Winter Warm Up and are getting ready for Spring Training.  Hockey is in full force.  The Blues are in the top 4 teams in all of the NHL!  The Super Bowl is in less and 2 weeks.  We have our vacations planned.

I'm really ready for what seems to be the longest month of the year, yes I do realize there are other 31 day months, to be over.

Is it time for fish fries and fun yet?

Picture This

Last Saturday we all gathered at our wedding photographer's studio for family pictures.  My mother-in-law has been wanting an updated family picture for some time now and why not January.  She also found a Groupon that our wedding photographer was doing so it worked out even better.  We all really liked Dave and he did wonders with our wedding pictures so  why not give him more business.

We met at his studio (house) Saturday morning bright at early and got started with the Bates family, to the Allender family, to the kids, to the girls, to the whole family.  Watching Dave get the kids to smile was very entertaining.  Even with Austin trying so hard not to smile, the pictures turned out great!

After the pictures we headed over to Chevys for lunch and home to let Reily out for a bit.  Then back down to South County for Christmas number 3 with the Bates' family and to celebrate Scott's mom's birthday.  On Sunday, before the Bates headed back to Chicago they stopped by to check out the changes at the house.  Last time they were there, they were painting the kitchen from orange to the current very lite green.  Also, it was a meeting between Reily and Riley.  Reily had to excuse herself to the backyard for the visit.

Lou!

Another highlight of my Cardinal fan career was today.  I met Cardinal great Lou Brock!  He was at Lindenwood with his wife, a board member, to show a family member the school.  The Dean came into my office and told me that Lou was upstairs and I could go up and meet him.  I did not believe him at all and so quickly went upstairs with him to check it out.

Low and behold, there he was sitting on the couch chatting.  I was introduced and we chatted about the Cardinals dinner the night before and I told his wife is she couldn't find the Dean and needed anything just let me know.

Such a cool experience!  I love Lou!

Snow

Guess what we woke up to this morning?  The first real snow of the winter, and I couldn't be happier that it waited until middle January to show up.  Since we've had a very mild winter so far I was too sure that it would really cool down and snow for us any time soon.  Low and behold we woke up to about an inch and a half of blustery snow. 

It wasn't that there was snow on the ground and everyone freaking out, it was because it was still pretty warm when the snow started and then the temperature dropped and it melted and snowed again. 

The highways were a mess this morning.  It took me an hour to go 8 miles to work.  It took Scott about an hour and forty five minutes to get to Soulard.  This was my view for about 30 minutes waiting to get on I-70 West.



As I look out my window at work, it looks like the snow is going to keep coming down the rest of the day.  Good thing we hit our high for the day already.  It's a nice 20+ degree outside for the rest of the day.  I'm happy the Dean bought pizza and I don't have to venture out to find food.