Sunday Randomness #73 : Anniversary Inn Logan, UT (Three part post) Part one

Anniversary Inn has multiple locations - two in Salt Lake City, one in Logan, and the fourth in Boise, ID.  We recently stayed at a few rooms at their Logan location.  I like the pictures on their website but I wish sometimes that those pictures displayed more of the detail and breadth of the themed quality of the rooms.  So here we'll share a  few PG rated posts of our pictures.  PG because these rooms are designed for adult patrons - more a "look and don't touch"  says the ambience of the rooms.  

The first night we stayed in the Hollywood Romance room which came with complimentary sodas and pre-popped popcorn in the popcorn bucket.  (The popcorn machine in the picture? That was just for show.)  We paid the extra $5 to get the bite size dessert sampler plate with brownie, lemon bar, raspberry chocolate, and magic bars. They give you a bottle of sparkling cider in your room and deliver a full breakfast for both people the next morning as part of the room price.  In the past they also gave you a couple of slices of complimentary cheesecake but now it's a $5.00 add-on.

 

The petals and champagne flutes with Hershey kisses, rubber duckies, and bath bomb were a surprise from Buffy's park dog friends parents. https://www.anniversaryinn.com/logan/room/5-hollywood-romance-theater-

I had a crazy idea to dress up for each of the rooms-a rich robe and fake rose made for a cute costume for the Hollywood Romance Room at Anniversary Inn in Logan, UT.  

Sunday Randomness #214: Game Box Shield

How to protect yourself from flying pieces of popped popcorn during a lively game of Life.

2013 Summer Movies: #12 Independence Day

We've got to have a couple of popcorn, solely for entertainment, not really emotionally tense, or mind-bending flicks for the summer and here's one from 1996. Independence Day rated PG-13 for sci-fi destruction and violence.  There's a bunch of well-known names like Will Smith, Jeff Goldblum, Bill Pullman, Adam Baldwin, and Brent Spiner just to name a few of the actors in this big budget summer blockbuster.  We thought it was suitably entertaining. And, I appreciated the nod to the old technology of morse code.   You can even get a morse code app for $.99 at: https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/morse-it/id284942940?mt=8

Popcorn Balls and Yahtzee

For Family Home Evening we had popcorn balls for our treat and played yahtzee for our game with a lesson , song and prayers included. The kids obviously need to get a little more practice in before our games of yahtzee will move along quickly. I grew up playing at my grandparents and some of the games got rather exciting. But our kids were a little bored since they haven't mastered the different scoring possibilities like if you should go for a full house or a large straight or try to get the 63 points necessary to get the bonus 35 points on the upper section. Sigh. Well on to the treat which was chewy and yummy-but watch out for dental damage. This site is not responsible for any health issues which may arise due to following any recipe or suggestion on this site.

Here's the recipe for the popcorn balls:

Popcorn Balls
1c. corn syrup
3 c. brown sugar
1/2 c. butter
1 (14 oz) can sweetened condensed milk
1 tbsp. vanilla
6 quarts popped corn

Combine syrup, sugar and butter and bring to a boil. Add condensed milk and boil for 5 minutes, stirring constantly. Remove from heat and add vanilla. Pour hot syrup over popcorn and mix well with spoon. Allow mixture to cool somewhat and then grease hands and make balls out of mixture and place on parchment or waxed paper to cool. Reshape into balls if they start falling apart. Store in a covered container once they are cool and set.