Super Bowl LVI And Valentine’s Day – It’s An Enticing Combo -Laced Through With Uncertainty.

Two burning questions:
The Super Bowl: Who’s going to ultimately triumph?
The LA Rams in their home stadium?
Or my beloved underdog: The Cincinnati Bengals??? 
THE BENGALS HAVE NEVER WON A SUPERBOWL AND THE LAST TIME THEY PLAYED IN ONE WAS THIRTY-ONE YEARS AGO!!!!!
 
Valentine’s Day 2022: Are my husband and I going to make it through to another Valentine’s Day– in spite of all his annoying habits? And mine?
     Turning on the light in the middle of the night to blow his nose 
     Not putting the top back on the magic markers everytime he uses one, thus continually drying them out
      Insisting on keeping an oversized and ugly plastic bin of dog food in my carefully curated butler’s pantry 
 
To be fair, my husband’s list of MY annoying habits are quite extensive too. Here are just a few: 
     I constantly criticize his driving 
     I get mad when he runs late and I honk the horn incessantly in the driveway until he appears 
     I constantly scream “What? What? What?” at him when I don’t have my hearing aids in (which is most of the time).  
As for Super Bowl FOOD, here are my suggestions: Go Native. Cincinnati may not be noted for the most sophisticated palate, but so be it. Try the following at your Super Bowl gathering: 
     Graeter’s Ice Cream (available at Fresh Market) 
     Skyline Chili (in Clearwater) and frozen and canned Skyline available at most Publix Markets
     Montgomery Inn Barbecue Sauce for ribs -can be ordered online 
https://www.cincydirect.com/ProductDetails.aspx/Montgomery-Inn-Store/Montgomery-Inn-Barbecue-Sauce/Montgomery-Inn-Barbecue-Sauce-18oz/
     Buckeyes Balls – because Ohio is the BUCKEYE STATE. Click here for an online recipe: 
https://www.allrecipes.com/recipe/9909/buckeyes-i/
 
And after the Super Bowl, wildly celebrate or drown your sorrows depending on whether your team was victorious.
Doesn’t matter if you are in a relationship….. 
Whether in a relationship or pining for one…
On your honeymoon…
Or knee-deep in divorce proceedings, while divvying up your grandmother’s Royal Doulton China…
We all can benefit from a little romantic movie watching post- Super Bowl.
 
Here are some of my binge-worthy favorites for Valentine’s Day:

When Harry Met Sally Dirty Dancing  
 The Before Trilogy (1995, 2004, 2013)  Dr. Zhivago  
 Splendor in the Grass  
And as for outcomes:
     I love The Cincinnati Bengals, win or lose. 
     I love my husband too – in spite of all his quirks and irritating habits. 
     And I always root for the couple in the movie to stay together.
 
 
Keep Preserving Your Bloom,
 
Iris Ruth Pastor