Man, it was another busy weekend. I thought life would slow down for at least one weekend before the holidays began but I was wrong.
The weekend began with what I thought would be a very low key night home alone. Roomie went out for a birthday dinner. I happily cleaned the bathroom and proceeded to enjoy a night with an empty house. I was very wrong about how my night would turn out.
I ended up going to AC's house, drank a tad too much red wine, had a dance party, then came home to find an inch of standing water on my bathroom floor!!! Luckily, I was smart enough to turn the water off to the toilet which was the root of the problem. Then it took my about 2 hours to clean up the mess. I finally crawled in bed about 3am- so much for my low key night!
My old greek man of a landlord sent his worker-guy to our house first thing Saturday morning. He had everything fixed in about 10 minutes. Thank goodness!!
This past weekend was also the chili cook off/engagement party. I'm proud to say that I won 3rd place in the cook off!! Go me! I cooked a white bean chicken chili. I was surprised how yummy it turned out. Sadly, there were no eligible men at the party so that was a bummer.
After the chili cook off/engagement party, a group of us headed over to AC's house again. This time for a couple games of cards. Once the cards came out, so did the hat box. I wish I had taken a picture, but everyone ended up in different hats- cowboy, genie, Darth Vader- ya know, the norms!
Alright, I'm off to dinner with the newlyweds, Mr. & Mrs. H. I was a bridesmaid in their October wedding and have not seen them since. Can't wait to catch up and enjoy a yummy dinner. The new Mrs. H is a very good cook :)
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Monday, November 22, 2010
Wednesday, November 17, 2010
Just a Normal Week
Tuesday night was Bunco night. This is another group of fabulous ladies that meets one Tuesday a month sans boyfriends, fiances, husbands, etc. for a night of dice, gossip and wine (usually lots of wine). This bunco night was not one of my better nights, sadly. I came in second to last place lol. Oh well, I had fun catching up with everyone and got a cute christmas ornament as a loser's prize. Thanks MRW for hosting!
I spent yesterday evening getting into the holiday spirit! A group of friends decided that we would adopt a family for Christmas. We did this project through the Junior League's Angel Tree project. Everyone met at my house for a wrapping party. We had 3 children and a parent in our family. It was so much fun shopping and wrapping all those gifts!
Since I was hosting the wrapping party, I thought it would be the perfect opportunity to test a new pie recipe before Thanksgiving. My awesome sister in law requested a chocolate pecan pie this year. We've never really done pecan pies in my family so there is no great grandma secret recipe to refer to. I knew I had seen one in my favorite party/cook book so I thought I'd give it a whirl.
I was nervous taking the pie out of the oven because it was pretty hard to tell when it was ready. I was scared it would turn to soup as soon as I sliced into it. However, I'm proud to say this pie was divine!!! It has the perfect sweet/salty mix. Just enough pecans to the rich chocolate. The only thing I would change about the recipe is that I will use a deep dish pie crust from now on.
Things never slow down around here. Tonight is dinner with Bella (my friend, not my cat). She and I studied abroad together in college in Italy. Every since then, Bella has been our nickname for each other. Friday will be spent back in the kitchen :) prepping for a chili cook off on Saturday. Roomie (KLM) and I (along with most of the people from the Supper Club/Angel Tree group) are going to an engagement celebration/chili cook off for MB + SH. I'm a tad apprehensive about this whole chili shindig but I'm trying to go with a positive attitude. No worries, I'll let you know how I survive the event or if I meet any eligible groomsmen! Eventhough I maybe a professional bridesmaid, I won't stop looking for my own Groom till I find him!
Okay, I believe I should get to work. Oh, just remembered Grey's Anatomy is on tonight- score!
See ya soon
I spent yesterday evening getting into the holiday spirit! A group of friends decided that we would adopt a family for Christmas. We did this project through the Junior League's Angel Tree project. Everyone met at my house for a wrapping party. We had 3 children and a parent in our family. It was so much fun shopping and wrapping all those gifts!
Since I was hosting the wrapping party, I thought it would be the perfect opportunity to test a new pie recipe before Thanksgiving. My awesome sister in law requested a chocolate pecan pie this year. We've never really done pecan pies in my family so there is no great grandma secret recipe to refer to. I knew I had seen one in my favorite party/cook book so I thought I'd give it a whirl.
I was nervous taking the pie out of the oven because it was pretty hard to tell when it was ready. I was scared it would turn to soup as soon as I sliced into it. However, I'm proud to say this pie was divine!!! It has the perfect sweet/salty mix. Just enough pecans to the rich chocolate. The only thing I would change about the recipe is that I will use a deep dish pie crust from now on.
Things never slow down around here. Tonight is dinner with Bella (my friend, not my cat). She and I studied abroad together in college in Italy. Every since then, Bella has been our nickname for each other. Friday will be spent back in the kitchen :) prepping for a chili cook off on Saturday. Roomie (KLM) and I (along with most of the people from the Supper Club/Angel Tree group) are going to an engagement celebration/chili cook off for MB + SH. I'm a tad apprehensive about this whole chili shindig but I'm trying to go with a positive attitude. No worries, I'll let you know how I survive the event or if I meet any eligible groomsmen! Eventhough I maybe a professional bridesmaid, I won't stop looking for my own Groom till I find him!
Okay, I believe I should get to work. Oh, just remembered Grey's Anatomy is on tonight- score!
See ya soon
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