Pool Time with the Dills
Posted on June 17, 2012 by Ching under Life, Movies.
Jay and Becca hung out at the pool with us on Saturday night. There’s never anyone at our pool on Friday and Saturday nights so we pretty much had the pool to ourselves.
We had a good ol’ time frolicking in and out of the water.
Afterwards it was time for flaming quesaDILLas.
Okay, so they weren’t really flaming. But they were delicious. Good job, Jay and Brian. We all agreed this was the best batch of quesadillas the boys ever made.
Then it was time for The Vow, which made me cry but that doesn’t really say much. Almost every movie makes me cry. It starts out really rough and hokey. I mean, what was up with Rachel McAdams’ hair in the beginning of the movie? She looked like she was wearing a wig. The movie does get better towards the end. About the same time that Rachel’s hair starts looking normal. LOL. I don’t know if you guys saw Serendipity with Kate Beckinsdale and John Cusack a few years back, but how The Vow ends kind of reminds me of that movie.
Anyway, Becca is completely enamored with Channing Tatum. He’s got a nice body and everything, but he just doesn’t seem that attractive to me. It could be that he’s too young. I mean, if I had a choice between Jason Statham and Channing Tatum, I’d pick JS every time. Now, that’s one sexy man.
Speaking of, Brian and I hung out at the pool again today and saw a guy who resembled a young JS. I think it might have been the shaved head and the aviator glasses he was wearing. I told Brian we needed to get him some of those. LOL. Although, I think Brian will look more like Bruce Willis than JS when the time comes. Either way works for me. I think BW is sexy too.
Who wants to go swimming with us next weekend?
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Congrats to Don Sherman!
Posted on June 16, 2012 by Ching under Events, Food and Drink.
Congratulations to my idol Don Sherman for being recognized as Father of the Year by the American Diabetes Association! His beautiful daughter Bethany gave an eloquent introduction, which was sweet and witty. He must be very proud of her, and she of him for being named one of ADA’s Fathers of the Year.
The other honorees were Chad Tharp of B&B Airparts and David E. Wells, President of Key Construction. Congratulations to all three Fathers of the Year!
The food at the ADA Father of the Year Awards dinner last night was quite colorful. Brian wasn’t a fan, but I thought it was quite good. I’m not a huge fan of salmon, but this was delicious (after you get past the strange red sauce). Actually, the red sauce had great flavor. The color is just really shocking. Besides, it’s ADA approved, so how can you go wrong? LOL. The chicken was served with a peanut sauce. I like peanut sauce so the first bite was a pleasant surprise.
Anyway, whether or not Brian and I enjoyed the food really doesn’t matter. It was awesome to witness Don receive is award. I’m glad we could be there.
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Khao Lad Nha Kai
Posted on June 13, 2012 by Ching under Food and Drink.
I finally got to try #17 Khao Lad Nha Kai. Yep, we had Thai House again last Friday. Their food is so yummy. It’s hard to resist. I will spare you the photo of Brian’s food, though. He got the Thai fried rice with chicken, again. How predictable, right?
Anyway, the #17 is really good. It’s probably one of my favorites at Thai House. Though, the #15 and the #11 are both really delicious also. If you’re apprehensive about trying Thai food because of the spiciness of the dishes, then the #17 is a great place to start. It’s not spicy at all. If I had to compare it to another dish, I would say that it’s a lot like Moo Goo Gai Pan. That’s what it reminds me of, anyway.
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Birthday Munchies
Posted on June 13, 2012 by Ching under Food and Drink.
We had munchies at the movie theater on Sunday, but that was pretty much late lunch. I think I ate a little bit before going to the gym, but that was it. We were starving by the time we got to the theater. Of course, I always feel famished after working out with Amie on Sundays.
I was good and only had water. Brian had a Stella. He realized that he liked it when we were at Sabor celebrating with Marielkis on Friday night. They didn’t have Sam Adams, which is his usual beer. He ordered a Stella instead and found that he actually likes it better. I actually liked it too. Now we’ve found beer that we can both drink.
After the movie we went to Abuelo’s for drinks and munchies. Brian and I ended up getting the chocolate cake thing because they were out of tres leches. I know. How lame, right? Anyway, it was all for the best. Their tres leches probably wouldn’t have been as good as the one we had at Sabor the other night, anyway. LOL.
Thanks to Jay and Becca for coming out to drink with us on Sunday night. Salud!
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Brian’s Birthday Movie
Posted on June 13, 2012 by Ching under Movies.
Earlier this year Brian said that he wanted to see Prometheus for his birthday movie. Yes, so even though I took him to the Grand Ole Opry in Nashville, I still had to take him to the movies on the weekend of his birthday. Brian is a spoiled brat. That is all I have to say about that. At least we compromised on a 3:45 pm showing, so I didn’t have to miss my workout. Ever since I started teaching Zumba, I only get to see Amie on Sundays. I hate missing Sundays because it’s my favorite workout day. We do an hour of intense, high impact Zumba, followed by 15 minutes of gut-wrenching abs. I’m not exaggerating either. Amie’s ab workout is so tough that the times when we do just plain, ol’ crunches feel like a break.
Anyway, the compromise (attending Amie’s Sunday Zumba class at the West Central Genesis) meant having to go straight from the gym to the theater since we were coming from way out West to way East where 13th Avenue Warren is… Don’t worry. We showered at the gym. LOL.
Brian’s mom and dad joined us for the movie. It was good, but not great. The positives and negatives stemmed from the same thing. I thought it was good that the movie could stand alone, meaning you don’t really have to be familiar with the Alien movie franchise to understand what’s going on. At the same time, I don’t think there were enough references to the other movies in the series for the hardcore Alien geeks. The movie was just okay for me. Plus, how do you put someone like Charlize Theron in a movie and not show her in her underwear? That was so disappointing!
[CORRECTION] They did show her in underwear, but it was brief and they weren’t the sexy kind. LOL. [/CORRECTION]
Kidding aside, Philly D was right when he mentioned there were lots of random outbursts of emotion. I liked Noomi Rapace in The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo series and she did a good job in this movie, but she would have these random emotional outbursts that sometimes seemed out of place. I’m sure she was just following the director’s instructions, though. [spoiler alert] In one scene, she and her boyfriend got into an emotional conversation about her being infertile and not being able to bear children. I was like, “Is she sure that she’s not pregnant because she’s been very emotional since the beginning of the movie?” LOL. She does end up getting impregnated with this alien thing, but I won’t say any more in case you actually want to see the film. [/spoiler alert]
Anyway, Brian decided to take a vacation day today to celebrate his birthday. As if we haven’t celebrated enough already. LOL. Because I’m a fantastic wife, I took a vacation day as well to keep him company. Brian is a hardcore movie geek so, naturally, we’re going to the movies again. This time we’re going to go see Snow White and the Huntsman. Charlize happens to be in this movie also. Maybe I’ll get to see her half-naked in this one. LOL.
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