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2021 | Week 75 of Quarantine

August 22, 2021 by Mellie Dee Leave a Comment

2021 | Week 75 of Quarantine | Disney Princess, Mickey and Minnie in Paris, Snow White Puzzle, Rizzo, Nails

This week has been puzzle heavy. That happens when your mind runs nonstop and work has been stressful.

I did redo my nails and loving them! Walked Rizzo and got suffocated by him as well. Love him so much.

2021 | Week 75 of Quarantine | Annual Doctor Checkup, Mellie Dee

Friday morning, I sent to my annual checkup. This one is better than the one I went to in the past. All passed but need to work to be better! I got my tetanus shot as well.

2021 | Week 75 of Quarantine | Mikoto Sushi | Houston, Texas

Since my results were good, I went to Mikoto for thier all you can eat lunch. Little fish eggs are me favourite.

2021 | Week 75 of Quarantine | Seafood Boil

Later that night June bought us snow crabs and we made a seafood boil. So so good. I’m getting great at making the boil sauce. Just need to make it even less salty.

2021 | Week 75 of Quarantine | Brass Tacks | Houston, Texas | Sissy

Saturday morning I went to Brass Tacks with Sissy. We brought our laptops to work on stuff to get it of the house. It was nice getting to do that again.

Iced Latte and iced Taro Latte was delicious. They serve food too but we opted out. They also have all their plants for sale which is pretty nice. I do suggest showing up early so you don’t have to fight for parking.

2021 | Week 75 of Quarantine | Houston Restaurant Week | Oporto | Houston, Texas | Sissy & BIL

After over the hours we picked up BIL and headed to Oporto for lunch.

We ordered Eve’s Envy, Maracuja Caipirinha, and Blueberry Caipirinha. They messed up one and accidentally gave us a Caipirinha Clàssico. I took a sip of mine but wasn’t a fan so I have mine to BIL. They loved these drinks.

BIL and I decided on Bruxelas, Batatas a Murro, Cataplana Mussels, Seafood Curry, and Bife à Portugesa. My favourite were both types of potatoes and the mussels.

Sissy decided to order off their Houston Restaurant Week Menu: Petiscos Plate, Mushroom Tartine.

My favourite tapas place is still San Antonio’s Toro. If anyone has any suggestions for Houston please let me know!

2021 | Week 75 of Quarantine | Good Eats

This week was filled with other good eats. Most notable is a new Indian place! Amar Indian Cuisine. Best so far near us.

The weekend is already over. I’m not 100% sure what I’ve done but it has definitely been a relaxing one.

Filed Under: Eateries & Drinkeries Tagged With: American, Coffee and Tea, Houston, Indian, Japanese, Katy, Seafood, Spanish, Texas

2021 | Week 72 of Quarantine | Galveston, Texas with Frankenstein

August 1, 2021 by Mellie Dee Leave a Comment

2021 | Week 72 of Quarantine | Eats of the Week

This week’s good eats. June was off a few days and on one of the days she got us shrimp and snow crabs. YUM! It hit the spot for my little seafood heart. I made watermelon juice one day – reminds me of Thailand times. Got Indian and Sonic another time. But the most favourable mention was Mum making me one of my childhood favourites – macaroni with spam and eggs.

2021 | Week 72 of Quarantine | Little Mermaid Puzzle

I finished another puzzle this week. Little Mermaid. I’ve started a 1000 piece. I forgot Ethan was going to come down for a month. Hopefully, no missing pieces.

2021 | Week 72 of Quarantine | Gloria's & Somi Somi with Beth

Tuesday, Beth and I met up at Gloria’s for a girl’s dinner. I ordered a Paloma drink but it wasn’t that great compared to their margaritas. The tamales still hit the spot and the quesadillas were filled with a LOT of yums. Good picks all around.

Service wasn’t the best that night so we opted out of ordering dessert and went to Somi Somi across the street for some ice cream. Perfection.

2021 | Week 72 of Quarantine | Therapeutic Thai Massage of Katy

I took Friday off for having so much stress from just working all the time. I started the day with a chiropractor appointment who cracked me all crazy nice. Then I went home for a nap before heading to my Thai Massage. Definitely one of my new favourite places! Upon arrival, they give you slippers to change out of as well as a cold chrysanthemum tea (for first timers). They lead you to the room where they have a HUGE bed and beams up top. I told the lady not to step on me so she didn’t use the beams but 60 minutes went faster than expected and she got a lot of knots and stuff out. They give you your slippers back and then you get served some other hot tea that is a little sweet.

Overall, great experience. I’ve already told Sissy to give me birthday present from here if she has trouble thinking of something.

2021 | Week 72 of Quarantine | Humble Grounds Coffeehouse | Katy, Texas | Sebastian

After the massage, I met up with Sebastian at Humble Grounds Coffeehouse. We each ordered a coffee, empanada, and sandwich with chips. We caught up, talking about our futures, work, and significant others. Crazy how three hours can put a lot of things in perspective.

2021 | Week 72 of Quarantine | Emmy, Ethan, Mellie Dee Video Chat

I was able to have two separate video calls with the kids. Both silly af. Few more days until Ethan is back with us for a month. I’m already excited and tired at the same time.

2021 | Week 72 of Quarantine | Mellie Dee & Artemis | Galveston with Frankenstein

Saturday morning, I drove to Frankenstein’s where Artemis was, again, hissing at me. “Dad, why is she back? I thought it was a one time thing!”

We hung out a bit before heading off to Galveston. I mainly wanted to see where he grew up and listen to his stories. I know he has a lot more to tell and I can’t want to learn more about him. Good or bad, it’ll help me understand him.

2021 | Week 72 of Quarantine | Galveston with Frankenstein | Katie's Seafood House

After a small tour of his growing up, we parked the car and headed to lunch at Katie’s Seafood House. Mostly because I needed to pee.

We ordered a massive fried seafood plate with a cup of gumbo. I’m glad we shared because I would feel very poopy after eating so much fried foods. We both agreed some things were better than others but it was good nonetheless.

The waitress left us with “Y’all stay out of trouble.” Um … okay, thanks.

2021 | Week 72 of Quarantine | Galveston with Frankenstein | Ocean Star Offshore Drilling Rig Museum | Mellie Dee

I finally got to step foot on the Ocean Star Museum. I’ve wanted to go since it became a thing but at my work, the teams I was on never went so I was thrilled when Frankenstein agreed to entertain me. You would think as someone that has worked in the oil and gas industry for over 14 years, would know a lot about it but you’d be wrong. Frankenstein knew so much. That man continues to amaze me with all the knowledge he has in his head. And he’s rarely wrong. We did the scavenger hunt and we got majority of the questions right. I wish I could post the photoshopped picture of the two of us in the cut out. We didn’t have anyone nearby to take it for us but it’s hilariously, badly photoshopped by yours truly. Sigh, maybe I should ask if he’s okay with me posting his face here by now.

We walked around the fancy touristy shops and then he asked what else I wanted to see. We had put Moody Gardens Aquarium on the list but we were both also okay with not going. We ended up going back to his place and watched Damascus Cover while playing with Artemis. I almost fell asleep a few times because I was so tired.

2021 | Week 72 of Quarantine | Frankenstein | Craft 96 | League City, Texas

After the movie, we decided to get dinner at Craft 96. But when we almost got there, I noticed my safety pin that held my dress together so there’s no gape was missing. We ended up making a pit stop at HEB where he helped me find safety pins. So sweet.

This place has SO many beers and the food was so good! We both found a beer we both love – Saloon Door’s Blueberry Cream Ale. Ugh, it was so good I had 2 16 oz and a 1 5 oz pour of it along with it. I had another 5 oz of a beer called Lucy but it didn’t even hold a torch to how smooth and delicious the Blueberry Cream Ale was.

After dinner we went back to his place where I’m certain Artemis was thinking “Ugh, why is she still here?” We watched all the episodes of Netflix’s Swear Words while sipping (chugging for me) a glass of whiskey with bitters. It was surpassingly good.

The next day I headed home and practically did nothing. It’s been a relaxing weekend and I’m already dreading working.

Filed Under: Eateries & Drinkeries, Travel Tagged With: American, Bars and Pubs, Coffee and Tea, Galveston, Indian, Katy, Mexican and Tex-Mex, Sandwiches and Burgers, Seafood, Sightseeing, Texas

2021 | Week 68 of Quarantine

July 4, 2021 by Mellie Dee Leave a Comment

2021 | Week 68 of Quarantine | Sissy & BIL's | Water Heater Installation | Bruno & Kato, Selena + Chef, 7 Spices, Seafood Sandwich

Monday morning, I arrived at Sissy & BIL’s. They were getting their water heater put in and needed someone to be at the house. It was nice working at a different location for a day. I was able to watch Selena + Chef (I finished the whole season that day) while I worked and Bruno and Kato laid on me. I even got to order from 7 Spices. Their food came out amazing and was a little bummed I ordered so little but it was enough to fulfill me.

Later that day when they came home, we ordered food from some place I don’t remember and watched an episode of Parenthood. I got the seafood sandwich with a side of soup and it was wonderful. I saved the other half to take home to Mum.

2021 | Week 68 of Quarantine | Jury Duty

I had spent the night at their house since the next day, it was my Jury Duty. I had signed up to do virtual but I never received an email. When I showed up they told me mine was virtual but since I’m here, to stay. I ended up being chosen to be on grand jury. Before you tell me I should of been more opinionated, I’m just going to say this – they only ask about your schedule. It’s going to be for twice a week for three months. I’ve told my line manager so on days I have to go to jury duty, I’ll have to also work after if I get off early. They did give us a pretty good lunch and apparently on those two days a week, we’ll be getting that as well.

2021 | Week 68 of Quarantine | Frankenstein's New Kitty

Wednesday morning, Frankenstein surprised me that he now has a kitty. Apparently when he left the hospital, someone had found a kitty and he offered to take her in. She doesn’t have a name yet but he’ll be naming her after some space stuff. I cannot wait to meet her tomorrow! I hope she likes me more. Doubt it though.

2021 | Week 68 of Quarantine | Mallory, John, Robbie, Emmy, Jacob, JJ

Later that day, I went to pick up some beef jerky that Ricardo had sent down. I had taken Emmy with me and remembered that I was going to stop by Mallory and John’s to see Robbie. He was in town for a day and they were doing dinner. I stopped by where Emmy got to play with Jacob and JJ while we talked and ate. It was nice to catch up since it’s been forever. Emmy and I then stopped by Pet Supplies Plus and saw some kitties up for adoption. After seeing Frankenstein having one I want one now. Maybe one day.

2021 | Week 68 of Quarantine | Orange Mountain Puzzle, Ethan, Tangled Puzzle

Thursday night I finished my mountain puzzle. Sadly a piece was missing from this one too. UGH. I don’t know if it’s because of the kids or because of the company because it’s the same company as the previous missing piece puzzle. Luckily, my Tangled puzzle was safe; different company though.

2021 | Week 68 of Quarantine | Emmy, Ethan, Jacob, JJ Playdate, John, Mallory, Uncle Julio's

Friday, after work, I took both Ethan & Emmy to Mallory’s. John was home too and was able to finally meet Ethan. They all played a long great. Ethan and Jacob, Emmy and JJ. Not fights and great deal of sharing. I ordered food from Uncle Julio’s and drinks (duh) and relaxed. After a long while of playing, we headed home. With the kids both asleep, I know it was a good day for them.

2021 | Week 68 of Quarantine | Nuestra Casa Bakery Cafe | Pedicure with Mum & Sissy

Saturday morning, Sissy came over so that we could get pedicures with Mum. We stopped by Nuestra Casa Bakery Cafe. This place is so tucked in that I would have never stopped by if Sissy didn’t ask to. They have nice pastries like sweet bread and empanadas, among other things. I am going to stop by here again to get more in the future.

2021 | Week 68 of Quarantine | Starbucks, Emmy, Tie Dye with Sissy

We stopped by, got Starbucks, and begin tie dying with Emmy. Our hands were all blue since Emmy doused her shirt with so much blue, the pink didn’t show up anymore. Her shirt ended up being pretty good though.

Sissy and I then went and dropped off a lot of stuff to UPS and stopped by Diaso to do some shopping we didn’t need before we got back home where she played with Emmy a bit before leaving.

A few hours later, Brudda and SIL arrived and I was finally child free. This is when I started and finished my Tangle puzzle while listening to music.

2021 | Week 68 of Quarantine | Starbucks, Armadillo Escape Room Adventures, Russo Pizza, Camel Up, Hot Pot, Sparklers

Sunday morning started off with SIL picking up Starbucks before everyone showed up at our house. Sissy, BIL, Gordon, Timothy, and Sarah joined Brudda, SIL and I to Armadillo Escape Room Adventures. We won, but we did get a lot of hints we didn’t ask for. We assume because we were on Novice.

Afterwards, we picked up Emmy and pizza from Russo’s and headed over to Katie’s house so that we could hang out with Joanna, Kiran, Jasmine, Katrina, Jacky as well. We ate pizza and played board games. Then we headed home for dinner of hot pot before heading back for sparklers. These sparklers were from Joanna & Kiran’s wedding YEARS ago. But they still worked and the kids had a lot of fun.

Everyone leaves tomorrow which means relaxation at it’s finest.

Filed Under: Eateries & Drinkeries Tagged With: Coffee and Tea, Fast Food, Houston, Mexican and Tex-Mex, Pizza, Seafood, Sightseeing, Texas, Venezuelan

2021 | Week 65 of Quarantine

June 13, 2021 by Mellie Dee Leave a Comment

2021 | Week 65 of Quarantine | Grown Mushrooms

Monday, I went over to Rose with mini vanilla cupcakes in hand to give to her and the kids that I got from Mallory. We walked around the neighborhood with Rizzo along with Katherine and then bumped into these mushrooms. Frankenstein always makes jokes that he needs to inspect all mushrooms I bring to him because he’s afraid I’d pick wild mushrooms for him.

The week went by pretty fast with our network drives going kerplunk so Friday came very quickly. I worked my hours and headed over to Gordon’s and Patsy’s for a crawfish boil. Timothy and his girlfriend, Lillian, joined us as well. Potatoes were missing from the pictures but they’re the best damn potatoes I’ve had in a long time. Patsy NAILED the crawfish sauce. I can feel my arteries get coated.

2021 | Week 65 of Quarantine | Pedicure with Vietnamese Coffee with Beth & Mallory

Saturday, I met with Mallory and Beth at the nail salon near their house since they changed management and had 15% off. We all ordered iced Vietnamese coffees and got pedicures. Always a nice time with the ladies and loving our pedicure times together. We made plans for dinner this coming week and I’m excited.

2021 | Week 65 of Quarantine | Top Golf | Frankenstein

Sunday, I met up with Frankenstein for Top Golf Katy. T-Mobile had a coupon for BOGO hour of game play along with free chips and queso. Funny story, when he put in his phone number, a girl’s name showed up instead. Awkward. It was weird since the card itself had his name. After our two hours, we went and checked on his account and changed my government name to my nickname for future use.

We played 6 games. He won 4 out of the 6. Just look at that form, that foot. haha The two that I won was only because I was set to beginner and he was set to intermediate and advanced. We were sweating balls but had a lot of fun.

2021 | Week 65 of Quarantine | Jollibee, Portobello Mushroom Caps, Spicy Watermelon Drink

The best eats this week. Jollibee, homemade garlic parmesan Portobello mushroom caps, and Zero Degree’s Spicy Watermelon.

2021 | Week 65 of Quarantine | Meet Cute Diary | Goodreads Giveaway

Last surprise of the week: I won Goodreads giveaway and the book just arrived. This is my first physical copy win. The rest had been on Kindle. Can’t wait to start it after my current reads.

Filed Under: Miscellaneous Tagged With: Coffee and Tea, Fast Food, Katy, Seafood, Texas

2021 | Week 63 of Quarantine

May 30, 2021 by Mellie Dee Leave a Comment

2021 | Week 63 of Quarantine | The Calvin Collection Instagram Famous | Mellie Dee

Guys! I’m instafamous! haha Just kidding. I did make it to the Instagram of the person that did my hair which is pretty cool. The colour has died down a bit but when it’s in the sun, it’s still crazy bright.

2021 | Week 63 of Quarantine | Rizzo Walk

Walk with Rizzo was relaxing as I started a new audiobook as well. Watching Rizzo walk through the river was funny — he was so hesitant at first.

2021 | Week 63 of Quarantine | Self Care | Nails & Waxing the City

I practiced some self care today. Did my nails and got a wax. It’s been too long and felt nice doing so.

2021 | Week 63 of Quarantine | McDonald's BTS Meal, Hot & Sour Noodle Soup, Salmon Dinner

I also self cared by feeding the body with McDonald’s new BTS meal. Nothing crazy. The sweet chili sauce was better than the cajun. Also, noodles in hot & sour soup is good and I’ll never turn down a stuffed salmon meal.

2021 | Week 63 of Quarantine | Ethan, Mellie Dee, Rizzo

When I got home from self care, I was met with Ethan. He’s down here for a couple of weeks. He has crazy fits and cries a lot as he’s stuck to Dad. He loves Rizzo though.

2021 | Week 63 of Quarantine | Sebastian | Mi Pueblito | Katy, Texas

Friday, I ran errands and had lunch with Sebastian at Mi Pueblito. My first Colombian meal. Everything was pretty good but my favourite was the yucca fries. YUM! We caught up about our lives and our future plans. Always a great time with him!

2021 | Week 63 of Quarantine | Gordon & Patsy Crawfish Boil

Saturday, Timothy came and picked me up and we went to Gordon and Patsy’s for crawfish boil. They keep getting better and better at making the delicious mud bugs. Ugh … I’m already sad crawfish season is about to be over. I was very ecstatic to have seen the lovely sunset though. Sigh …

2021 | Week 63 of Quarantine | Dad's Birthday | Shabu Town | Katy, Texas | Ethan

Today, we celebrated Dad’s birthday early by grabbing lunch at Shabu Town. All you can eat goodness. You order the meats at the table, make your own sauce at the bar, and there were three other long bars worth of seafood and vegetables. They had a few premade foods as well.

Afterward, we grabbed Starbucks and headed home to blow out the mint chocolate chip ice cream cake from Baskin Robbins.

What happened to eating healthier and less after last week’s crazy ordering of foods? Whoops.

Filed Under: Eateries & Drinkeries Tagged With: Chinese, Coffee and Tea, Colombian, Fast Food, Katy, Seafood, Texas

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