Weekend Story - Football Edition

This post is not for the easily offended...

 

It is with a heavy heart that I write this post as last night I had to witness an unbearable Niners loss due to:

• Extremely poor officiating
• Turnovers/Interceptions

Nevertheless life goes on and I have to forget about this loss and look forward to the next game. At least Seattle lost! For those Football-saavy here are a couple of my favorite memes of the weekend...

 

 

 

Richard Sherman was beat by Phillip Rivers a couple times and blew his coverage... I guess he forgot to pop his Adderall before the game.

 

And on the subject of terrible officiating, the NFL refs gifted Seattle with a Touchdown that shouldn't have been.

 

And since we are talking about Seattle...

 

Just like somebody on Twitter said, "As a SF fan it's like you root for two teams: SF and whoever Seattle is playing that week." On top of that, Seattle's Defense gave me a -1 points on my Fantasy team this week. That's NEGATIVE 1 point. Sheesh.

 

That was essentially my Sunday, I did wifely woman things in the morning such as bake Cinnamon rolls, make eggs and hot links, clean and vacuum. As soon as I go to my Momma's house I become this un-ladylike trash talking-cursing Football fan and it's not real purty let me tell ya. I would like to believe deep down inside my Husband thinks it's sexy.

 

That was my Sunday...

 

My Saturday!

 

We ate donuts and drank coffee in the morning with my Momma, Tony's aunt, a family friend, my sister, Tony's sister and Martina. I hit up Le Walmart for a couple of things and I made this beautiful tray of Nachos for the Mayweather Maidana fight.

 

I used refried beans (courtesy of my Mother in Law), Gaucamole (made myself), melted Monterrey Jack cheese, Chicken, Steak, Sour Cream and Jalapenos. They were super good and I can't wait to make them again!

 

We had a nice time at my cousin and her husband's house watching the fight. She made Ceviche and there was tons of other food. We talked and talked and I spent time with my niece and Goddaughter, it was good times!

 

Today my goal is to get through work in a reasonably productive manner and go home and do laundry and cook!

 

~Mely

Friday Favorites

 

Today I am linking up with Andrea at Momfessionals to show you all my Friday Favorites!

 

 

1. This new jam by T-Swift

 

 

This is my jam, and I can't wait for her new CD to come out.

 

2. This Mug

I saw this mug at Starbucks and thought it was so beautiful and unique that I needed to make it mine. Tony doesn't know it but I am secretly amassing a collection of cute coffee mugs!

 

3. 98 DeBrees

Say hello to my Fantasy Football team, thanks Mateo

I'm playing Fantasy Football this year and I am super PUMPED. As previously mentioned:

 

~I hate the Seahawks

~I love the 49ers

~Football season is the best season of the year

~I don't think of Fall as Fall, Fall is Football Season

 

Although I hate the Seahawks (divisional rivals) their defense is on my fantasy team which means I have to support their defense giving me points.

 

Can't wait for the first weekend of NFL Football!!!

 

~Mely

 

 

Weekend Story - Labor Day

3 day weekends are always a double-edged sword. If you work in an office setting you come back on Tuesday and realize you have to squish 5 days worth of work into 4. If you are me and campaign season is gearing up you are slowly starting to get flooded with work and you want to panic. Yay!

Oh and it's SEPTEMBER! In honor of September... 

 

 

My in-laws were out of town this weekend which means Tony and I had the house to ourselves. Most importantly, I had the kitchen to myself to cook anything my heart desired (more about that in a bit). I was ridiculously productive and did so much this weekend!

Friday

Friday my boss let us go home early and I went home and cleaned the bathroom then we met up with my Dad for dinner. After dinner I had coffee with my good friend Jessica. It was so cool catching up with her and hearing about her new students and classroom (she's a 1st grade teacher).

Saturday

Saturday my Momma invited us to breakfast in Santa Rosa! I barely touched my food and I was stuffed. The thing about me after surgery is that if my stomach is really empty before meals I fill up drastically quicker than if I am snacking and munching all day.

Afterwards we came home and did chores! Have a mentioned that I love doing laundry? I love it. When I was single I felt so accomplished seeing all my clothes folded and digging my face in my fresh laundry taking in the aroma of clean cotton. Now that I'm married, that feeling is only intensified because the domestic woman in me takes pride in fulfilling my wifely duties. Okay enough of that, you get it.

Then I cooked, cooked some more, then mixed, waiting, and baked followed by dish washing-kitchen cleaning fun. Let me elaborate:

I made these Sloppy Joes and these Cowboy Beans and I made the BEST Oatmeal Raisin Cookies ever. Everybody that tried them agreed they were fabulous, I will be sharing this recipe soon.

Sloppy Joes? I actually had never had a Sloppy Joe in my life, so naturally, I scoured the internets to find a good Joe recipe and raided my Mom's pantry because Adrian (my Bro) has any possible spice you could need for any recipe. The verdict is in! Although these Joes came out good, Sloppy Joes are not my thing.

Cowboy Beans? They had to cook for so long because I didn't have the burner on hot enough that the Bacon and Jalapeno slices disintegrated by the time I was FINALLY able to get the beans tender. Errrggh. Next time I am making these beans in the crockpot. I'll spare you a picture of the final product.

 

I added Jalapeno Slices to give these a kick

 

We had some pals/neighbors come over for dinner. I also made boxed Annie's Mac and Cheese and a Digiorno pizza. So we had Sloppy Joes, Annie's Mac and Cheese and a frozen Digiorno pizza. Just look at me being such a good hostess and making a super gourmet classy dinner. They ate it all though, so I did something right. Also, I have to reiterate, we had Oatmeal Raisin Cookies and they were the best I've ever had. Have I mentioned they were good?

Our friends left and after cleaning up we watched Dirty Dancing on Netflix.

I've... had... the time of my liiife...

 

 

Sunday

Sunday I woke up early to make Belgian Waffles. I've had a waffle iron that was purchased upon impulse a while ago and only used once. Well I put that baby to good use and made my love and I Waffles and Bacon for breakfast before we headed to the city to check up on my pal Crystal who just had surgery. We stopped by Petaluma to pick up my other pal Connie who was going to carpool with us to SF. After arriving we had Chinese and the food was really good. Yum! Then we went to the beach for a while before going to Crystal's to hang out with her.

We came back from the city in the evening and stopped by my Momma's house before heading home. We watched a few episodes of this before going to sleep:

Monday - Labor Day!

We were up early to hike up Taylor Mountain in Santa Rosa with my Momma. After grabbing Starbucks and Bagels we went home and my Momma made Chilaquiles for lunch. I should have taken a picture of these but I was too busy scarfing them down because they were so freaking good. I would post a picture off of Google images but that just won't serve my Momma's Chilaquiles justice so here's the Wiki definition.

We came home in the early afternoon and I binge watched a few episodes of Revenge. I needed to catch up and finish watching all the episodes in Season 3 before Season 4 starts in a few weeks. Revenge is a good show, it's a little intense and has a LOT going on all the time but if you have some time to kill all 3 seasons are on Netflix right now.

 

After some Netflix action Tony napped while I went to Safeway and then this happened:
 

I made 4 kinds of fried rolled taquitoes: Beans, Chicken, Beans and Queso Cotija and Mozzerella. Topped with shredded lettuce, sour cream, spicy green sauce and a crumbled Queso Fresco... DIVINE! I love when I make magic happen. I'm so amazing.

This is my lunch today, I forgot the Queso Fresco at home!

Tony went to the gym while I drafted players for my Fantasy Football team: 98 DeBrees. I'm the only girl in my Fantasy Football league, I'm going to have to sharpen my smack talking skills if I am going to be playing Fantasy with a bunch of dudes. This is how I felt as I drafted:

Here's my Lineup:

Drew Brees, QB

Joe Flacco, QB

Jamaal Charles, RB

Trent Richardson, RB

Larry Fitzgerald, WR

Jordy Nelson, WR

Martellus Bennett, TE

Anquan Boldin, WR

Seahawks Defense

Phil Dawson, K

Bench

Danny Amendola, WR

Danny Woodhead, RB

Tim Wright, NE

Darren McFadden, RB

Rod Streater, WR

Brandon Pettigrew, TE

Rams Defense

Football season is starting! Oh man oh man, I am so tickled :)

~Mely