I was so psyched for the Superbowl this year! You betcha! I’m just a huge football fan. Oh yeah, I was watching all the playoffs weeks beforehand and rooting for those teams that made it to the big game.
You know… those teams. Um, yeah I didn’t either. Good thing I have Ben.
“Hey Ben, we are going to Shelly’s Superbowl party on Sunday.”
“Cool.”
“But um, who’s in the Superbowl?”
“Pittsburgh Steelers and the Arizona Cardinals, Mom.”
“Oh. Ok. Great. Now who are we rooting for?”
“The Cardinals.”
“Gotcha! Right on! Go birds!”
Darn if that kid isn’t good for something.
Before we headed over to Shelly’s, we made a stop at my folk’s house so Ben could watch Puppy Bowl V and I could do my laundry. Nothing says I have reverted back to college days like lugging your 4 loads of dirty clothes through the threshold of your parent’s house and announcing, “I’m HOME!”
If you have never seen the Puppy Bowl, well… ok so you aren’t missing much. But Ben had a blast. Unfortunately you’ll just have to believe me since the only pictures I got of him that day were these happy shots:
Apparently with the sports knowledge and the ability to lug a huge basket filled with dirty laundry comes the ”Too Cool To Smile In Pictures” guy. And I just couldn’t spend any more time trying to jolly the kid. I had laundry to do and Kelly’s Geo Challenge score to beat.
After the Puppy Bowl and the Kitty Half Time Show, that bored us to tears, we headed to Shelly and David’s Superbowl bash.
Since David (Shelly’s main man) is an aspiring caterer, this wasn’t your normal cocktail wienies and Doritos fare.
This spread included Ahi Tuna with a White Wine Caper Sauce, Beef Tenderloin with Bleu Cheese, Stuffed mushrooms, Chicken in an apple cider and honey reduction sauce topped with bacon and homemade truffles (made by Shelly) just to name a few.
Despite me being so into this great game between that Metal team and the Red Birds, I did happen to indulge in a little food. And by “little” I mean I ate and ate and ate. Hell I’m hungry again just looking at these pictures. Poor Ben had to roll me out of there when we finally left. He was going to drive his Food Induced Coma mother home but we didn’t have his elevator shoes with us.
What a great game it was! Did you see how cute Bruce looked? At 59 he still has It. And wasn’t that Career Builder commercial hysterical?
Finally, I’d like to say congratulations to the New Mexico Cardinals. Well done on your win!
*If anyone wants David’s information for catering, let me know. I’ll hook ya up!
