It was kind of a last minute deal, but I threw together some chili and we had some folks over for the Big Game... I am sooo glad the Saints won... maybe it is a sign that I DO need to go to New Orleans in September...(You can make checks payable to me for the 'fly Kelly and Jeff to New Orleans' fund...LOL)...


So Mike, Joe, Stacy, Chris, Laird, Janine, and Steph all came by to watch the commercials and root for the Saints...


Me and Jeff sporting our beads in support of the Saints!!

There were some very good commercials this year, so here are my favorites...













So that was The Super Bowl... well my version...

        

It is Super Sunday and the weather has finally given us some blue skies... we have a few folks coming over to watch The Super Bowl commercials and I had to make a couple of batches of chili for the event....


There are tons of ingrediants, but this year I am making two different chili's and also toning down my super duper spicey one...



The front pot is chili with ground turkey and chicken and no real "kick" to it... and sample is awesome... the back pot is chili with beef and spicey sausage and a few hot peppers and some tobassco and other "hot" items... it has a little kick to it, but not near as much as in the past... I hope everyone likes it... and at the end of the night, I will probably just combine the two... mmmm it smells so good already... it should be really good in a couple hours when everyone gets here...




We are pulling for the Saints for several reasons:  1.  The quarterback is very gay friendly and supports gay rights...2.  BrettCajun... 3. We want to go to New Orleans in the fall... 4. They have never been to a Super Bowl in their 42 year history, and we think now is a good time for them to win one! Gaeux Saints!!


I was blog hopping and ran across this... it is a total classic!  These guys make me laugh soooo hard... and I remember first watching it when it aired.  I about died.  And it is just as funny today as it was then....

I hope you all have a great Super Sunday, and I am sure I will be posting pics at some point...

        

It is 4pm and it is still snowing... we have gotten about 6 inches of snow today, after a bout of rain throughout the nite last nite... Last night we did watch Star Trek with Chris and Steph... who ended up crashing here for the evening... then this morning we had a little impromptu brunch with some darn good food.... I have been shoveling snow every few hours or so all day... I don't want to have to shovel heavy shit... just push the light shit several times and it is soo much easier...


The snow is sticking to the screens on the porch... it is almost like having a wall around it, but colder...


Chris giving Cricket some love this morning....


Me shoveling again today... I actually don't mind... I love the snow!!!


There is a red spot in the middle of this picture... it is a Cardinal... no, not the kind that molest choir boys... the bird


... and it is nap time... as I sit here and type this, this is what i have to my right... too cute... and they take turns snoring... too funny...

Hope yall are having a great weekend... I am!

        

We were hoping "big snowstorm #3" would start prior to getting out of bed, but no luck there... We got up, got ready for work and all that good stuff... then as I go about 3 blocks from home, it started snowing... DAMN!!!  At about 8:30 it really started to come down, but mainly slushy type shit... not really sticking to the roads... then it did start and we were out the office door around 11... so I got half a snow day... stopped at Home Depot for a metal bucket for fireplace ashes... then Kroger to get the doggies their favorite food, since the new food was not cutting for them... picky ass dogs... I came home, shoveled the walk and fixed me a vodka fresca... Jeff got off early too and we have been doing little odds and ends things around the house getting use to the new layout of the house...


I also went out back to bring some wood into the back porch before we got too much snow... thought I would try to catch some...hehehe


This is a little video of the doggies playing in the snow... and even though at the end they sound all rough and tough, they are just playing and are now laying next to each other on the sofa getting warm...

That is my snow day so far... woo hooo!!! I love snow...

        

I will be the first to admit I love snow, but hate the craziness around it here in Richmond... people go out in droves to the grocery stores when they think there is going to be 1 or 2 inches... now with a predicition of 4 to 16 inches (depending on media outlet), it is even more nuts... what sucks, is that I usually avoid things like the grocery store the night before the storm, but tonite after work I HAD to go... we were REALLY running low on supplies in the house, from food to paper towels...okay, fresca...


So after I tooled around the Kroger, this was the check-out situation... all lanes open and all lanes backed up... they were even taking people at customer service... I will say this... I was expecting rude and crude folks, but most everyone was very civil...


My cart... full of peppers and other veggies, beer, Fresca (of course), and other things we may need for the weekend, especially if it starts early due to snow...


Crazy... I know... but hey, we should be good for a couple of days... if we get the small end of the storm, I will do up a couple of pots of chili for Superbowl, and invite folks over.  If we get a huge storm, then I will tone it down and just do a small pot... and see what happens... I got all the ingrediants today for both my hot chili and a new more mild turkey chili I have been thinking about... it is now in the hands of Mother Nature... and Old Man Winter...

        

Okay...today was my last day off for the move... both of us are pretty fucking beat... but here are some pics of stuff from the last 24 hours...


Jeff and I in the kitchen lovin' each other... Jeff loves his new kitchen.... which means I have to be carefull... he is going to cook up a storm and make me fat...hehehe...


This is the pile of trash I had to haul out to the curb for pick-up today... between what the previous people left and what we added, it was a huge mess... and this morning we were watching the trash guys and they were not happy with us... yikes!!!


So this morning we headed out to the bank to change address... then to a diner out in the FAR west end for some food and a beer (or two) and then to target to get a few things... and then....


...a massage... as we are getting older and the bodies are not what they used to be, we had massages today... awesome!!!  We saved some money in the move and so we put it towards relaxation... yes, we could have put it towards something else, but we wanted it... so fuck it!! We did it! and feel sooo good... after the massages, we headed to Lowe's to get a few things, then "the Shack" to get a new wireless router... then home... our new home...


..with a real live working fireplace... and the pics taken after this are x-rated, so I will not post them... hehehehe...

I look forward to being here in the new place... it is kind of ironic that the first time we looked at it was when Richmond got smacked with almost two feet of snow in December, and then the day we moved in, the next snowstorm hit and we got a foot of snow... it is now sleet snow mix and they are calling for another storm this weekend... I love snow and hope we get tons of it... Yall take care and I will post further updates as we move along... thanks for all the well wishes and thanks to our friends for helping us get the house set up... we could not have done it without you all...

        

Okay... instead of a fuckload of pictures i just did a little video... we are 95% unpacked so excuse the little messes here and there... now, more vodka fresca...

        

Just wanted to make a quick post... I am fucking beat... between moving yesterday and  unpacking and now more unpacking and organizing and shoveling tons of fucking snow... I am beat... and still have a shit load of stuff to do... Our moving company "Two Guys and a Truck" was great and they actually sent four guys and a truck... they got to the old house at 7:30ish and had everything moved and in the new house by noon!!! Awesome... what was also awesome was having Joe around all afternoon to help unpack and organize, then Laird, Chris and Steph came after they got off work and helped even more... If not for this crew we would still be up shit creek... SOOOO... a big THANK YOU to those guys... you rocked!!  With the snow thrown in the mix this weekend, I am sooo glad I took Monday and Tuesday off from work... so I am going to just show some pics and you will get a full round-up a bit later...


Our new home and cars out front all covered in snow... we got about 11 inches of snow here in our part of Richmond... We were initially scheduled to move tomorrow, but the previous renters were able to get out early and we got movers on Friday before the snow started...whew!  I will post inside pics as soon as we get things unpacked and organized... hopefully by Monday...


This morning when there was just about two inches of snow on the ground I helped my brother run some errands and it was snowing hard... this is Todd running back to the car from the ATM... I know, exciting....


Downtown Richmond in the snow of the year....


Shoveling snow... woo  hooo!!


Me in the car after cleaning it off to go pick up the brother... I know, sequence...but I am tired and have been trying to get this post done for 2 hours now... and Miss America Pageant is on...


That's my man... organizing DVD's in the TV stand... teasing me... grrrr....


We brought the dogs to their new home today... here is Cricket checking out her new stomping pooping grounds covered in a foot of snow... she seems to like it so far...


Preacher Jeff on the front porch...hehehe... "I swear, no more crack!"


The old train station in downtown Richmond... a little snow blowing...


Pino watching daddy Kelly while he shovels the sidewalk...


Here's to ya!! Another great snow day... looking forward to some rest and the Grammy's tomorrow night... got my wine chillin'...  I get to drink wine on a Sunday and not have to work Monday..,.. woo hooo!!

Thanks  to the many who have left me notes on my move here and on Facebook... I will be posting more pics of the inside later...

        

We have been packing and moving and cleaning and packing and moving and cleaning all day long (a big THANKS to Joe and Laird for their help today)... it is late now and yes, we have to be up at the crack ass of dawn, but I needed to get what could be my last blog fix for a while since we do not know what our internet situation will be at the new place for the next few days... especially with snow in the forecast... soo... during my blog hopping, I ran across this fucking HOT ASS video from Lady Gaga (hat tip Towleroad)... I love Gaga and I love Vampires and I REALLY love these two... song is catchy too... You ROCK Gaga!!!


Hope to post again about the move and the snow soon... wish us luck!!  Movers arrive at 7:30am...

        

So we finally got the keys today to the new place... I was am starting to get into the moving panic mode... and the big reason why is because we were supposed to get keys last weekend and were going to start moving stuff over, but the previous tenants have really had a run of bad luck lately and were delayed  until today in getting everything out... which I have started to stress because there is some storm out in Arizona that has the makings for a snowstorm in Richmond... initially they were saying just "friday snow"... well our movers were to be here around 9ish Friday morning... as the week progressed, I could not wait and we called to reschedule them to be here at 7:30am as the forecasters were narrowing it down to late Friday, sometime after noon...ughhh!!!... In the meanwhile, there was only one room of the house that the owner had to have painted because it was a new baby room and it was a girl.. and there was wallpaper... so that got done today, then tomorrow there is some work being done to the bathroom (and this bathroom is going to be a blog post all in itself, just picture the 50's)... so anyway, went my coworker and I went to pick up keys and hand over the check... the place was not exactly clean... you know how it is when you move all your shit and think "damn! where did all this dust and dirt come from?"... well that was this place... the obivious look was on my face, but hell, we are getting in early and the previous tenants were doing their best with their life going nutzo... so I cringed and opened the fridge... they for got to empty the fridge...  so the owner called the guy, said he would be by around 6 tonite to clean it out... I stopped at the house after work at 5 and it had already been done AND he apparently felt a bit bad and cleaned up a little, not a lot, but at least it was something... my boss gave me the go ahead to leave at lunch tomorrow and my dear, lifesaver friend Joe has volunteered to help me clean the place good before we get too much of our shit in there... then when Jeff get out of work tomorrow we will move more of the things we forgot to put on the movers list so we dont get charged more... ughhh I could go on and on, but anyway... I feel the house will be good for us... and with any move there will be problems... but for now, it looks as if the snow will not start until late Friday and go through Saturday...6 or mor inches... giggle... which is fine... we are both off through Tuesday so we can unpack... get drunk watching Grammy's (if cable gets connected) and just take it easy and break in the new place... I am sorry there are no pics yet, but I will take some tomorrow and througout the move... dont know when I will post next, but we will see... wish us luck... and pray to the snow gods that we get snow, just after 5pm on Friday... I think that will be enough time...

Toodles Poodles...