Penny's Passion: Weekending - Valentine's Weekend

Sunday, February 15, 2015

Weekending - Valentine's Weekend

If you're celebrating President's Day by being off work, I'm so jealous of you right now!  It's Sunday night and I'm preparing for work on Monday.  The only good thing about working on a holiday is usually the traffic is light, but we are supposed to get 6-10 inches of snow tonight so the drive in could be a little challenging tomorrow.

Many of you were asking for the recipe Vanessa from X-tremely V talked about in our Thoughts on Thursday link up party -- the dinner in a pumpkin.  You can find it HERE.  We would love for you to visit on Thursday and link up with us.

                                                     

So, did you make it through Valentine's Day?  We did and had a relaxing, lovely evening.  Eric worked on Saturday and I had the day to myself.  We went to the grocery store Friday night because the weather people were saying there was going to be 30 mile per hour winds and freezing cold temps.  Proved to be a good call because Saturday's weather was nasty.  Spring -- where are you?!?

I hit the mail jackpot on Saturday.  Don't you love opening the mailbox and seeing a bunch of fun stuff inside?  I had two products to try, an All You magazine, my February Ipsy bag, AND my quarterly check from Ebates.  Plus the UPS driver dropped off a box full of things I ordered for my Oscar party next weekend.  We didn't win the big lottery jackpot Wednesday night, but Saturday's mail almost made up for it.

As I was working my way through Saturday, I was thinking about other Valentine's Days I had spent with Eric.  I remembered one where we went to a restaurant and sat by their fireplace.  Loved it!  Then it hit me that we should sit next to our fireplace, so I decided to sit up our dinner table by the fireplace!  I don't know why I hadn't thought of this before.


The shrimp and scallop stroganoff turned out as good as I remembered it.  Recipe to come tomorrow.

Here's some other scenes from our dinner.





After dinner, we watched The Theory of Everything.  Eddie Redmayne did an AMAZING job playing Stephen Hawking.  Oscar Best Picture movie count:  6 down, 2 to go.

                                               

Now I must sign off to pay attention to SNL's 40th anniversary show.  They have so much happening, you can not look away for a second!  So many hilarious skits!!  Studio 8H is definitely hopping tonight.

                                
Have a great Monday!  I'm looking forward to sharing some fun stuff with you this week so hope you stop back by.


29 comments:

  1. I love getting fun mail!!! I hope you stay warm with the crazy weather
    Happy Monday!! I just found your blog on the link up :) Chelsae@thewilliamsjourney1.blogspot.com

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  2. It looks like you had a wonderful Valentine's weekend! We didn't do anything quite so fancy. We just stayed in and binge watched our favorite shows on Netflix. That was pretty awesome.

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  3. It looks like you guys had an amazing Valentine's Day! We decided to cancel or reservations and stay home too due to the crappy weather. It was truly the best Valentine's Day yet, and I think we just may have started a new tradition :)

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  4. What a lovely Valentine's idea - sometimes home is best! You did get awesome mail - Ipsy and Ebates two of my favorites! Have a fun Oscar party, I've been working my way through all the movies, watched Boyhood last night, looking forward to Whiplash on Wed.

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  5. Oh I have so much catching up to do with the Oscar nominations! You're way ahead of me. ;) What a lovely post, glad you had such a great Valentine's day! I love staying cozy at home! :)

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  6. looks fun! i love opening up the mailbox to find snail mail/love. sounds like you had a great weekend!! and the table by the fireplace- such a wonderful and romantic idea!!

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  7. Omgosh, I totally got my Ipsy and Ebates check this weekend! So fun!

    Xo

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  8. Hi there, stopping by from the link up! Yum, your dinner looks SO good! I love fun mail days like that, they are the BEST! I had a similar mail day this weekend and I was probably a little too giddy about it! ;)

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  9. yammi dinner seems to be great. Valentines weekend went great i suppose for you.same mail day this weekend also for me

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  10. AWWWWW What a wonderful dinner with all the trimmings. Thanks for sharing. I got a beautiful card and a tasty bakery heart cook!!! I'm totally pleased & then a birthday party and we had dinner there. mmmmm

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  11. I LOVE getting fun mail! So much better than getting junk mail and bills!

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  12. Glad you had a good weekend, the food says it All :D. I love your heart shaped biscuits. They so cute!

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  13. What a lucky guest you had there - dinner looks perfect for Valentine's day.

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  14. What an amazing dinner you two had there! I totally need that recipe for the shrimp and scallop stroganoff...it sounds heavenly!

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  15. Lovely dinner. I am looking forward to the The shrimp and scallop stroganoff recipe. Thank you for sharing.

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  16. I love your meal in a pumpkin! Also, those cookies look so delicious right now. Is it terrible that I just want to lick the frosting off?

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  17. All your valentines goodies look so yummy :)

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  18. Ok your meal looks pretty tasty!! Plus cookies and wine!winning combo right there ;-)

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  19. It looks like a great Valentine's weekend. I heard a lot of good reviews about the Theory of Everything. Saturday Night Live has also been around for ages and continues to be a hit.

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  20. We went to Black Angus for dinner and a movie!! Looks like a great weekend at your house!! The cookies look amazing!

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  21. Oh my gosh, your dinner looks DELISH! Hope you had a great rest of your weekend!

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  22. Dinner in a pumpkin! Sounds good! I like this shrimp and scallop stroganoff idea also. Of course we can stop at chocolate and wine, haha. My weekend was hanging with the kids. Ordered Thai and watched 2 movies.

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  23. I just found your blog and I am new at the blogging world, in my fifties too and we have much in common. Looking forward to reading more and you can check me out too! Enjoyed reading your "About Me."

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  24. I am so trying that dinner in a pumpkin it looks amazing!!! But dinner by the fireplace is a perfect idea! Looks like you guys had an amazing night :)

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  25. It sounds like you guys had a very lovely Valentine's Day and weekend. We stayed home in the cold and watched tv and movies.

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  26. Ha! nice! sounds like you guys had fun! I'm tempted to try the pumpkin dish.. :)

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  27. That shrimp and scallop stroganoff looks AMAZING! I used to hate shrimp but for some reason I've become obsessed with it in the last few months <3

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  28. Looks like you had a great Valentine's Day! I love the heart-shaped cookies-- they're so cute.

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  29. Mmm, now I'm starving but so glad to live vicariously through you a bit here! Sounds like a wonderful time! Thank you for linking up at #MeetupMonday!

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