Passing Time

Bodie’s Lion King Adventure

Posted by Yvearl on May 15, 2013 in Cooking, DIY, FOOD, Passing time | 2 comments

To say my son “loves” the Lion King would be putting it lightly. We’re talking crazy obsession. So, when it was time to plan his 3rd birthday party, having a Lion King themed party at the zoo was, well…AWESOME!!! And this picture of the lion roaring captures it all.

I’ll never forget that scene in my entire life. It was meant to be. We were strolling along the Fort Worth Zoo, after the party portion, and came upon this lion. He was lying down, yawning, and pretty much doing nothing, which was perfectly fine. I mean, they are glorious to look at, no?

A Pinterest Try and Some Hot Air Balloons

Posted by Yvearl on May 8, 2013 in Cooking, FOOD, Health Yeah!, Passing time | 0 comments

The weekend before last was nothing short of amazing. Friday night, I had a fun and much needed girls-night-out with two of my sweet friends. We ate at Ocean Prime in Uptown. Food was outstanding and service was great. However, we tried a martini called Berries and Bubbles that was just terrible. It was too sweet and to top it off they added dry ice for effect. A bad effect. I kept thinking I would swallow a piece of dry ice and dangit there goes my one night out…not to mention a trip to the ER perhaps. But I’d be more bummed about a blown night out.

Recycled Vintage License Plates

Posted by Yvearl on Apr 26, 2013 in DIY, FOOD, Home Improvement, Passing time, Things I Love | 4 comments

This could not have come about any more organically than it did. I was driving along with my mom and Bodie and saw a sign for an estate sale. Had. To. Stop.

Super sweet lady was selling everything in her parents’ house from clothes, to electronics, to housewares. I gave everything a once-over and noticed a big styrofoam box full of old license plates. Very OLD license plates. These range from the late 60′s to mid 90′s but most were from the 70′s and 80′s. Thrown in the mix were two bicentennial plates, including one from California! FUN! {Also, once I got these gems home, I found a receipt for which a plate belonged: A ’76 Chevrolet Chevette. If that doesn’t date these plates, I don’t know what will. I rode in my parents’ pale yellow Chevette standing up on the console!}

OZ

Posted by Yvearl on Mar 28, 2013 in Passing time, Things I Love | 0 comments

Well, how do I put this…Oz the Great and Powerful was, well… great and quite possibly, unforgettable. I’ve been thinking about it since the roll of the credits.

Franco delivers a smarmy, slippery, conniving, pimp effort and he does it with eeeeaaaase! Can you say, Mila Kunis with me? Don’t get me wrong! Nothing noticeable for a 7-9 year old to detect. It is G after all, and I feel I’ve got a swift beat on it. Whew!!

But, ol’ James is a PLAYA! He bags three witches. You heard it hear first. {Sorry for the spoiler.} It’s true. South, East, West. Who knows where the Witch of the North was. Scorned, no doubt. It’s all inconspicuous innuendo and fairly undercover, but parents will get it. Well.

At one point in the movie, without giving up too much, he tells Glinda, played by Michelle Williams, who has never seen fireworks, “Remind me to show you sometime.”

Yeah, cheesy…but it works. They buy it. You’ll buy it.

The freakin’ animation is amazing, of course. Side note: I’m really happy I didn’t succumb to the 3D juggernaut. First, my 7-year-old would have had a cow, second, I saved money. We didn’t miss anything without 3D. {I do, however, advise 3D for Life of Pi….YESSSS!!}

Oz the Great and Powerful is Disney, so all the girls are plighted and flailing and all the moms are mean, or dead, or the step-moms are brutal. Don’t get me started on Disney. It’s impossible to avoid or ignore, but…I can have my say, dammit!

The Big Bad G

Posted by Yvearl on Mar 3, 2013 in Passing time, Things I Love | 5 comments

Hi everyone!

So, I’ve been testing and tweaking new recipes this week. One of which I should finish blogging soon called Pulled Pig Sliders on Hawaiian Rolls with Jack Honey Bar-B-Q Sauce. I’ve made these before just not with Jack Honey. Yes, THE Jack Daniels Honey. The Jack Daniels Honey you keep in your freezer for shots. Yeah, I said it…SHOTS!!!!

Can’t wait to share that recipe with you guys, because it is soooo good!!

But, I’m still side-tracked with a little boy I’m missing. Well, he’s a big boy. Huge, in fact.

I miss that big, goofy bastard. The G.

He was such a huge presence in every sense of the word. That boy loved life. He was physically huge and very large for the pit bull breed. 85 lbs on a good day. I probably overfed him, because I’m a mom, and we want our babies to eat!

He also made noises everywhere he traveled in this house. His nails clicked on all the floors. He hated our slick floors!

Guido would always let us know when he needed to go outside. He also told us immediately when he wanted in. Which was usually right away. He did not, however, want to come in when I needed him to come in. Typical.

He only barked when we came home, when we had a visitor, or at Carl playfully chasing him outside. Or on a “SPEAK!!” command. Good Boy!

Snoring and making nasal sounds when he slept kept him out of our room at night. Good God he was a loud sleeper!

We used to call him the “Walking Arsenal” because he caused pain just from saying “HI.”

The Walking Arsenal comprised of The Wire Whip: his tail. The Meat Hooks: his nails {which have left bruises before we taught him to refrain from jumping up on people as a puppy.} The Cinder Block: his head.

Watch out! He might knock you down or hit you with The Wire Whip if he’s too excited!! That was the extent if that boy’s damage. Ever.

He was my protector. Just the mere thought of having him around made me feel safe. If we were to have an intruder, he’d have licked their face off! He’s so vicious!

Carl is sad. We are sad. We miss our big, loud, obnoxious boy. The girls asked to have a picture of Guido to hang in their room. That was sweet. And sad. Lately, I’ll see a big white pillow out of the corner of my eye and just for a split second, just for a second, think it might be him.

No such luck.

I do believe he is chasing an endless supply of squirrels, fetching sticks, balls, toys, and anything else his big, huge heart desires. With Rocco. And Dallas. And Roxy. And that’s fine by me.

Guido, you are missed more than you will ever know, big boy.

Boobs?

Posted by Yvearl on Feb 25, 2013 in Passing time | 0 comments

Is that the best you can do, Seth? “We Saw Your Boobs”???

This year’s Academy Awards host was Seth MacFarlane; comedian, actor, director, singer, producer, and voice of the TV series “Family Guy.”

Skins on the wall? No doubt. Hilarious Oscar host? Hardly. Sexist? Probably.

What did you think? As the saying goes, “Opinions are like assholes. Everybody’s got one and everyone thinks everyone else’s stinks.”

I, too, have an opinion and I happen to think Seth sucked. I thought it was terrible. He looked uncomfortable. He sounded forced, and it seemed like it took him forever to warm up the crowd. Now, given, this is a tough crowd. They’ve heard it, they’ve been there, and they’ve been insulted before. So, getting these A-listers to crack is a tall order.

But, I’m no A-lister! In fact, I laugh at everything! Eeeeeverything. I love inappropriate and crass jokes. But, for this hosting gig, Seth, was off. Did you catch Ted? I did, and aside from all the sexist jokes, it was pretty funny. Shock-jock funny, but funny nonetheless. I also watched him host SNL, which coincidentally {or not}, he made a boob joke in his monologue.

So, for Mr. MacFarlane’s debut as Oscar host of 2013, he does a boob bit when half of his audience are women??? I didn’t think it was funny, nor did Charlize Theron. Not. At. All.

Robbie Collin tweeted this picture of Charlize Theron during the “We Saw Your Boobs” song.