Jeans and Beans
It was a fun-filled weekend here at Casa D'Alessandro–and I have the photos to prove it. Things started off with a bang with my neighborhood's Jeans and Beans night–a county/Western themed party which included a chili cook-off and a dessert contest. My DH signed up to enter the chili contest, so I decided to enter a dessert. I asked one of my neighbors if she'd like to enter with me–she said yes, and this was the result: barnyard cake pops. We made sheriff's badges, pigs, and chickens.
I figured my DH would enter the turkey chili we usually make, so I bought three pounds of ground turkey. I figured wrong. He wanted to try a new recipe he'd found for white chicken chili. I added chicken to my shopping list–but I still had those three pounds of ground turkey, so I figured what the heck? I'd make the turkey chili and enter it. And guess what? My turkey chili won first place! I was really surprised because I thought the DH's white chicken chili was excellent–we'll definitely make it again. The DH was very happy for me–especially since my prize was a bottle of Merlot–his favorite wine 
I guess it's good there isn't a horse under that saddle since neither of us knows how to ride!
Our cake pops didn't win a prize, but the cake that won deserved first place–it was delicious. The DH and I led the line dancing and we all had a blast doing the Boot Scootin' Boogie and all our other favorites. Good food, lots of laughs, great friends, dancing–doesn't get any better than that.
Better watch yourself, pardner--there's a new sheriff in town
Then on Sunday I shared a lovely dinner with my son. We ate at an English pub in his college town. We had chips smothered in blue cheese and bacon, then burgers and fries. All of which I'm sure were fat-free. Yup, that's my story and I'm sticking to it. Then we went to the movies and saw One For the Money which we both enoyed a lot. I especially wanted to see the movie with my son because he and I went to a Janet Evanovich book signing when High Five came out. The Boy was about nine years old at the time and we had a great time chatting with Ms. Evanovich.
It was a lovely weekend–and I hope yours was lovely as well.
So tell me–what's going on with you? What have you been doing? Got any exciting plans coming up? Did you watch the SAG awards? Seen any good movies lately or read any good books? How about that epic Australian Open final (I felt so bad for Rafael!)!
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