Everyone at our party was rooting for the Cardinals, except my sister-in-law, Cristina, who decided to go against the grain. I think we all just wanted to see the underdog win, especially since the Cardinals had never won it. Oh well. At least it was a good game (except for that third quarter, and the first half of the fourth, which were pretty damn boring).
We had good food, good drinks, and good company. Can’t complain about that.
Here is the whole group, ready for the 3D part of the halftime show:
Obviously, another reason to look forward to the Super Bowl is for the commercials. Overall, however, I didn’t think the ads were all that great this year.
I think the group favorite was the Doritos spot with the “crystal ball.” We also all got a big kick out of the CareerBuilder commercial with all the signs that you hate your job. (Especially the sign that said “You want to punch small animals.” Hilarious.)
Oh! I did also enjoy the Cash4gold.com commercial, but only because I “got it” right away. MC Hammer and Ed McMahon selling off all of their gold belongings? Coming from two celebrities who publicly had to file for bankrupcy, it was funny. HA!
Which ones were your favorites?
A few more pics to end the night… we’re heading to bed!
We are in preparation mode for our Super Bowl party tomorrow.
Tonight, I made a cookie cake and decorated it for the occasion:
Once again, I used the Thick & Chewy Chocolate Chip Cookie recipe and just baked it in a pizza pan instead of making the cookies. Decorated with Wilton buttercream, and there you have it. I have a serious weakness for cookie cake, so I can’t wait to dig into this thing tomorrow.
My writing could still use some work, but I found that this time worked out better than last time. I have to keep practicing.
I was super paranoid about freehanding the “Steelers” part of the logo, but I did it and I was actually happy with it. Shocking.
Who are you rooting for?Meet Miller!
He’s not ours (Tessa is enough for us, thankyouverymuch)–he’s my brother and Marie’s. He is a 9-week-old beagle/labrador mix that they adopted from a shelter earlier this week.
Last night, we went over to meet him and introduce him to Tessa. Tyler and Marie will be taking care of Tessa for us when we go to Vegas next weekend, so we were worried about how the pups would get along.
Marie’s sister (who currently lives with her and my brother) also has a new kitten, so we had quite the collection of animals running around last night.
The kitten, Molly, and Miller have already had a few days to get acquainted. Also, they are around the same age (both still in that playful stage), so they really enjoy each other. They were wrestling around, which was pretty funny to see:
As for Tessa and Miller, it was OK. We have tried to socialize Tess with other dogs since she was little, but she just doesn’t get to see/play with other dogs often enough to be truly good with other dogs. Also, since she’s small, she has what we like to call “little man syndrome” and is always a bit defensive since most dogs she’s around are always bigger than her (and I sorta can’t blame her for that!).
For now, Miller is close to her size, and since he’s a baby, we hoped she’d be good with him. For the most part, she was. She did put him in his place a couple of times, though. Miller kept trying to nip at Tessa (to play, of course), and there was one time where she rolled him onto his back and pinned him down! It was actually pretty funny because I think he got the point. But a little while later, he became brave again and tried again. Once again, Tessa chased him off.
I think that, given time, Tessa will get used to him. The problem is that Miller is going to keep growing and get bigger and bigger, so we’ll see what happens with time. We’re hoping that now that we have another dog in the family full-time, Tessa will have more of an opportunity to “socialize.”
This is Tessa vying for my brother’s attention. Hey! Hey, remember me? Ignore that puppy, look at meeeee! Look how cute I am, I’m rolling over. Belly rubs, belly rubs! I want belly rubs!
It worked.
Miller is so cute, but man do I not miss the puppy days! Of course, I always look back at them with a little bit of nostalgia. Tessa was adorable, less than 4 lbs., and the little puppy things they do can be pretty cute as well. But the peeing in the house, the constant trips outside, the puppy ENERGY? It’s all exhausting and it’s nice to be past it. :)
But just look at that little face!
In this photo, he had just come in from a potty break outside. He had snow on his nose.
Miller with his proud adoptive daddy.
Little guy tuckered himself out.
Receiving loving from mommy. 
So cute! It should be interesting to hear how they do together next weekend. Hopefully Tessa won’t ruin her chances of ever getting to stay with Tyler and Marie again!As if I wasn’t already a slacker blogger this week… (I’m sorry.)
Our laptop died tonight. Or rather, it got very sick.
When I got home from work, I turned on the computer as normal. Had a couple of Internet Explorer windows open, just doin’ my thang. And then, it froze up. I couldn’t get it to do anything, so I had no choice but to do a hard restart (pressing and holding down the power button).
I tried to reboot it to no avail. We kept getting some error screen about how it couldn’t restart properly, and we were asked to do a bunch of “repair scans” and such. No luck with those, either.
Called technical support, and I’ll spare you all the details (it was such a pain in the ass), but the bottom line is: We have to send in our computer for repair. Apparently, our model is one of a few that were made with defective motherboards. The technical supervisor guy told us that the problems we’re experiencing are most certainly a motherboard issue. LOVELY.
Oh, AND… when we send the computer in to get the motherboard replaced? Well, we’re going to lose everything we have loaded on the computer. Programs, files, everything.
I’m feeling a pain in my ass, and its name is HEWLETT PACKARD.
Thankfully, though, HP is fixing it for free, so I am trying not to whine too much. Also, we’ve been pretty good about backing up our files to our external hard drive and DVDs, so losing all the files and stuff? Not the end of the world. Plus, Michael is going to take the laptop into work tomorrow and have his IT guys help transfer the files off of the hard drive before we send it in.
My biggest complaint is the obvious: We’re going to be without our laptop for ~2 weeks. So this begs the question: What the hell am I going to do with myself? Luckily, I’m going to be pretty busy these next couple of weeks. But still!
I’m in mourning. Or withdrawls.
Or worse–mourning AND withdrawls.
Following up to my post back in December about Operation Baking Gals…
We will have two Heather Drive teams. Our soldiers have been selected, and I’m working on getting our teams set up within the system. I should be posting in the next couple of days with more information for you all to sign up. Shipping dates are going to be between February 7 and February 21, so get yourselves ready! :)
I will keep you guys updated and let you all know when and how to register. So stay tuned!
About
I'm Heather. I'm 33 and have been married to Michael for seven years. Together, we have two beautiful little girls we love more than anything, and a miniature dachshund who drives us crazy. I'm a full-time working mom who has very little time for my own "stuff" these days, like home improvement, cooking/baking, cake decorating, and photography. Despite the team not making the playoffs since 1999, I'm STILL a Buffalo Bills fan, which I think speaks to my loyalty AND sense of humor. I can't wait to pick up the pace with travel again some day... you know, when we're done being ruled by tiny fists. Welcome to my blog.
