Another SUPER weekend

Saturday, February 6, 2016 -
      Monday, February 8, 2016


SUPER BOWL Weekend!!


Saturday morning, I got up and went down the road to finish off the shopping for our party - mostly the vegetables for the vegetable trays, because you sure can't buy those too early.  I also had to go to Walgreens for prescriptions, as every week, and Kroger for my tart cherry juice, and I went to lunch at the Mexican place (Don Rigo) there in the Kroger plaza.  It was a nice respite for the chaos ahead.
After doing my shopping at WalMart, I came back home and got everything carried in while dodging Ron, who was doing some 'cleaning' and when he is cleaning, I stay out of his way!  He was also cooking his ribs and wings, too.  He likes to cook them halfway today, and they'll finish cooking tomorrow as they warm up for the party.

So, between the two of us, we get the house company-clean, or as company-clean as it's gonna get.  I think I did three different loads of dishes, trying to keep everything kept up and out of the way as the day went on, too.  Ugh!
Ron "let" us have some wings and ribs for our supper - isn't he generous?  We quite enjoyed them!
He finally declared that we'd done as much as we could for the day and we'll finish tomorrow after we come home from church.


Sunday - my church, lunch, football day!  Except today, football isn't until 6:30 tonight, and it's the very last game of the season.  The Super Bowl.  Crowning the Champs of the year...
We go to church, and decide to go to Gold Star for a fast (and rather cheap) lunch, and then get home to finish what needs finished.
I start chopping vegetables and putting them into baggies so I can put them out on trays around 5:00 and have things ready when people are scheduled to show up.  Ron cut up the pepperoni, got his ribs and wings into the oven to warm up, and made a general pest of himself wanting to know what else he could do.
We got everything done, and were sitting there watching dead guys when people started showing up (we don't turn on all the razzle-dazzle until 6:00) and we didn't expect them quite as early as they showed up, but it was all cool.  We got the food on the plates and platters and in the bowls and made our little quarter bets on the betting sheets.  We were high rollers - we bet quarters.  Ha!

We got our plates of food - some were on their seconds before the game started - and, finally, this final game of the season started.  It was, as most defensive games are, a more-on-the-boring side game, but the team I was rooting for - the team most of us were rooting for - prevailed, although there weren't very many points scored.  That was a disappointment.  While these teams had good defenses, they also had good offenses (the Carolina Panthers went 15-1 in the season!) and I expected much more scoring.  But, in the end, the defense of the Denver Broncos held on and won the game 24-10!  And the quarterback did NOT win the MVP - that really made my night!
Josh and his family, and Steve packed up some of the food that was left to take home with them, and Bert was staying the night here, so she would pick over and pack some up tomorrow, so we didn't end up with too much leftovers.  We were glad!


Today - Monday - was my normal Happy Homemaker Day.  I just had a bunch of extra dishes to do!  All of my football dishes...all the platters, bowls, spreaders, yeah, they all needed washed, dried, and put away.  Whee!
But I got it done.  I even got all the yucky greasy ribs pans done, too.  I was a little proud of myself for that one.
After Bert got up and had her morning coffee and a few bites, she cut my hair (finally!).  I started asking her back in November to let me know when it would be convenient for her to do this - and here we are.  I am SO relieved.  My hair has really been shaggy and has been bothering me.

Bert left just as Ron was getting home from work, so she only got to visit with him a few minutes.  Then he came in, and our fun evening started - dead guys and/or game shows on TV.  WhooHoo!  Back to normal!

Winter Weather Advisory in effect overnight from 6pm to 6am.  I am playing taxi driver tomorrow for a friend from church, taking her for a procedure at Anderson Mercy.  Could be fun, but I think by the time we hit the road - I'm leaving here at 10 - the roads should be clear.  Fingers crossed!