Day 330, January 14th

Saturday morning, I headed out early to work the Volunteer Training at The Phoenician.  This year I was in charge of the Gala Volunteers so that was exciting, I did that my first year working at JDRF, so it was nice to go back and do it again.  One of the volunteers said I looked like I was from the midwest...I was insulted, but not sure why.  Luckily I was hanging with one of my many midwest friends that afternoon, and she eased my fears.

When I was done with work, I headed home, got ready and then Ryan and I headed out to meet up with Tommy, Kristen and Elise at the Food Truck Festival. I had been pretty excited about going to this all week, and when we got there, this guy offered us discounted tickets so that was even cooler.  Then we got into the event, and saw why that man probably left and gave us his tickets.  There were lines everywhere!! Every truck probably had about an hour wait, we split up, waited the hour, finally got to the truck only to find that they had run out of almost everything.  Disappointing to say the least.  We ate, Ryan and Tommy rode the giant slide and then we said goodbye to the Food Truck Fest. 

After the Food Truck Festival, we headed up to Tilted Kilt to meet Heather and Alex to watch the Patriots game. We stopped at Target on our way there, and Ryan made an outfit switcharoo, and then we had a nice evening with G4.  Patriots won, as you all know since they made it to the Superbowl this year.

Day 317, January 1st

After we caught up on some sleep, Ryan and I headed west to go to a Cardinals game.  We got tickets at JDRF for our staff and walk teams, so it was a nice little treat to kick off 2012.

The seats were terrible, literally we were the furthest away that any one person can be!!! But it was a fun time non the less. I can hardly pay attention to football in the first place, but when you can barely see the ball, it's even harder to care!!  We left a little early to beat the crowd but also since we had to head to Scottsdale to retrive my car. Once we got the car, Ryan headed home and I headed to Sunflower to pick up some groceries for the week. When I got home, Tommy was there, to steal back his dog, chatted with him a bit and then that was it! A nice first day to a new year!

Day 274, November 19th

Saturday was quite a busy day! It marked 3 years since this crazy relationship started! We hit the gym and then the grocery store to celebrate! haha.  Tomorrow I would be joining my co-worker Jenna's Cooking Club to compete in a Soup Challenge. I think I make a nice Tortilla Soup and was happy to join! The challenge was that you had to make your own stock. So Saturday I hit the store to STOCK up on supplies and get to work on preparing the stock for the soup tomorrow.  It wasn't a bad experience, except chopping up the chicken, I had Ryan do that gross part.

After the stock was complete, we packed up and headed out to ASU for tailgating with our friends.  We knew the ASU/UA game would be a bit more crowed, but seriously, it was a madhouse! The lots were full, cars everywhere, madness I tell you!  We finally found a spot, in a lot far away, but luckily there were some folks there so we posted up.  It was a crew of mostly ladies, which is funny and sad in the same way.  We were having a lovely game of flip cup, having a grand old time, when we decided to take a quick bathroom break and noticed these young girls who asked for a water earlier, on the ground, not looking too good.  Well long story short, pretty sure one of the girls had alcohol poisoning, so we forced her to drink lots of water and called an ambulance to come get her.  She wasn't happy with us but when she is older and wiser like we are, she will come around I'm sure!! 
After that drama, we resumed our fun, and once the game started moved down to Mill to watch it.  Well it was a sad loss for us Sun Devils, but in us fashion, we still had a grand time! 

Day 203, September 9th

Friday night marked the start of ASU football season.  I am far from a football fan, but since Ryan and I started our little love session at a football tailgate, it holds a lovely place in my heart.  This year, our usual tailgaters weren't in commission, so we knew it'd be a different year for us.  The first game was a Friday night, and my friend Amy has season tickets and asked if Ryan and I wanted to go.  So instead of tailgating, we hit up Mill for a drink beforehand, which was crazy and reminded us why we tailgate, and then headed into the game.
The weather was crazy, insane lightening storm and a little bit of rain, but the game ended up being quite exciting. ASU won in overtime, which really added to the less then exciting game.  It was actually the first game Ryan and I attended together, so it was a magical moment!
It was a great start to a wonderful college football season.