Working My Way Back to You Babe!

So I am back gang. Oh I have been super active on my food blog, but I have missed my opportunity to ramble about the random crap that is happening in my life. You know, like my obsession with The Walking Dead, True Blood, So You Think You Can Dance, The Voice, The Blacklist, Hell's Kitchen, Masterchef....holy crap when do I find time to cook??? Thank God Kevin works nights, I can cook by day, and watch my shows all night. Sleep? PPffttttt we don't need no stinkin' sleep!

My life has changed quite a bit since my last post a bazzilion years ago. Kiddos have all moved out, which don't get me wrong is a good thing. I mean my house is now clothing optional, if dishes are in the sink I know who is to blame (Kevin of course), no stomping up and down the stairs at all hours of the night. But one of my sources of fun, and some seriously wacky situations, is gone.

Now my source of entertainment are the family of deer that have invaded my yard, this city girl seriously geeks out over them.

DAY 1

Me - OMG Kevin there are 2 deer in the front yard! Grab some apples so we can give them a treat!!

Kevin - Oh that is so cool, I will buy more tomorrow.

DAY 5
Me - OMG Kevin there are 3 deer in our front yard! Do we have any more apples?
Kevin - Ummm no, I will buy a few pounds tomorrow.

Day 30
Me - Kevin Kevin Kevin, there is a huge buck in the front yard eating the apples!
Kevin - Damn that dude can put down some apples. I guess I better go pick a box up tomorrow.

5 MONTHS LATER
Me - OMG Kevin the Momma had twin fawns!
Kevin - Seriously, WOW they are so cute!

2 MONTHS LATER
Me - Aaawwww the babies are eating with Momma now. Oh and Tina (one of the other deer) brought a friend!
Kevin - *annoyed look* these guys had better start mowing the lawn and doing laundry! I thought we got rid of creatures that lay around all day and eat all of our food!

So, my friends I seem to have replaced my 2 footed kids with a whole freaking herd of 4 footed kids. But atleast these kids don't give me lip or want to drive my car!

I am also trying so hard to overcome my black thumb by growing a garden. I have done OK the past couple of years with tomatoes, but other things have been kind of meh. Last year I had to hand pollinate my squash and zucchini. This year I can't even do that. I have not one...ZERO female blossoms on the plant. All boys. Leave to me to end up with gay zucchini.

Anyway, that is just a tad of what has been happening in my action pack *koff koff* life since last we chatted. How the heck have you been?

A Halloween Stumble

Howdy folks, how was your Halloween? I am ashamed to say I did nothing, absolutely NOTHING for Halloween this year *hanging head in shame* Yes, the holiday I decorate the most for (aside from Christmas of course) and I decided to be lazy this year.

I really didn't think about it much all month. I had more reconstructive surgery on the 17th so for about a week or so I wasn't up to dressing myself, let alone my house and yard! I guess that was why it was easy to kind of forget about my normal October activities for so long. Then I go out to run errands yesterday and see the neighbors setting up all of their Halloween delights. Spider webs, jack'o'lanterns, lights, fog machine *sigh* I have all of that stuff too! DANG IT! Now I feel awful and I feel like something is missing. I mean I  have some great stuff.

So let me not only show you what we are CAPABLE of, but live vicariously through last Halloween......

of course the whole things has to start off with finding the right pumpkin right?

Kevin found his right off the bat. Hahaha bat...Halloween humor eerrrr nevermind

Then Jessi

and finally my picky butt found one I liked

We got right to work carving them up

And I think they came out great!

We even got Barney in on the fun. Although he seems slightly less excited about it than we were.

Then came the house

A fitting sign for our household

You can't tell very well but the chair covers were blood spattered with bloody hand prints on them ooohhhh scary right?

Zombie crossing anyone?

Of course you have to dig up long lost relatives for the Halloween festivities

And that my dear friends was the Halloween we should have had this year. But it is nice to be able to look back and see how much fun we did have and remind myself to do it next year!!

But because we didn't decorate this year we had no, zero, nada, trick or treaters. Now what am I going to do with 2 huge bags of candy??? Maybe I should set up a giveaway huh? Anyone want some Halloween candy???

I did however make a nice meal for dinner. No I wasn't a total lazy ass last night. So if you would like to see what I DID do last night, come check me out at Bobbi's Kozy Kitchen.

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My Modern Caveman

Saturday was a gorgeous day here in my little corner of Washington. No gray skies, no drizzle, no wind, just sunshine, sunshine, and more sunshine! It is funny, since we rarely have days like that here we found ourselves wanting to do 10 things at once just to be outside and soak up the sun.

The 1st thing on our list was to take Kevin's Dad Harry to the VFW for breakfast. This is kind of a Saturday morning ritual. Harry is 87 years old an just an awesome awesome man. He enjoys getting out and seeing all of his friends every week and we enjoy taking him. Once we dropped him off and were on the road back home we started talking about what we wanted to do for the rest of the day. Aside from the grocery shopping we had to do ggrrrrrrr I hate it when chores get in the way of fun!

We decided to go home and play some horseshoes. We have been staring at that pit all year wanting to play, but horseshoes in the rain? Not so fun. We grabbed some cold beers and hit the back yard. After a close back and forth game, which I won by the way, Kevin decided out of the blue that he wanted to go kayaking. This caught me off guard since we have never been kayaking, but I was game it sounded like fun.

Evidently we were not the only people with the same brilliant idea because when we got there they told us there were no boats available to rent. So back home we go. More horseshoes, then as the evening began we hopped into the hot tub for a bit. It was in the hot tub that Kevin announced that he wanted to build a fire. I laughed, "OK but I think the wood will get a little wet in here" I am a smart ass sometimes I know. Actually it is my evil twin I am an angel....riiiiiiiiiiiiight.

He was so funny. As soon as the decision was made he was like a little boy, so excited at the idea of building this fire. I am completely convinced that something has carried over into today's modern man. Something that has been within them since the dawn of time......men = I wanna burn shit. This goes hand in  hand with men = I wanna blow shit up, but that is another story.

So here we go. Let me also mention that as the fire got bigger so did Kevin's smile! 

Now we have a stick to poke the fire with.......must find things to burn!!

See the smile? I told you.....a kid in a candy store I am tellin' ya!!

But it was nice and warm. Even though it was a gorgeous summer day the sun was down and it was beginning to cool off a bit. So I was happy my tootsies were nice and warm.

Yes the excitement was infectious!

I briefly freaked Kevin out with my "monkey toes". After 3 years you would have thought he had noticed.

Again with the poking.

Kevin had to prove to me that a beer can would actually melt. Who knew? Obviously NOT me!

Well it was fun folks. We laughed and drank some beer. My Dad even hung out with us for a while. Brought back little memories of when I was a kid and we would have bonfires at the beach. Good fun and good memories! Recipe for an awesome time.

Gremlins???

My son and his girlfriend just got their own apartment. I am so happy for them because I know how exciting that first place that is "all your own" can be. They are just like anyone else, slowly getting things they need for the apartment, and not realizing how much stuff they DID need. Isn't that always the case? You don't need it unless you don't have it? At least in my world it is like that.


Kevin and I surprised them with groceries. We stocked them up on the stuff for PB&J's, quesadillas, eggs, milk, bacon, stuff we knew they would use and need right off the bat. We wanted to  make the first few days there comfy for them and make it so they didn't have to run right out to the store.


Last night Seth stopped by to hang out before he went to work. I am learning that "I was just going to hang out before work" is code for "I am here to get a meal". They never grow up, but that's OK I love cooking for the people I love (side note if you haven't yet, check out my other blog bobbireneeandrachaelray.blogspot.com). 


While he was here he asked if I had any extra utensils they could have. So today I picked them up a colander and decided I would take them to pick up a few things this weekend. When I got home from the store I had the brilliant idea to go through my "Tupperware" drawer and pick out some storage stuff for them so they would have a way to save leftovers. Now, this is a drawer I have been avoiding for quite some time. I think a little over a year ago Kevin and I went through it and got rid of all the lids and bowls that had no partners. At that time we both commented on how interesting it was that they came out of the cupboard with a lid and a purpose, they went into the dishwasher together after serving that purpose, and somewhere between the dishwasher and the cupboard they lost their way leaving their mate forever stranded in a sea of plastic with no hope of ever being whole again.


So I  venture into the cupboard immediately greeted by the forsaken remnants from a once perfectly paired union. I begin to dig through the rubble hoping to find something to be salvaged. Eventually I ended up with several happily reunited duos. But the useless pieces of the once productive teams laid scattered across the counter. I thought to myself how does this happen? In just over a years time half of the storage containers lost its mate? It makes you want to put a camera in the cupboard just to see what in the heck is happening behind those closed doors! I will bet you if we did that we would find little gremlins wearing all of our lost socks!!

Happy Birthday Harry!!!

Last Saturday we celebrated Kevin's father Harry's 86th birthday!! He is just plain adorable and I love him to death. I had really wanted to do something special for him, so I decided to plan a birthday party for him at the VFW. He has been Commander there twice and it is like his 2nd home, so I really thought it would make him happy. Much more than just taking him out to dinner, or something like that.
You see Harry and his late wife Vivian (Kevin's Mom) and Kevin, used to live in the apartment above the VFW. Kevin says he has so many memories of that place. Back in the day it was hoppin' every night. It holds a lot of memories.
So I started making phone calls and got it all set up. People at the club let other people know that it was his birthday, so a few people showed up specifically to see Harry. He was very happy.


The picture is of Harry when he was in the Navy


Kevin's son Anthony and his Girlfriend Sarah With Harry

Kevin and Me with Harry