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July 25, 2014 by Mellie Dee 2 Comments

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When I was on my way to changing up the blog, I found this search. Who is looking this up? I really want to know. Sadly he doesn’t work there anymore. Shucks. At least I still have the picture though.

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Last Friday, I went with Mallory, her parents, Janna and Mace, and Samantha to the Houston World Series Dog Show. I’ve always wanted to go but never got a chance so when Janna, mentioned it, we made it happen, Mace, wasn’t all that excited about it when we first walked in but that changed by the time we were leaving. Definitely a lot of fun. We saw dogs doing relay races called Fly Ball, and dogs that look exactly alike. Saw dogs that needed their own fans and dogs going through obstacle courses. And without fail, we got a lot of free samples. Rizzo won’t need food for a couple months!

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Monday night, my friend’s show, Space City Chronicles, had Electric Sleep as guest stars. The three on top makes up the band and the one on the bottom picture on the right helps do their visuals such as lights and backdrops. They have a pretty neat set up. I asked one of the guys’ girlfriend what kind of music they make before they started and she replied, “Noise”. Either that’s a new genre or …

It’s been a bit hectic at work since I had so many days off. I always said taking off may be relaxing, but coming back gives you the stress you were trying to get away from.

I hope you all have a great Friday!

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Shiner, Texas

July 22, 2014 by Mellie Dee 4 Comments

It’s very rare that Mallory, Samantha, and I can hang out during the work week let alone during the day since they both work in the school district! Since they were both off for the summer, I was very thankful that I was able to take a day off from work last Wednesday. We had talked about taking the Shiner Brewery tour and we finally got to do a little road trip to Shiner, Texas! Mallory was generous enough to drive us there and back. (I’ll always offer to pay for gas because I hate driving.)

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Spoetzl Brewery
603 E Brewery St.
Shiner, TX 77984
(361) 594-3383
http://shiner.com

Did you know Spoetzl Brewery, also known as Shiner, started back in 1909? It’s been over 100 years! And they still use the original recipe for Shiner Bock … or so I’m told. That’s pretty amazing. Kosmos Spoetzl knew what he was doing!

The tour came with four tokens for tasting. No fancy pint glasses like other tours since this one was free but they did have a lot of merchandise for sale if you wanted a memento. Their brewery site is pretty tiny compared to others which makes it so surprising with the amount they produce. Because of that the tour only lasted less than 30 minutes. I do know that they are expanding their bottling area but I doubt that’ll add much to the tour in the future.

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Friday’s Fried Chicken
122 E 5th,
Shiner, TX 77984
(361) 594-4332

We took the advice of Dotty, the one pouring our drinks at Spoetzl Brewery, and went to lunch here.

Chicken Fried Breast [french fries, coleslaw, and dinner roll with a medium drink and sundae] | $7.75

This was their special on the board. The chicken breast was delicious and I’m not a big lover of coleslaw and actually liked it! The fries were fries and I didn’t even touch the roll since I am not a big lover of breads.

Mallory and I were excited for our Sundae but when we tried it, it was a downer. When they asked what flavor I wanted, I thought the ice cream was the flavor … but it was just a topping. The sundae, though homemade, didn’t taste good at all. They needed more milky creamy flavor.

Samantha ordered the Onion Rings for $5(?) per Dotty’s recommendation. Some of the best onion rings ever.

We were so full we didn’t even want to move after. But off to our next stop …

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B’ Marie
709 North Ave E
Shiner, X 77984
(361) 649-2609

A little boutique filled with colorful clothing and accessories. Everything was too expensive for my taste so we left there after a quick swing around.

Antiques Art & Beer
720 N Avenue E
Shiner, TX 77984
(361) 594-2337

It is what the sign says: antiques and beer. They have a bar in there where you can chill at or take your beer and walk around to look at everything. They even sell fudge for cheap. Samantha bought some and said it tasted wonderful. Things are somewhat expensive here as well but I guess that’s how it is in Shiner, Texas.

Sengelmann Hall
531 N Main St
Schulenburg, TX 78956
(979) 743-2300
http://sengelmannhall.com

Unsure why we were here. I think Mallory wanted to take a picture to send to her Mum. Regardless, this hall is pretty gorgeous. Sadly we couldn’t go in since it was closed for an event that day. Maybe we’ll be able to make our way down again to see it all.

Latte on the Square Internet Café
2126-F S Hwy 71
Columbus, TX 78934
(979) 732-9545
http://latteonthesquare.com

We decided to stop for some coffee since we were getting bleugh. I got an Iced Vanilla Latte | $3.59. It tasted so good that I finished it in less than 30 minutes. That or I was dehydrated from the beer.

P.S. This place also sells Blue Bell Ice Cream! We’re hoping to do the Blue Bell Ice Cream Tour soon. Eeks!

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Mallory and Samantha found this little gem at the antique store. They apparently think Rizzo looks like him and kept trying to convince me to buy it. Who agrees? … I guess on the days his ears stick up, he does kind of, sort of look like it.

It was a great Wednesday with great company. Cherish times with people you see less of because of our busy schedules.

Happy Tuesday!

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Welcome to Mellie Dee!

July 17, 2014 by Mellie Dee 2 Comments

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Eleven hours of training today at work. And now at Cloud Café working on this post and some various graphic design projects! Glad I took yesterday off for a little fun. Post about that up soon. Promise!

Today marks a year since I bought the domain, Al Forno Mementos. So it was only fitting to finally make the change on it’s anniversary. Moving domains was not as hard as I thought it would have been! So I’m really happy about that. If you’re ever wanting to host, I highly recommend HostGator. I ran into ONE tiny problem and they were amazing!

You can read all about how I came up with Mellie Dee in my “About Melissa” tab. Finally content with a name that means something about myself so changes with my domain in the future is highly unlikely.

I invite you to stalk me: Bloglovin | Facebook | Instagram | Tumblr | Twitter | Pinterest | melliedeeblog@gmail.com

Hoping this change will make me more incline to blog again. But until next time, I wish you all a great weekend!

Filed Under: Blog Necessities

Moving To A New Domain

July 12, 2014 by Mellie Dee 1 Comment

Last post as Al Forno Mementos!

Finally purchased a new domain for this blog! The new domain will be up sometime this week before the 17th.  You’ll know it’s me once you see my comments popping up on your posts!

My social media has been changed as well. CRIPPLE15 is now MALOHAHO. These are all big decisions but I figured it was time to grow up.

What have I been up to since then? Not much.

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Rizzo’s doing well. Finally got him groomed so he looks more … normal. Sadly, he still looks like a girl. *sigh* He’s only 7ish pounds. Kinda ridiculous. But I guess it’s good since he likes to jump on people …

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And every Monday night has been filled with studio time with some of the best guys that I’ve ever come across in my life. I met all of them back in high school – except one. I help work all of the cameras and although it’s stressful (since it’s on live), it’s one of the most stress-free thing ever because it’s so much fun!

Back to work on fixing up this blog! Cannot wait to post from my new name! And I hope you all join me on that adventure!

Filed Under: Blog Necessities, Miscellaneous

Whole Lotta Nothings

June 26, 2014 by Mellie Dee Leave a Comment

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Finally got to go to the studio at Houston Media Source to see two of my old high school friends in action. Ed and his friend started a public access television show and Ryan goes and helps out. And I was lucky enough to help out as well. It was the kind of fun stress I needed. Lots of laughs … on my end as usual.

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I took Tuesday off … and bought a Lunchable. Jokes. But seriously haven’t had one in forever. Memories. Mum never really bought them since they’re bad for you but … something about that pizza dough. I heard they were making adult Lunchables. Hopefully it comes with an alcoholic drink instead of a juice box.

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One of my work mum’s left the company today. Sad day. She gave us all a portfolio folder along with a box of Godiva chocolates and sweet note. I know I’ll see her again.

I cannot wait for this weekend to be over. Birthday celebrations are fun but I’m getting old. I just want to relax. Wow .. how lame am I …

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