NFL

NFL week 1 is finally here!   Our tv has been tuned to NFL red zone all day and Kevin is a very happy guy!   He had to call Comcast to get red zone working -- all their lines were busy, wonder how many other people had to do the same thing.   You can tell that its back in the grocery ads and what people are wearing at the store -- lots of jerseys...

Its a fun time of year.  

The football season really starts for us tomorrow since the Texans play their first game as the Monday Night Football game.  Its on the west coast and a late kick-off so I already know I'll be a sleepy girl on Tuesday.  Hopefully and happy sleepy girl :)

I've been enjoying the countdown the Texans post on their facebook so i grabbed the latest one, each time I saw it they had the player with the # to match how many days out --- starting way back with 99 (Watt).

Whoever you root for, enjoy football being back!

We also saw Book of Mormon this weekend -- I was more excited about that then I was for football.  Its a pretty rare musical I can convince K to go to with me, and this one was right up his alley.  Very irreverent and not for delicate ears, it was hilarious.  He was wondering if they'd say the f word.....yes, front and center and more time than I could count......If you'd told me when I first saw South Park that one day there would be a musical by these same guys I wouldn't have believed you.....

Staycation

I know I say this every month recently -- but really, how is it already September?!?!?!

I'm happy to say good bye to the summer months, though September still means summer weather in Houston...but cannot believe how fast this year is flying by.

The first week of classes went well for both of us and we were both glad to have a long weekend -- I think me more than K since with his class schedule he's at home on Mondays anyway.

We took advantage of the extra day by taking a day trip to Brenham on Saturday.   It took about an hour and a half to get there and we visited the Pleasant Hill winery.   The winery is almost only a wine making place, not a grape growing place - though I did see vines outside and they do buy Texas grapes,   We were able to join up with a tour already in progress -- they start at half past the hour - and saw everything we wanted to see -- including a cellar built into the hill.   Our main purpose was to taste the wine, and we enjoyed it.  They even had different tasting tracks for dry vs sweet, perfect for us since K likes the dry and I prefer the sweet.  After our tasting we each bought a glass and sat in the front room of the store area to enjoy it.   We  chatted with some other folks who were splitting a bottle and got some ideas for other day trips - there are several wineries within a short drive of Houston.

My favorite wines: Collina Bianca and Sweet Collina Rossa (both sweet), K's favorite: Sangiovese.

We'd hoped to also tour the Blue Bell Creamery.  We weren't able to since they're only open for tours during the week - another trip.  We could've gone and bought ice cream but decided against it -- we can buy it at the store and have it at home instead (we did just that on Sunday - Dutch Chocolate - while we watched Breaking Bad).

After the winery, we went to get something to eat.  We'd hoped to try an Italian place the owners recommended, Volare, but were very disappointed to see we'd missed their lunch hours (til 2) and were too early for dinner (reopens at 5).    We will have to go back to try it -- it looks like a house from the outside.   Instead we found a nearby 'saloon' (BT Longhorn Steakhouse) and sat at the 1880s bar and had  sandwich/burger.

After dinner we headed home.  Day trips are the best of both worlds -- a little get away and no worries about finding someone to watch our dog, reservations, packing.   We'll definitely be doing more this fall.