Sunday Mornings & Blazing Angels

I woke up this morning to this happy little face:

If that's not a fantastic way to start my Sunday, I don't know what is.

After cuddling in bed for a bit with our Lil' Mootz, Stonewall and I had a relaxing hour munching on cinnamon rolls, drinking our coffee and watching "Property Ladder." Stonewall loves the idea of flipping a house someday, so that's one of the few shows he'll watch with me. Sunday mornings like this are by far my favorite hours of the week.

Yesterday was my father-in-law's birthday. We were supposed to play nine holes, but it was 60 degrees outside and we're most definitely not serious enough golfers to play in that kind of weather. Instead we hung out at our house and I made dinner. We also played Monopoly on the Wii. And guess who kicked butt? That's right, people. Do not pass go. Do not collect $200. Just hand me your money and move along.

For dinner I pulled a few recipes out of The Military Wives' Cookbook. I made fried catfish, hush puppies, cole slaw, and sweet tea, which are from the Memorial Day Catfish Fry menu. The recipe did NOT mention that it takes about 15-20 minutes per catfish fillet and I could only do two at a time, so it took me FOREVER to make the fish. However, once we finally got to the eating part of the evening everything was very tasty.

And my FIL and Stonewall wish they were from the South, so that's why I tried my hand at the southern-type meal. They even fought for the South, that's how much they wish they were from there.

(No, really. That's my FIL. On the movie poster and DVD cover of "Gods and Generals". Stonewall isn't in this picture, but in the movie you can see him during the battle of Chancellorville as the soldiers charge into battle. Interestingly enough, Stonewall got to meet Stephen Lang who played Stonewall Jackson (who, in case you Civil War-challenged folks haven't figured it out yet, the hubs is "named" after).)

Anyway...

Other than that and getting new fall and winter jackets (Thanks, Mom!) and organizing our DVDs this weekend has been pretty chill and non-eventful.

Oh, well, except my husband now fancies himself a pilot. It all kinda started back in December 2007 when I got Stonewall a flight on a T-6 and he loved it.

When S. (the (1/2) brother) was here the other weekend for Stonewall's picnic they discovered they both have an interest in flying.  So, of course, S. just had to tell Stonewall about a Wii game called "Blazing Angels."  And Stonewall just had to get this game when we were at Target on Friday.  And for the past 48 hours Stonewall just had to play this WWII fighter plane game every chance he got. 

Thanks, S. Just an fyi though - NOT the way to get invited Thanksgiving dinner.

I hope everyone enjoys the last few hours of their Sunday!



PS. And just for the record - My hubs was in "Gods and Generals" with Stephen Lang, who was in "The Men Who Stare At Goats" with Glenn Morshower, who was in "The River Wild" with Kevin Bacon.