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Blue Hawaii
Feb. 15th, 2021 04:11 pmWE SURVIVED THE GREAT TEXAS FREEZE OF '21 !
For Valentiki Day we ended up watching a King of the Hill marathon and had frito pie with Wolf brand chili. It looked like dog food but it was sooooo good. I wish I had more ... Then Alex made us a bunch of tiki drinks from the book Friend Shannon sent us ages ago. I have some pics so, hurray, let's get drunk!
The first drink is a couple's drink called the Cherie Valentino; he made it extra fancy with an ice volcano and a sugar cube doused in 151 liquor that he subsequently caught on fire. I tried the sugar cube and it tasted like lighter fluid.
Following that was our own individual drinks. Mine was the Blue Hawaii, which is by far my favorite; Alex calls it my "Vacation Juice" (from Animal Crossing). He had the Last Rites, which is just pure petrol. It was pure Martinique rum with a couple syrups, ugh.
Following THAT was Tiger Sharks, which was three different kinds of rums with lime juice. It was too strong for me, but I was two drinks in so what was a third?
Anyways around that time it was about 12 pm and we noticed that it was kind of strange looking outside. We threw on our coats (I threw on my robe, I was too lazy to find my coat and button it up) and hurried outside with the dog and some drinks -- It was sleeting!
We passed out in bed and woke up this morning to snow. Not just snow, but no running water or power. Alex wasn't quite sure what to do in this situation, but I have lived the life before in Virginia of many days of no power and freezing temperatures. It was 16 degrees at the lowest today -- We took all the blankets in the house and huddled for warmth until the power came back on, around 3:30 and now I'm here, typing this up in case I lose power again. I'm probably not going to go to the tattoo shop tomorrow because a lot of our roads are still icy and we are expected to stay below freezing temperatures. So exciting!
For Valentiki Day we ended up watching a King of the Hill marathon and had frito pie with Wolf brand chili. It looked like dog food but it was sooooo good. I wish I had more ... Then Alex made us a bunch of tiki drinks from the book Friend Shannon sent us ages ago. I have some pics so, hurray, let's get drunk!
The first drink is a couple's drink called the Cherie Valentino; he made it extra fancy with an ice volcano and a sugar cube doused in 151 liquor that he subsequently caught on fire. I tried the sugar cube and it tasted like lighter fluid.
Following that was our own individual drinks. Mine was the Blue Hawaii, which is by far my favorite; Alex calls it my "Vacation Juice" (from Animal Crossing). He had the Last Rites, which is just pure petrol. It was pure Martinique rum with a couple syrups, ugh.
Following THAT was Tiger Sharks, which was three different kinds of rums with lime juice. It was too strong for me, but I was two drinks in so what was a third?
Anyways around that time it was about 12 pm and we noticed that it was kind of strange looking outside. We threw on our coats (I threw on my robe, I was too lazy to find my coat and button it up) and hurried outside with the dog and some drinks -- It was sleeting!
We passed out in bed and woke up this morning to snow. Not just snow, but no running water or power. Alex wasn't quite sure what to do in this situation, but I have lived the life before in Virginia of many days of no power and freezing temperatures. It was 16 degrees at the lowest today -- We took all the blankets in the house and huddled for warmth until the power came back on, around 3:30 and now I'm here, typing this up in case I lose power again. I'm probably not going to go to the tattoo shop tomorrow because a lot of our roads are still icy and we are expected to stay below freezing temperatures. So exciting!
