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Revisiting Scream

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Omg y’all. We watched the original 1996 Scream tonight because Katie has been saying she wants to watch horror movies.

This was the first movie Tom and I saw together in the theater so we wanted to see how it held up. Of course we didn’t remember how bloody it really was… Owen bowed out after the first few scenes saying he didn’t like scary movies. Katie freaking loved it and now wants to watch the rest of the series. (I hadn’t kept track and there are six!)

I’m not a fan of horror/slasher films (I’ve never had any desire to see any of the Freddy/Jason franchises) so we’ll see what happens next.

Book 37

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I forgot about going outside to read because I’d had four days of Arizona’s blast furnace weather. But omggggggg today is perfection! And I’m on book #37: The Magnificent Lives of Marjorie Post

11:11am
1:54pm

I highly recommend this one. I had no idea it was historical fiction. To know that this lady I’m reading about actually existed was really quite cool.

My reading buddy

Top Gun: Maverick

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There was no way in hell I was missing this on the big screen…

My thoughts?

  • Holy crap was that good! I wasn’t sure they could pull it off but they did.
  • It was more emotional than I anticipated for sure.
  • Tom Cruise still has it.
  • I got goosebumps more than once.
  • I teared up more than once.
  • The actor that plays Goose’s son is damn near perfect casting.
  • I’m so glad my mom didn’t see it first and tell me I didn’t need to see it because it was “just a bunch of planes flying around.”
  • I definitely want to see it again.

Golden Girls holds up!

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And it’s still funny as hell!! (But the clothes and hair are… YIKES!) They were all great but Betty White was such a treasure.

Mom and I were watching Golden Girls while putting a puzzle together. Tom and I were telling Owen we were about his age when we watched it.

Owen, incredulous: Daaaad? You watched a — GIRLS SHOW?!

Then we caught him laughing at it.

Ted Lasso biscuits!

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They aren’t in a pretty pink box but we ate Ted Lasso biscuits tonight. Super easy and super tasty. We’ll be making these again!

  • 2 sticks unsalted butter (softened)
  • 1 ⅓. cup confectioner’s sugar
  • 3 tablespoons light brown sugar
  • 3 egg yolks
  • 1 ¾ cup ap flour
  • ½. (scant) teaspoon kosher salt

Step 1: Heat the oven to 315F and pan spray an 8×8” baking dish.

Step 2: In a medium bowl, mix the butter and sugars together vigorously until smooth.

Step 3: Stir in the egg yolks.

Step 4: Add the flour and salt, mix just until the dough comes together. The less you mix the dough, the more posi vibes your biscuits will have.

Step 5: Press dough into an even layer in the pan and bake at 315F for 45 minutes until a thin, golden brown layer forms on top.

Step 6: Cool completely before cutting into 2 even columns and 6 even rows.

48th Birthday Adventures

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As you just saw, my birthday started with an amazing rainbow eye look to match my tie dye outfit. Plus the crown of course.

But the actual adventures actually started with heading with my bestie to pick up my other bestie and then head to Kenosha!

Trying to find catchers equipment for Owen and backup mitts for Evan at Play It Again Sports. What you do when it’s your birthday and wearing a crown and a mask.

Next birthday adventure stop: lunch at Frank’s Diner! It’s been two long years since we’ve been here and it was as delicious as we remembered!

No jalapeno bacon for the Bloody Mary this time. Womp wah.

Next? Crumbl—this will be birthday desserts for us with the kids instead of cake. They didn’t have my fave cornbread ones this week, though. And yes, we ate a few bites straight from the trunk!

I caught Anna sneaking some bites in the car!

Now birthday adventures are on a hiatus but I’m cuddling with my doggo so all is well.

Birthday adventures, mom style: taking Katie to physical therapy! Ha.

Birthday adventures, kid style: watching a movie!

The last birthday adventure! A margarita by the fire…with Tom and Anna and David. With an Ozzy Man Reviews topper. It was chilly so I had my sweatshirt on and they thought it looked like a queen’s cape!

All in all, a great 48th birthday!

Katie’s birthday sleepover…and more!

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Katie had two friends over for her first birthday sleepover. Holy cow were they loud. And of course there was some drama because GIRLS. I was dealing with it all myself because Tom was at a poker night down the street (I had breakfast plans with my mom group in the morning so it was a fair trade off).

But overall it wasn’t too bad. I hoped a movie would keep them quiet for a bit but that lasted about 15 minutes because one girl refused to stop talking and the others were getting annoyed so they just stopped.

And then…PLOT TWIST! Go to the next blog entry for the rest of the story!

This is why Katie exhausts us.

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So I told the kids they could watch a movie. They always have drama when picking one. So I told Katie to pick a bunch she wanted to see and then Owen would pick the one. Fine. Easy. Right?

Hahahaha. HAHAHAHA.

She reads her choices and Owen picks one. And Katie immediately says she doesn’t really want to watch that one.

ARE YOU KIDDING ME? So then Owen is annoyed at her and she’s annoyed because she has to watch a movie she said she wanted but then changed her mind about 60 seconds later??

So they’re both saying “FINE WHATEVER” to each other and I told Katie all this was unnecessary drama because she picked the movies and now she wanted to change things.

I just don’t have the energy for this.

Happy Inauguration Day!

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I felt today was momentous enough I needed to do a patriotic eye look! But hmmm… What red lippy to wear for this momentous day?

It was a tough call between Fly Girl and Hurricane Red…but I went with Fly Girl! Let’s get this inauguration going! (If you want any of the awesome products I used for this look, check out https://www.senegence.com/livinglippy!)

I’m not a political person at all, but after the last four years, I felt like I needed to watch in solidarity. And it was honestly more emotional than I thought it would be. At one point during the ceremony I was crying—and Owen noticed and came and held my hand (which made me cry a little more because the last time he did that was when he was little and came to hold my hand during one specific scene in Tangled).

Of course Owen being Owen he had a million questions but I was trying to listen to everything so I had to keep telling him I’d answer everything later!

My thoughts on Hamilton.

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We finished it tonight. My first thoughts after Act 1 this past weekend were…MEH—I would have been pissed if I’d have spent hundreds to see it.

After Act 2…well…Act 2 was indeed better but I had hoped to be blown away by it—and I guess in some aspects I was— but overall I have no immediate desire to watch it again. Also? I am an emotional sap so when I was warned I’d need Kleenex…I was worried. But my eyes just got a tiny bit misty and there was no ugly cry.

That said, I can totally appreciate all the work that went into it—the actors were absolutely phenomenal and of course the writing was amazing (I wish I could be that talented at anything)—and I even caught myself singing some catchy snippets of songs this morning (My Shot and Helpless). I will also give it credit for making history interesting. But it’s still historical and history is just not my thing. I’m glad I saw it but that’s the end of my relationship with Hamilton.