I'm Baaaaack

It was a short lived trip but I am back from Minnesota (in record time too!)  On Sunday we went over to my grandpa's senior home which is more like a 5 star hotel.  I told him he was livin the high life.  He rented out the party room and we had a party (what else do you do in those kind of rooms.)  We played RCL (a dice game) for money which I clearly didn't win and Catch Phrase which if Nolan and I had been on the same team would have gone so much better.  One time, probably a year ago, Nolan and I were on the same team and his clue was Barney's (the purple dinosaur) favorite bread.. my answer.. Pumpernickel (sp?).  Now, I thought it was common knowledge but apparently everyone else in the room was stunned.  Back to our party though.  His home has a movie theater in it which is pretty legit and we watched one of my Christmas presents, Despicable Me.  If you have not seen this movie yet, watch it because it is awesome and I know you will enjoy it no matter who you are.  The next day we went to Mall of America along with everyone else in Minnesota and their mother.  I hate shopping so it was not the most fun day in the world and I was kind of upset to find out that Camp Snoopy had a name change to Nickelodeon Universe (I guess the change happened about 8 years ago, clearly I haven't been there in a while.)  All that shopping wiped us out and we all got back together at my cousins house and ate fried chicken from Culvers.. this baffled me, I have never in my life seen fried chicken from Culvers, that must be where they get the saying, "you learn something new every day."  After some quality time in Minnesota it was time to come back.  Only after realizing that you can buy a hot dog and a pop (free refills) from Costco for $1.50.. where has this deal been my whole life??  Now that I'm home I'm going to have to try it.  The car ride was long but funny and now I'm back and starting a Dexter marathon tomorrow morning.. all are welcome just come over!  I'm pooped so I'm headed to bed but happy to be home safe and sound.