Hey, It's Okay

I got this idea from Glamour magazine. You can link up any day of the week. All you have to do is make a list of what you're okay about. Simple! Please do not link up a post that has nothing to do with Hey, It's Okay. It's rude and I'll delete the link.

HEY, IT'S OKAY....

.....to not be doing much for the 4th of July. The neighborhood lights up with fireworks, so I'll check those out. Other than that, I might get caught up with my reality TV and read.  

......to have gone to HuHot with Mom & the kids for the all you can eat Mongolian stir fry. It's always delicious. HuHot gift cards make a fantastic gift, especially to teenagers who eat a ton!

.....to think it's cool that Amazon has Prime For Young Adults. If you're a young adult or in college, you get 6 months of Prime FREE and then it's $7.49 a month or $69 per year. Great deal as regular Prime is $139 a year. 

.....to wonder how it's going to go for school this year since cell phones are banned in Texas. I imagine my daughter is happy she is finished with K-12. It's insane to me that they'll ban this, but do nothing about gun control. 

....to have loved this shirt my daughter got me for my birthday. We both are not fans of the felon. (I found the shirt here and you can get the Felon 47 toilet brush here.) 

Venetian Hot Plate At Port Aransas

 I mean, you know a restaurant is fabulous when there is a sign like this on the front door:

However, they don't enforce it. There was a toddler screeching and racing around when we were there and nothing happened. Ah, well. 

But I still recommend Venetian Hot Plate if you're in Port Aransas. We've been going for years and the food is always scrumptious. 

We started off with garlic bread and it comes with oil to dip it in. 

Here's part of the menu. Seafood is a popular choice, but I'm weird and do not like seafood. So I get the pasta with steak bites. The meat is always tender. 

This was my delicious pasta:

My Mom loves her seafood, so she got the shrimp plate. We liked how the potatoes were in the shape of mushrooms:

Yes, everything was fresh. Since they are right by the gulf, everything is plucked right out of the water that day. 

Dessert is also a win, but we were all full this time. I have had the creme brûlée in the past, so order that. 

Venetian Hot Plate is open Tuesday-Saturday from 5PM-close and they are closed Sunday. Let me know if you stop in!

Alien Pizza Planet At Disneyland Review

 Who else loves Toy Story?

We do, so we had to stop in and eat at Alien Pizza Planet while at Disneyland. It's a quick service meal, so prices aren't horrible. Some people say the food isn't the greatest, but we wanted to see for ourselves.

The outside is neat.

There is outside and indoor seating. We wanted to eat inside so we could check out all the decor.

Oh, and another cool thing? All the soda you want! I love when they have self serve drinks. It's also a fabulous spot to fill up water bottles.

So what did we eat?

Well, I know it's called Pizza Planet and yes, there is pizza, but we wanted to try the pasta.

This is the Count Down Chicken Fusilli. It has grilled chicken and a parmesan pesto cream sauce. I thought it was scrumptious. It had enough flavor for me.

This is the Chicken Sesame-Ginger Vegetable Noodles. It's grilled chieken and stir fried veggies served over noodles and a sesame ginger sauce. Another winner!

This one is the Count Down Shrimp Fusilli. It's basically the same as the chicken, but with shrimp. Natalie said the shrimp tasted fresh and she was pleased. 

All the portions are generous, so honestly, two people could share. Unless you have a bottomless pit as a son. He gobbled his sesame noodles down and then ate most of our leftovers. 

Oh, and don't forget dessert. We had to get the Alien Macarooooooon. 

The food isn't fancy, but it does the trick, and we enjoyed everything we got, so I recommend stopping in during your next visit to Disneyland. They serve lunch & dinner.