Worst Wife... Maybe Ever

Russ's Birthday was Thursday.

And all I blogged about was the Oxford Comma.

I didn't get him a present.

I went to my law school classes and role played counseling a client.

(In which role play Russ was a legislative aide for a politician... who had been murdered)

I pulled a major wife failure on celebrating Russ this year.

Today, I attempt to redeem myself by:

1. Planning a simple, but fun, date night tonight.

2. Blogging about my erroneous ways (isn't the first step of repentance acknowledgement?)

3. Letting my husband go on a 7 hour BBQ road trip across Texas (starting at 6:30 am) to get the best BBQ in the state and the best BBQ in the country.

And not minding that he came home and did this:

Overly Excellent BBQ Food Coma

So maybe I'm not the worst wife ever... but I did take a bit of a dip there.

Kicking off Christmas in Fredericksburg, Texas

Over Thanksgiving weekend we went to the tree and pyramid lighting in a the cute (and Mormon historical) town of Fredericksburg, Texas. This little German town is adorable! If you're looking for a good place to go to for a honeymoon or a weekend getaway- GO TO FREDERICKSBURG!

Alright, we started off at the Salt Lick, one of the best BBQ restaurants in Texas. It was delicious:

Then we headed to the F-burg. We did a little window shopping, in which I purchased Ms. Twinkle Toes. An ornament made just for me because I love ballet and hippos:

 Find it here.

Next  we grabbed some of the FREE hot chocolate and cookies. Yes, the city gave us free food! We found our spot to see both the tree and the pyramid. Now the pyramid. I bet you're wondering what a pyramid has to do with Christmas. But, as the mayor told us, the Christmas pyramid is a German tradition. And this pyramid was built in Germany and shipped to this town, so it is authentic.

So we find out spot, and the mayor begins thanking everybody who helped. We are then told that we will be singing two Christmas songs in German. 

My response: AWESOME!

So we sing "O Tannebaum" and "Still Nacht". There is something wonderful about singing a Christmas song with complete strangers while staring at a dark Christmas pyramid. I loved it. I loved doing it with Russ and his family. It will be a great memory for the years to come!

Finally it was time. We counted down and the tree and pyramid were lit up!

So for the Wilde family it's official! Christmas Season 2010 has begun!

BBQ Road Trip Take...3?

So when we have a set of missionaries here that we get close to, Russ and I have a tradition of taking them on the BBQ Roadtrip.

What the H is the BBQ road trip you may ask yourself? Well let me enlighten you.
We live 20 minutes from the BBQ Capital of Texas: Lockhart. In this quaint town there are BBQ giants, places that have been making BBQ since the early 1900's. Some have the same family cooking in same BBQ pits for the past 100 years or so.

So with all this, we take the missionaries to each place and get 2 sausage links, 2 brisket, and 2 ribs.
We do this at every BBQ place, ending at Kreuz's.


It is truly heaven. We said goodbye to the sisters, and had our fill again. This time the trip went Smitty's, Chisolm Trail, Black's, and then Kreuz's.

When it come to food, we live in the garden of eatin'

-Chow

Key to Q

Today in Lockhart I learned the key to good barbecue... a mountain of
post oak. I can't wait for the moms to come so I have an excuse to go
back to the BBQ Capitol of Texas.

Luling: My favorite oil town

Saturday I was back in Luling to talk about Wall Street and money with
melon farmers. While in town I couldn't help but stop at City Market
for some Q. Can't beat Caldwell County Q...

Laboring the day

For the big holiday we went to a BBQ. Chow rocked the karaoake. I
played washers, think horse shoes with giant washers. All in all a
good night.

Meat Eating Meeting

Today was BBQ road trip part duex. This time we passed on Black's and
hit the Luling City Market. Perhaps when I see a computer I'll put up
more pics from this trip.