Not only is it Brian’s Birthday Month of Comedies, it’s also Brian’s Birthday Dinner Week, wherein Brian’s birth is honored at three dinners. We started off the week with dinner at my parent’s on Sunday. Next, up was his actual birthday dinner at our house (in which I prepared an awesome lasagna). And, we’ll be ending the week with dinner at Brian’s parent’s on Saturday. I guess we could also refer to this week as “a vacation from our diet”.
crazy, stupid, love.
This was a pretty solid movie. While it was a comedy, it was more of a date-type movie, so it was a little less on the laughs than a typical comedy. And, it made me realize, the more I see of Ryan Gosling, the better.
crazy baby
Early yesterday morning, Buster was trying to get into our bed, so I kicked him out of the bedroom and went back to sleep. I heard a beeping noise coming from the living or dining room, but didn’t think much of it at the time.
A little while later, Brian got up for work and woke me up to say that there was something wrong with Buster. Brian brought him into the bedroom and he was shaking like a leaf. It was not unlike when we have a bad thunderstorm. But the weather was just fine. We then wondered if he got into something that he shouldn’t have, but we couldn’t figure out what that would have been since our house is pretty much dog-proof at this point.
Buster wouldn’t leave the bedroom, but I left it in order to investigate. While I was looking around, I heard the beeping noise again. It was our carbon monoxide detector, which was emitting a low battery warning. You might not know this about Buster, but he doesn’t like beeping noises. This goes back to his puppyhood when Brian was trying to figure out the alarm system that we bought for the office and accidentally set it off a couple of times (we couldn’t use the microwave for a week after this incident without Buster going nuts).
So, I replaced the battery in the carbon monoxide detector and, while Buster was still on alert, he was more or less ok at this point.
Fast-forward to today. I was working on my computer in the living room this afternoon and thought I heard a beep. I looked over at Buster and found out that he definitely heard a beep. I couldn’t tell where it was coming from for a few minutes–it was the smoke detector in our family room. By this point Buster was shaking again and wouldn’t move from the carpet by the door. He sat there for about 30 minutes (until the shaking stopped) and then moved to the dog bed.
Beep! Beep!
super bowl
We had our annual Super Bowl party last night. I like to do a food theme each year (either based on one of the teams playing or on the location of the game), so after the Steelers dropped out of the playoffs, I was rooting for food. I was really hoping San Francisco was going to be in it (not because I used to be a fan, but because Napa Valley would’ve been a great theme), but we ended up with the Giants and the Patriots. I wasn’t about to make baked beans and clam chowder, so I stretched the idea a little and we went with an Italian theme for food (there are a lot of Italians in NJ/NY in case you didn’t know).
This year, our guest list included various members of our family. Everyone shared in the food preparation duties so I didn’t have to do that much, really. For whatever reason, I hardly watched any football this season, so last night was the first full game I saw. And, unbelievably, the Giants beat the Patriots (again) and it was a pretty decent game at that. All in all, a good evening.
the money pit
We kicked off Brian’s Birthday Month of Comedies with a Family Movie Night! How’s that for a bunch of made up events? This was another one of those movies that did not hold up over time. It wasn’t horrible, but just not that great. Unfortunately, there aren’t a whole lot of PG rated comedies these days, so we’re stuck with the “classics”.