When One Season Ends, Another Begins

This was the weekend of sports!  Softball and hockey and football oh my!  Before I get into my competition watching, and coaching, filled weekend, I'll be sharing all things love related for this month's The Blended Blog Asks.  Linking up with Biana for some weekending & Andrea for some TBB Asks.

1. Kisses or Hugs? Unless of course we're talking about the candy in which case kisses because I hate white chocolate.

2. Candy or Flowers? It probably should be flowers lol but I pretty much always have a candy drawer at work.  Plus, food.

3. Baking or Cooking? I like to do both but I almost never bake & I cook all the time.

4. Do you remember your first kiss?  Yes.  It was Thanksgiving 2004.  I went over to a boy's house that I liked after all of the family stuff from that day, we watched Walking Tall (the one with The Rock) & out of nowhere he kissed me.  It wasn't good.

5. Favorite color of Roses? I'm not a huge roses fan.  But the basic red ones are pretty.

6. Conversation Hearts, yes or no? I loved reading them as a kid but they are not good.

7. Do you leave love notes? Yes.  I love all of that sappy, romantic, just because stuff.

8. Do you decorate for Valentine’s Day? No, but I also don't really decorate my apartment for anything.  And by that I mean I don't.  Maybe when I have a house or a bigger place.  I have moved so often that I don't really have all of the decor stuff because moving around sucks.  Plus, I don't really have storage to keep it.

9. Red or Pink? I'm not really a pink girl, I say as my nails are hot pink & I have pink flowers on my counter.

10. Milk, White or Dark Chocolate? Anything but white chocolate.

11.  Do you believe in love at first sight? No

12. Do you give Humorous or Serious Valentine Cards? I've done both.

13. Favorite Chick Flick or Romantic Movie? I don't really know the last time I watched a chick flick.  I do love them though.  My gut reaction is Sweet Home Alabama.

14. Stay In or Go Out? Both.  I almost just said stay in because during the week good luck getting me out.  And there are weekends that I don't want to do anything.  But I do also really love getting to try new places & go do things with my friends.  If we're specifically talking for Valentine's Day... Stay In

And now on with the weekend!

Friday

Nash had his first Rover walk on Friday.  If you remember, he had his first Wag walk on Monday so stay tuned for a comparison of the two.  I don't know why I didn't do this for him during volleyball season.  If I can't be around as much now that softball has started I'm glad that I can still make sure that he's getting out.  Plus, I get pictures of my dog during the day...

We had our first scrimmage Friday evening.  Thankfully it was just a scrimmage which means a)it was only one 5'o'clock game instead of a game at 5 & 7 and then b)the outcome didn't count.  All things considered (we were missing 4 varsity girls, most of the JV girls have never played softball at all before 2 weeks ago, & it was the first game) we really didn't do all that bad.  We lost but it definitely could have been worse!

Saturday

My friend Katherine came into town around noon and we hit up Magnolia Motor Lounge for lunch.  The last time I had been there had been months & months ago with her before she moved back out to the panhandle.  Even though I got the same one, my burger was better last time.  It was still good just not the quality I remember from last time.  The fries & ranch were on point though.  After the burgers we went down to the White Elephant Saloon in the Stockyards for a couple of drinks before heading back to my place to get ready for the Wild/Stars game.

We took the train downtown since I don't live that far from a station & then we wouldn't have to deal with parking or the traffic.  It was retro night so hot dogs & sodas were 1993 prices.  1993 is the year we (Minnesota) officially lost the North Stars to Dallas.  So in honor of the Stars being in Dallas for 25 years they threw it back.  They even had 90s commercials on the screen which was kind of the best.  The first period was SO boring.  Nothing happened.  Not a goal, not a penalty, not a fight.  Nothing.  The second period is where it all fell apart.  Minnesota wound up losing 6-1.  We had originally planned to go out afterwards but we were both so exhausted that we took the train back to my place & went to bed.

Sunday

That morning we got some coffee & bagels before she hit the road & then Nash & I didn't do a whole lot most of the day.  I went to the store to get a couple more things that I needed for the party that night but mostly we watched Netflix.  I finished New Girl (well what's on Netflix) & started Longmire.  I also took an hour long nap which was heaven.

Around 3:30ish I left for Helen & Caleb's.  We had Super Bowl bingo, drinks, & tons of food.  Steph had talked about bacon wrapped tater tot bombs on her blog & they looked so good that I had to make them.  I also made pickle dip & what was supposed to be Chuy's creamy jalapeno ranch but it was not.  I had to doctor it up to even get it to taste good & even then it still didn't taste like Chuy's.

I know in all reality it was a good game but I so badly did not want either team to win that I did not care at all.  Since someone had to win I was really hoping it would be the Patriots just because I wanted the Eagles to lose that badly.  However, that was clearly not the case.  I won $50 on the game though by playing squares so I guess whatever.  I also thought both the National Anthem & halftime show were mediocre.  #SorryNotSorry

I hope that y'all had a fabulous weekend & have a great Monday!

Call Me The Comeback Kid

Hi!  Remember me?  The girl that used to blog here on a nearly daily basis.  The girl that out of nowhere up & stopped blogging completely for the past 2 months.  Yeah that girl.  Well I'm back.  Life happening is the only reason I have for not blogging at all for the past couple of months.  I'm sure I missed a ton while I was away because in all honesty I didn't take the time to read a single blog at all after I stopped writing.  I know a lot has happened on my end in that time.  Softball ended this past Friday so I've decided to make my come back.

Here are some highlights of what's been going on in my life since February:

50 days, 14 games, & 5 multi-day/all day tournaments later softball has started & ended.  Varsity went 0-8 in district while JV won or tied a majority of their games.  This past Friday was their final game of the season.  While I am so ready to be done after 6 straight months of having no break from practices & games, I am going to miss these girls.

Valentine's Day weekend my friend Alicia flew down to see me.  We hit up the Stockyards the first night she was in town & then spent the next night in Austin exploring Congress & hitting up 6th Street.  We ate our weight in food, realized we're getting way too old for the college bar scene, and listened to some awesome live music.

That same weekend Mr. Midwest surprised me by cooking me dinner for Valentine's Day.

I spent a couple different weekends in Dallas.  We also realized we're getting old when we tried to hit up downtown Dallas for St. Patrick's Day.  That lasted all of one walk through a crowd of super drunk people & way too long of lines for drinks before heading back to a much quieter (& cheaper) truck yard for food & drinks.

My parents came down & visited me as well.  We went to the rodeo in the Stockyards, ate BBQ pretty much all weekend, went to Waco in an attempt to go to Magnolia Farms but line was blocks long, I bought some new boots, & they met Mr. Midwest.

As is our annual tradition, I went to San Antonio to visit my friend Robyn for the San Antonio Rodeo.  As per usual we were late.  For 4 straight years we have managed to unsuccessfully see the entire rodeo & concert.  Here's to hoping year 5 is a success for us...

Mr. Midwest & I attended the wedding of a former coworker of mine.

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**I passed my Special Education certification test & am now certified to teach social studies grades 4-12, ESL 4-12, & SPED 4-12.  Between that & my 4 years teaching experience/2 years coaching experience I'm getting a little cocky landing a new job**

**Which better be as easy as I'm hoping it is because on February 19th I resigned from my current job without having a new one line up.  Unintentionally that's the exact same thing I did on the exact same date last year**

**I have an interview lined up for this Thursday so everyone cross your fingers & say a little prayer that I get the job!**