Obsession of the Week

I've always loved video games. I love me some Super Mario, Donkey Kong, Kirby and Zelda, and I always try to beat every game I can. I'm not really into the shooter type games like Halo, mainly because I find the controls far too confusing and I just end up spinning in a circle.

My newest game obsession just came out on XBox Live on Wednesday and I've already beaten one round of adventure mode:



The basic idea is this:
You own a house. It is being attacked by waves of killer zombies who want to eat your brain. How do you protect your house and brain? Why, you have seed packets that grow plants equipped with defensive maneuvers that kill off the zombies. You collect little suns that fall from the sky to trade in for these seed packets, and then you plant them strategically on the lawn.

Some examples:
Peashooters shoot out peas to hurt the zombies



Corn throws pats of butter to hit the zombies, which causes them to stand still for a few seconds:



Walnuts distract the zombies and are very tough. The zombies can spend awhile standing still eating on the Walnuts, allowing other plants to attack accordingly.



Here's you neighbor, Crazy Dave:



All in all, it is a really fun, addicting game. I'm looking forward to getting home and playing it all weekend (when I'm not at work).

Labor Day - Metaphorically and Literally

So this weekend was Labor Day weekend, so T and I decided to get the heck out of Houston and go see the S'port girls (and husbands). Can I just say again I love these peeps? I am so glad we have kept in touch and have been so great about getting together as often as we can.

When we arrived Saturday morning at Lil' Brudder's house, she first gave me a tour of her awesome new house (seriously J, it is super cute!) and then she shoves a book in my hands. It took me a minute to realize what the title was: 1,000 Baby Names. It all sunk in and I squealed for two minutes and did what I like to call the "pee dance" (if I had a video camera I'd show you, but I've been asking for two gift giving holidays now and no camera has appeared). Then Lil' Brudder calmed me down to say they weren't preggers yet, just decided to try. So then I said "oh...but that's still AMAZING EEEEEEEEEE" and did the pee dance some more.

So the rest of the weekend the topic at hand was all things baby. I'm not going to lie, I've felt the itch lately. I guess I'm settled now and I just know that's the next step. Plus I have the house and dog now...I need a new project. All of my S'port girls are feeling the baby itch, and it is really exciting to all be in the same place at the same time life-wise. We all declared what names were "ours" and then spent an hour at Barnes & Noble flipping through pregnancy books (FYI What to Expect when You Are Expecting is INTENSE). I'm excited that we are for real-reals grown ups now.

So this Labor Day weekend kind of felt like the metaphorical beginning of all our "labor days" to be. See what I did there?

What'd yall do on your Labor Day weekend?

Obsession of the Week

So I'm gonna start a new weekly thing called Obsession of the Week. I think it is pretty self explanatory.

My obsession this week is Suddenly Salad. I'm loving this stuff right now. It is getting me away from eating noodles bathed in tomato sauce anytime I need a quick easy meal, like tonight, when my husband decides to take a "quick nap" at 5:45 and leaves me stranded for dinner since he's still asleep at 8:15. (wow, passive aggressive much? I should work on that...) Anyway, Suddenly Salad is super tasty and really easy to whip up. I'd like to thank S'port Girl J for introducing it to me.

Runner-up obsession of the week is my dog. He sleeps with us in our bed cause he wouldn't stop crying at night in his crate and it broke my heart. I think it has bonded us cause I love our little cuddle sessions in the morning once T has left for work. Sly will come in handy when T has to work nights in a few weeks.

What are you obsessed with this week? Let me know in the comments section so I can jump on your bandwagon.