This past weekend we hung out at my parents house. They have their permanent house here but are currently living in San Francisco as their jobs are in the bay area. They hope to have this house as their retirement house in the (hopefully) not so distant future. But, they come in every few weekends and hang out. On the off weekends, we try to go over to make it look like people are there. So, we go to hang out while they're not in town, take a ride on the boat (oh yeah, the house is on a lake) and hang out. While surfing the Direct TV channels (well, the movie channels) we were bummed to see that nothing exciting was on so we settled on Shrek. It was originally the Abyss, but underwater scenes freak me out. Even though I'm a swimmer, before I became a swimmer I almost drowned in Mexico on vacation and have never looked at ocean swimming the same way or anything under the water. So, I changed it and we went to Shrek. I've come to love Shrek 2 so much that I forgot all the great parts of the original, how they throw all sorts of movies into it and not just cartoons, or references to things that only adults and teens would catch and not little kids, the quotes! I love it when Donkey tries to move in with Shrek and says that they're going to stay up late swapping "manly stories" and he says "and in the morning - I'm making Waffles!". I love it.
13. Try 10 new restaurants
My first new restaurant was this place called Thee Pits Again. It looks like a 5 and Diner cafe from the outside and its actually quite similar on the inside except that you have pigs everywhere. Trophies with pigs on top for what I assume would be best in show, statues, figurines... All sorts of pig stuff. Needless to say, this place was a BBQ place. I had been curious about it driving past but then I found out that it was on Diners, Drive Ins and Dives on the Food Network so I knew it couldn't be too bad. Jason had a pulled pork sandwich and I had a beef brisket sandwich. We both had fries and ordered a side of corn bread (I love me some corn bread). I quite enjoyed my beef brisket sandwich though I'd say half of it fell back out onto my plate! The fries I thought were delish! The corn bread I have to admit I was disappointed in as it was a little on the dry side for me. We can add this to our rotation and it will be a good BBQ place for when we don't want to drive down to Lucille's at Tempe Marketplace (though I could go for some of their sweet tea right now!). Plus, it's a much cheaper option than Lucille's!
99. Watch a movie starting with each letter of the alphabet
Last night, while Jason watched the Cardinals play, I watched Marie Antoinette, the Kirsten Dunst movie. I grabbed a whole bunch of movies that I have not seen from my parents collection (like Netflix, but better!) and this was what I started with. I think I missed the part where all of France hates her... Granted, the movie is loosely based on her life, but I guess I thought it would have played a bigger role since they executed her by guillotine. I watched the movie not knowing much about Marie Antoinette so once I finished I had to google and read some highlights of her life so I knew what was true and such. Otherwise - I dunno. I doubt I'd watch it again, but I didn't hate it, it was enjoyable for me to watch. And, I thought it was crazy to see Molly Shannon in a period piece! I must say though, that I am glad that they did not show the execution at the end, though I would have preferred a little more of an ending, to me it felt like it just stopped. I guess like how the Sopranos ended (from what I hear at least).
19. Play mini golf once a year
Yesterday was the SixthMan tip off party for the Phoenix Suns at Crackerjacks. We had free reign over the whole area and free use of the bumper boats, go carts and mini golf. So, we played a round of mini golf! There was this one whole that just destroyed us but I am proud to say that I beat Jason! I won +9 to +14! I guess I shouldn't try to golf for a profession, huh?!
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