Thinking Out Loud Thursday

Something great happened to me this week -- I teamed up with Vanessa over at X-tremely V to host a link up party!  Doing this makes me feel like a such real blogger!  This week I'm answering 10 questions Vanessa sent me and next week she'll answer the same questions.  So here's my answers:

1. Go-to date night idea?

Eric and I both love doing dinner and a movie.  We have a couple theaters by us with the big comfy reclining chairs – those are our favorites!!    I'm the girl that always carries a blanket into the theater and snuggles up for the entire movie. 

2. Favorite recipe to make?

Any comfort food – hearty soups, roasts, you get the picture.  I also love making special salads.  Oh, and I also love making appetizers.  Hmmm…..I guess when I think about it, I love making all kinds of recipes!

3. Pink or Red?

This pretty much sums me up!

4. Favorite sport and team?

I favor all the St. Louis teams – Cardinals baseball, Blues hockey and Rams football.  If I had to pick one, it would definitely be the Cardinals. Go Cards!!  Post season play is amazing and we are so lucky to have a team that makes the playoffs often.

 5. Chocolate or Flowers?

Tough one – I think I lean more towards the flowers.  But if you really want to win my heart, get me the bucket of Garrett's popcorn!  I love the Garrett Mix which combines sweet CaramelCrisp with savory CheeseCorn.  Put some of that in front of me and I'm all yours!

6. Favorite St. Louis dish?

Pork steaks – grilled with beer and bar-b-q sauce on them.  I can't believe the rest of the country hasn't picked up this cut of meat!  We have them mostly in the summer so all winter I think about how good they are going to taste when we fire up the grill.

7. Dress up or dress down?

I'm a dress up girl - see above.

8. Favorite holiday excluding Christmas?

It would have to be Thanksgiving.  I love having a big gathering on Thanksgiving with the fall decorations in place and a fire in the fireplace.  We have the standard Thanksgiving menu so planning is fairly easy.  When my son, Ian, was small he and my dad would go outside and build a fire.  They would then pretend to have a pilgrim Thanksgiving meal by popping popcorn on the open flames.  Great memories! 

9. Rock, Pop or Country?

Rock – and the louder the better.  I love going to concerts and being close enough to the speakers that you "feel" the sound bouncing off your chest. 

And because I loved high school so much...

10. Who were you in high school?

I was definitely the social butterfly in high school (and college, and now!).  If there was fun to be had, I wanted to be in the middle of it.  My grades could have probably been a little better if I had spent more time studying, but I don't regret it at all!  My best friend in high school was Linda – and she's still my best friend today.  Even though she lives across the state from me, we talk almost daily and see each other often.  

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