Holy Cra-zay game night!

We're both uber tired today. That might be due in part to gaming last night until 1am. I've said it a hundred times but I seriously love the friends we have in Colorado, they are SO much fun. Geeky game people are their own special brand of awesome. We were at a new friends house with a bunch of mutual friends and it was just fun to have so much gaming and socializing going on, such a change from living under that rock thing we have done previously.

Theres not much that stands out as total blog-worthyness, but details of playing Cards Against Humanity isn't really appropriate for family friendly blog. There was also Catan, Quelf, and Vince played a video game I'm not familure with. Oh yeah, I played pinball since I'm kinda seriously addicted to it!

If I can get a photo of it (many were taken by many people, just not me) I'll post the cake. It was a My Little Pony masacre, since Ernest is a Bronie (bro' who loves ponies). I'd let the pic speak for itself if I had one. Kinda reminds me of the cake we got a few years back for my friend Kevin when we asked the cake people to spell everything wrong, give us a smooshed reject cake, and then we put pretty princesses in it upside down. At the time it went well the party theme of "everything thrown together last minute from mixed dollar store finds" but looking back now I bet the fine cake people at Safeway thought we were high on something (besides life).

New Recipe: Seared Tilapia w/ Pineapple Cucumber Relish

I realized today that I don't blog much, it just seems that "blog-worthy" posts need to be exciting and full of ooooh and aaaahhhs. Then again, anything- and I do mean anything- can be worthy of a facebook status. I decided to turn this around and blog all the meaningless happenings of our happily ever after. Because really, its the little moments not full of ooh and ahh that make our lives what they are.

Tonight I tried a new recipe for dinner. A little back story here: I've only made ONE dinner in our 5+ years of marraige that didn't turn out delicious. Through the magic of my cooking I've even been able to get my husband to eat fish and enjoy it. For this evenings meal I decided that Seared Tilapia with Pineapple Cucumber Relish sounded adventurous. I've been feeling bored with cooking and needed to branch out so the whole month is nothing by new recipes I'm trying. My poor husband, I've turned him into some kind of crazy guinea pig.


RECIPE:
1 cup(s) long-grain white rice
2 tablespoon(s) fresh lime juice
1 tablespoon(s) grated ginger
2 teaspoon(s) honey
2 tablespoon(s) (plus 1 tsp) olive oil
Kosher salt and pepper
2 scallions, thinly sliced
1 jalapeño pepper, (seeded, if desired), finely chopped
1/2 small pineapple, (about 1 lb), peeled, cored and cut into small pieces
1 small English cucumber, cut into small pieces
4 6- ounce(s) tilapia fillets

*Cook the rice according to package directions.
*Meanwhile, in a large bowl, whisk together the lime juice, ginger, honey, 2 Tbsp oil and ¼ tsp each salt and pepper. Toss with the scallions, jalapeño, pineapple and cucumber.
*Heat the remaining tsp oil in a large nonstick skillet over medium heat. Season the tilapia with ¼ tsp each salt and pepper and cook until golden brown and cooked through, 1 to 3 minutes per side. Serve the fish with the rice and relish.

The result? Vince said it was odd, like nothing he's ever had before. I agreed. It was good and we both ate it all but agreed it tasted like it needed something. Maybe a side of broccoli? Of course, I could live off fish and broccoli, but thats another story.
So theres my report for the day, a new strange dish. After dinner Vince wrote his birthday thankyous (I could write a book about my thoughts on the importance and lost art of thank you writing), we watched television, and now we're in the office as I type to you and Vince does taxes. Wow, I feel so...married. And did I really just become one of those housewives who blogs food? Ew.

I married Santa...

I married Santa and ya know what? He's pretty dang cute!

Thanksgiving- Always be grateful

We don't have very many Thanksgiving traditions beyond avoiding family drama, but making the dogs pose for ridiculous pictures is a tried and true tradition at its best. We're thankful for eachother, our pups, our wonderful careers, our house, and our amazing friends!

November 1st = Christmas Planning

In Sarah's family the Christmas planning starts right at the end of Halloween. Sure, we don't skip over Thanksgiving in holiday celebration, but with family scattered across the globe its good to start the planning phase early. Because of this, the Burney side of the family creates Christmas wish lists early, and what better place to have easy access to our wants than on the blog. Plus- if any random blog hoppers see what we want and love us enough they can buy us stuff to. Gimmee Gimmee! 'Tis the season.
Usually our wacky lists give a strange look into the inner workings of our minds, you might learn more about us, and this is also a good place to tell us what YOU want for Christmas in the comments.

SARAH:

*Monthly Idea books (as seen HERE) for the classroom. Sarah already bought Oct, Nov, Dec, and January. But has promised to not any from Feb-Sept.
*Scary or Mystery Books. Now that she is graduating and will be able to read non-textbook literature, these are the genres of her choice. No preference on author/series, since her collection of these books is currently limited to R.L. Stine. *snicker*



VINCE:
DOGS:
Charlie Bears
Petsmart Giftcards
Endless ear scratches
Plushy toys that squeak (the more they annoy the humans the more these toys are loved)

October means Murder Mystery Dinner!

One annual event we look forward to each year is Petrie's Murder Mystery Dinner. Sarah has hosted many of these types of parties in the past, so its nice to be in some where she isn't planning (and cheating by reading the revealed murderer early). Here's our costumes this year for Death of a Highwayman:

Sarah is a barwench who is friendly with all the men, and Vince is a highway man who lets his wife (played by Shannon- yay!) do all the fighting and tough stuff for him.

Last year's costumes:

Sarah as Little Red Riding Hood, Vince as Sherlock Holmes, and Benny as Long John Silver.

We sadly didn't remember our camera for the first one. Sarah was an alchoholic 20s flapper and Vince was a loveable traincart hobo.

Second Honeymoon at DISNEYLAND!

I love this man of mine, hes young at heart and spoiled me for our second honeymoon!

While we don't vacation often, when we do the hubs goes ALL OUT! We flew first class to and from California and went all out in between. I don't think there is any desire/want during the trip that he didn't fulfill. We ate at fancy resteraunts, bought fun souveniers, and had the time of our lives in Disneyland! Hubs surprised me with a character breakfast but we also ate at Blue Bayou inside the Pirates of the Carribean ride- seated right next to the water! To see the new World of Color show at California Adventures Vince planned a dinner package where we got the fanciest meal of our lives and after VIP reserved seating. The only thing between us and the actual water of the show was..nothing! We were RIGHT THERE in the first row and we got wet- but luckily had ponchos! AH.MAZ.ING.

We got our photos taken with some of our favorite characters like the Queen of Hearts, Tigger, Eeyore, Baloo, etc..and of course MICKEY! Mickey was the first thing we ran into on our first day. What a way to start a vacation!