Boring

What? Honest to blog? ~Leah, Juno

This is probably one of the most boring blog posts I’ve ever written but thank GOD. Thank God I can write a boring post for once. So please, please enjoy my most boring post ever.

Dude and I had some time alone this weekend which is very rare. My mom and stepfather took the girls so that we could go out, have some fun and relax with each other. Dude and I have been married for 11 1/2 years and I think I can count on two hands, perhaps some toes too, how many times we have taken time for just us.

One of the things Dude and I have always wanted to do was tour the Yuengling Brewery. Yuengling is Dude’s favorite beer and he keeps it on tap in his Biermeister at all times. We live only an hour from the original brewery in Pottsville, Pennsylvania. The only thing that has kept us from taking the trip are the girls and lots of excuses so on Friday we decided we would go this weekend.

Especially after my post on Friday.

Yesterday I took a shower and got ready to go. I looked outside and the sky looked like it was 8:00 PM but it was only 11:30 AM. I put on the Weather Channel and found out we were under a Tornado Watch until 5:00 PM. A freakin’ Tornado Watch in Pennsylvania…and we are in the mountains.

The last tour at the brewery was at 1:00 PM so we didn’t make it. That totally sucked. So, now we are planning it for June 14th because touring a brewery is a totally appropriate way to celebrate Flag Day, right?

By 2:00 PM Dude started to complain that he was hungry and that he wasn’t going to make it until dinner time. He gets super cranky if he misses a meal. Like a two year old child. Past experience told me that a snack wouldn’t do so we decided to go out for a late lunch/early dinner at Buca di Beppo. What do you call a late lunch/early dinner…lunner?

Let me tell you something about Buca di Beppo, the portions are gargantuan. A small portion is enough for one to two very healthy eaters. For an appetizer Dude and I shared some Bucacini which are risotto balls with a spice sausage and Gorgonzola filling. Delicious…and filling.

For lunner I had Penne Campofiore (picture)…pasta with zucchini, artichoke hearts, sun dried tomatoes, escarole, garlic and Romano cheese. There was so much on my plate that I ate 1/4 of it and brought the rest home. Dude had Grilled Salmon with Pesto. He let me have a bite and it was very good!

After we stuffed ourselves silly we rolled over to Blockbuster to rent some movies. Dude and I have extremely different tastes when it comes to movies. It’s hard for us to find middle ground but after 11 1/2 years we are getting there. I love psycho-thrillers, he loves gore and horror. I love chick-flicks, he loves juvenile humor that I find down right stupid.

Yesterday he told me that I could anything I wanted as long as he could get what he wanted. That sounded fair. I picked Juno (chick-flick) and he picked The Mist (gore/horror).

When we got home I wanted to finish seeing the season finale of Lost because I fell asleep at 8:30 PM on Thursday night. That’s one of the bummers about being sick. Lately I’ve been going to bed around 8:00 PM and waking up at 7:00 AM. I’m still tired after all of that sleep. So, Dude recorded Lost for me.

As we watched it all I kept saying was, “Oh my God, WTF?” Those are my deep thoughts on the finale.

Then we watched Juno. I thought Dude was going to hate it. Surprisingly he really liked it. I absolutely love Ellen Page…she is just adorable. And I love the soundtrack. I caught Dude singing song from the movie this morning so I downloaded it from iTunes and I’m making him a CD. I just know he’s going to thank me profusely when I give to him!

After Juno I went to bed because I knew Dude wanted to watch his blood-gore-guts-and-horror flick. No way Jose. He even watched it in surround sound the sadist S.O.B. The thumps and goriest parts could be felt in my bedroom from below in the living room. When I asked Dude how The Mist was he said, “scary, very, very scary.”

We are pretty deep people when it comes to reviews, can’t you tell?

It was just so nice to have a peaceful, quiet house and time with Dude. It reminded me of those weekends together back in 1996 when it was just the two of us…before we got married. Of course we missed the girls but sometimes the break is necessary.

I hope Dude and I get plenty more weekends like that in the future…at least that’s what I’m fighting for.

So, what did you do this weekend?