One Fun Day

 

Annie left here with Bill at around 7 a.m. yesterday.   

She would be catching a flight to Seattle and then going to a Super Bowl potluck party with friends at a neighborhood bar. 

"If Seattle wins, we'll be going downtown, " she told us. 

While Bill was driving her to the airport, I cleaned house and started leisurely putting out goodies for the family Super Bowl party we would have at our house. 

A few weeks ago I bought a couple of boneless pork shoulder roasts from Wood's Meats and put them in the freezer. 

Two or three days ago, I started with one and then two in the slow cooker, throwing in vinegar and barbecue sauce and some seasoning.  The roasts cooked slowly for almost two days.

Once cooked, I pulled the pork, mixed it with more barbecue sauce and then froze it again. 

It thawed out in time for me to warm it up in the slow cooker for yesterday's party. 

Our menu was highlighted by pulled pork with Kaiser buns. 

An aside:  Great story about the Kaiser buns.  I purchased them, along with several other bags of groceries, a couple of weeks ago. 

As usual, I wasted no time putting the groceries away. 

A few minutes later, I realized that the three barrettes I had purchased were nowhere to be found. 

Upon looking through the plastic bags in the garbage, I could find no barrettes or the sales slip for the groceries. The latter seemed a little odd because I distinctly remembered the clerk handing me the slip. 

Finally, I called Yoke's and told them about the missing item.  They said they would note it and that, on my next visit to the store,  I should pick out some more barrettes and go to their hospitality counter. 

All went well with that, and life moved on. 

 

Saturday, it was time to thaw the kaiser buns---three packages' worth in a sack in the freezer. 

When I emptied the bag, barrettes fell out with the buns, along with a sales slip. 

Long story short, someone at Yoke's will some day purchase some barrettes that have already done some time in a freezer.

Back to the menu:  deviled eggs, warmed-up pizza, coldslaw (which is great on pulled pork), green salad, chips, cookies, cheesecake from my sisters and Seahawk-themed cupcakes from Willie and Debbie. 

Willie and Debbie came in time for the preliminaries and the game, while Barbara and Laurie came later after putting their horses in the barn. 

We ate, we visited, we laughed and we cheered---a lot!

Our group loved every minute of yesterday's game and its halftime----amazingly creative, colorful, meaningful and heart-tugging. 

Our dogs loved the hand-outs and hugs.  When the game ended, we knew Annie would be headed for downtown Seattle and the celebration. 

In the meantime, we would have quieter but enjoyable aftermaths to a phenomenal Super Bowl victory where the winning team is from our general region. 

It was pretty much a positive, exciting and joyful experience from beginning to end, even for our pups.

The food was good, and we'll be munching on leftovers for a few days.  

YAY, SEATTLE!!!

Happy Monday.  

A powerful moment with a  classmate bond. 

This from Twitter:  HC Mike Macdonald and NBC host Maria Taylor were classmates together at Centennial High School in Georgia. 

 Tonight, Maria presented Mike with the Lombardi trophy in front of the whole world at the Super Bowl. 

 One of the coolest moments in school history.