Just a little blurb that we're hosting a little dinner party at our house next Saturday night. I want Marshall to meet some of the friends I made over the summer, and their significant others, so while we're having a vegetarian potluck, we'll play Apples to Apples and probably Cranium too. :)
This means my house will be clean by 5pm next Saturday, hehehehe. I think today I will put up my fall decorations too.
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Saturday, September 22, 2012
Wednesday, February 15, 2012
Fondue Fever
Sunday the 12th was my February Fondue Fiesta that I was hosting at my house for my girlfriends from work and Meetup. Of the 9 ladies who RSVP'd, 2 showed up on time, and 1 had told me she was coming late because she had a previous commitment that was going to interfere. 2 other girls later told me about their unforeseen circumstances on their absence, and I understood, moreover, I really appreciated them letting me know that they just didn't blow me off.
I prepared enough fondue for 12 people although I only cooked up enough for us 4 who got to enjoy it. I'm able to use all the left overs, but now I have 4 milk chocolate bars in my baking cabinet that I need to make sure I do not tap in to out of boredom or cravings.
I was envisioning a vibrant party with lots of laughter, conversation, delicious food and wine. I was sad it didn't turn out that way even though my three guests all said they had a good time. I think I'm going to take a break from party planning for a while.
I prepared enough fondue for 12 people although I only cooked up enough for us 4 who got to enjoy it. I'm able to use all the left overs, but now I have 4 milk chocolate bars in my baking cabinet that I need to make sure I do not tap in to out of boredom or cravings.
I was envisioning a vibrant party with lots of laughter, conversation, delicious food and wine. I was sad it didn't turn out that way even though my three guests all said they had a good time. I think I'm going to take a break from party planning for a while.
Sunday, January 29, 2012
Doggy Trivia Party
*Puppy chow (recipe from Pinterest)
*Dog themed rice crispy treats
*Black bean-corn salsa with Tostitos Scoops chips
*Pumpkin whip (recipe from Pinterest) with cinnamon Teddy Grahams
*Veggie tray (not pictured)
*Cranberry-Apple-Pomegranite Sprite mixed drink
I had met three of the six girls who came over at previous meetups. Incase anyone isn't familiar with meetup.com, it's a website where one can join or create a social group with a specific interest. The group that I'm a part of is called Girls Just Wanna Have Fun, and it's for ladies in Austin who are looking to meet new girlfriends. Most of us are transplants to this great city, are out of college, and work full time. Our group does all the work for you by bringing women who are looking for friends, looking to bond with others, and go have fun.
I joined this group back in July after visiting my best friend in North Carolina. She's a Marine wife and an elementary school teacher. Her friends are all teachers and Marine wives too. They are always meeting up to go to the gym, go out to dinner, have parties together, send over husbands to do husbands' work while one is deployed, that sort of thing. I had been feeling very lonely in Austin because I didn't know how to find the social circles to meet other girls who were also looking to make friends. Somehow I came across meetup.com when I came home from vacation, and my social life took off!
Back on track now, everyone chatted and shared about themselves. Turns out three of the girls were from Wisconsin. We shared stories about our current dogs or what dogs we had growing up. We started the trivia game, which I did in a powerpoint presentation on my laptop. The winner got a bottle of wine with a labrador on it.Trivia ended at 10pm, and we went to Midnight Rodeo, a club about 15 minutes away. Some girls had been there a long time ago, but we were all really curious to see what it was about. So, we were a group of 7 girls with no guys around us; if that doesn't scream, "We're here to dance!" I don' know what does. We were disappointed they did not have a mechanical bull. The country music was pretty good, and they threw in about three rap songs like Gold Digger and such about once a hour.
They had one song where it was Ladies' Choice. Ladies could choose any guy they wanted to dance with and the guy couldn't so no. I asked one of the single girls with us who she wanted, and she pointed to a tall guy with a baseball cap. I took her by the arm, went over to the guy and said, "Hi, meet Kristy. She wants to dance with you, and you can't say no." Then I left to go back to the rest of the girls, hehehehe. Turns out his name was Daniel, and he couldn't dance, which is why he was standing towards the back. It was fun to watch them out there. I definitely would do anything to convince Marshall to learn to country dance while wearing his cowboy hat. *swoon
PS. With Marshall's car still torn apart in the garage, we can't move it to pull down the ladder to the attic. Thus, we STILL have our Christmas decorations up.
Wednesday, January 4, 2012
Fondue Party!
I'm hosting a February Fondue Party at my house next month! I'm so excited, and I have a lot to plan. It's going to be so awesome!! We'll have at least 2 cheese fondue stations and 2 chocolate fondue stations. So delicious!!
Friday, September 2, 2011
Song Stuck in My Head
"Wake Me Up When September Ends"
August flew by way to fast, but September is going to come and go at lightning speed because we have so much going on this month. I'm not even close to being ready for October or Halloween yet--help!
Monday the 29th I went to a Girl Scout council meeting for Oak Hill, a suburb of sorts in WSW Austin. I've volunteered to organize the Holiday Bazaar in December. Troops sign up to make crafts to sell at the event, which are bought by other girls and their families to use as Christmas gifts. I love crafts (and Christmas) so I decided to take on the challenge. Plus, I have a few months to get organized. Right now I'm scanning pinterest.com for craft ideas to share with the troop leaders and their girls.
Tuesday the 30th was a special day for Marshall and me. I'm officially a toddler wife (inside story). I got home from work to find a very sleepy hubby on the couch. He took a nap while I talked to my grandmother on the phone for 1.5 hours or so. It was her 88th birthday! Longevity definitely runs in her side of the family. She's doing amazing, and I'm so glad I got to talk to her. At 6:30 I jolted Marshall out of bed because we had to be at the massage place at 6:45. We were about 10 minutes late, but they didn't mind. While he was way becoming noodlefied, I went to Kohl's to look at clothes. I found a pair of jeans that fit me, and not only that, I'll still be able to wear them as a go down a size or two by the end of the year. They gave me a huge self-confidence boost! I picked up Mars and we had dinner nearby at a new (for us) Chinese buffet. I had sushi and edamame, which made me happy. We actually got the same fortune, and it fit Marshall perfectly. We had a good laugh.
Wednesday the 31st was a long day at work--8:00am to 6:30pm. It was the last day of the month and we were trying to squeeze every last dollar out of the facility as possible. I stayed late because I was waiting on a $45K purchase order, which was going to be a nice cushion for the day. It was worth it because the extra hours helped me leave a little early from work today. :) We had veggie tacos with pepper jack cheese, sour cream, bell peppers, onions, avocados, spinach and tomatoes on whole wheat tortillas. We liked it so much we're doing it again tonight, lol.
Thursday the 1st was really fun. We had a dinner date with some of my new friends, and two other ladies brought their men along; Marshall got along well with both of them, but I didn't doubt he would. We went to Milano's Cafe, which we had never been to before. Excellent, excellent Italian food. The place was BYOB, and we brought wine. We had 10 people total and it was so much fun just talking, sharing stories, and getting to know new people. I told everyone that I wanted to have a Halloween party at my house the last Saturday night in October, and now everyone is really excited. Time to get some tips and ideas from the Halloween Queen, my mother-in-law!
Friday the 2nd--the start of the long weekend that officially closes chapter Summer 2011. Time for the heat to break and let the rain wash the spiders away!! Tonight is going to be low key for us because this weekend we are going to Cypress to visit with Marshall's parents. It's going to be a great weekend because wine and cards are going to be involved. :D
Stay safe everyone!
August flew by way to fast, but September is going to come and go at lightning speed because we have so much going on this month. I'm not even close to being ready for October or Halloween yet--help!
Monday the 29th I went to a Girl Scout council meeting for Oak Hill, a suburb of sorts in WSW Austin. I've volunteered to organize the Holiday Bazaar in December. Troops sign up to make crafts to sell at the event, which are bought by other girls and their families to use as Christmas gifts. I love crafts (and Christmas) so I decided to take on the challenge. Plus, I have a few months to get organized. Right now I'm scanning pinterest.com for craft ideas to share with the troop leaders and their girls.
Tuesday the 30th was a special day for Marshall and me. I'm officially a toddler wife (inside story). I got home from work to find a very sleepy hubby on the couch. He took a nap while I talked to my grandmother on the phone for 1.5 hours or so. It was her 88th birthday! Longevity definitely runs in her side of the family. She's doing amazing, and I'm so glad I got to talk to her. At 6:30 I jolted Marshall out of bed because we had to be at the massage place at 6:45. We were about 10 minutes late, but they didn't mind. While he was way becoming noodlefied, I went to Kohl's to look at clothes. I found a pair of jeans that fit me, and not only that, I'll still be able to wear them as a go down a size or two by the end of the year. They gave me a huge self-confidence boost! I picked up Mars and we had dinner nearby at a new (for us) Chinese buffet. I had sushi and edamame, which made me happy. We actually got the same fortune, and it fit Marshall perfectly. We had a good laugh.
Wednesday the 31st was a long day at work--8:00am to 6:30pm. It was the last day of the month and we were trying to squeeze every last dollar out of the facility as possible. I stayed late because I was waiting on a $45K purchase order, which was going to be a nice cushion for the day. It was worth it because the extra hours helped me leave a little early from work today. :) We had veggie tacos with pepper jack cheese, sour cream, bell peppers, onions, avocados, spinach and tomatoes on whole wheat tortillas. We liked it so much we're doing it again tonight, lol.
Thursday the 1st was really fun. We had a dinner date with some of my new friends, and two other ladies brought their men along; Marshall got along well with both of them, but I didn't doubt he would. We went to Milano's Cafe, which we had never been to before. Excellent, excellent Italian food. The place was BYOB, and we brought wine. We had 10 people total and it was so much fun just talking, sharing stories, and getting to know new people. I told everyone that I wanted to have a Halloween party at my house the last Saturday night in October, and now everyone is really excited. Time to get some tips and ideas from the Halloween Queen, my mother-in-law!
Friday the 2nd--the start of the long weekend that officially closes chapter Summer 2011. Time for the heat to break and let the rain wash the spiders away!! Tonight is going to be low key for us because this weekend we are going to Cypress to visit with Marshall's parents. It's going to be a great weekend because wine and cards are going to be involved. :D
Stay safe everyone!
Sunday, January 30, 2011
Vacation Ideas
We have some vacation ideas that we'd like to see through before we start expanding our family in 2013. Marshall's school schedule gives us limited windows so he doesn't have to miss classes. Here is what's on the table:
2011
*Trip in mid-August to Salem, Oregon to see my parents, youngest sister, Sherri and our nephew Kyan. My brother Matt will make it if he can.
*Trip to the Int'l Balloon Festival in New Mexico during the first weekend in October. We'd travel mostly by train.
2012
*Trip to Washington, DC for at least 4 days.
*Trip to Marshall's family cabin in NW Wyoming.
2013
*Trip for youngest sister Rachael's graduation party.
*Trip for youngest brother Eric's graduation party.
*Trip to northern Europe in June/July to celebrate Marshall's college graduation.
20??
*Trip to North Dakota.
*Alaskan Cruise out of Seattle.
We know a Europe trip would be fairly expensive, and as much as we'd like to go while it would be just the two of us, I'm wondering if it is a good idea to spend all that money as we TTC. I really want to see Denmark; Marshall wants Germany; and we'd like to see Stockholm too.
2013 sounds so far away to be planning trips, but considering that we have two graduations to fly/drive to within a few weeks of each other that year, we really do need to start thinking of some options. We'd like to take a "hurray, Marshall's finally out of school" trip before he would start a full time job (if that's the path he takes). If his business takes off and is earning enough income, well, maybe we wouldn't have to take it right then. *shrug This is what happens when you're a planner by nature.
2011
*Trip in mid-August to Salem, Oregon to see my parents, youngest sister, Sherri and our nephew Kyan. My brother Matt will make it if he can.
*Trip to the Int'l Balloon Festival in New Mexico during the first weekend in October. We'd travel mostly by train.
2012
*Trip to Washington, DC for at least 4 days.
*Trip to Marshall's family cabin in NW Wyoming.
2013
*Trip for youngest sister Rachael's graduation party.
*Trip for youngest brother Eric's graduation party.
*Trip to northern Europe in June/July to celebrate Marshall's college graduation.
20??
*Trip to North Dakota.
*Alaskan Cruise out of Seattle.
We know a Europe trip would be fairly expensive, and as much as we'd like to go while it would be just the two of us, I'm wondering if it is a good idea to spend all that money as we TTC. I really want to see Denmark; Marshall wants Germany; and we'd like to see Stockholm too.
2013 sounds so far away to be planning trips, but considering that we have two graduations to fly/drive to within a few weeks of each other that year, we really do need to start thinking of some options. We'd like to take a "hurray, Marshall's finally out of school" trip before he would start a full time job (if that's the path he takes). If his business takes off and is earning enough income, well, maybe we wouldn't have to take it right then. *shrug This is what happens when you're a planner by nature.
Sunday, June 20, 2010
Day after the bbq
I once heard from some source that we tend to have dozens of online friends, yet do not know our neighbors. I found that message to be very powerful, and I told myself that when we have a really neighborhood, I am going to get to know the neighbors.
Last night I organized a bbq for the few neighbors/families we've chatted with or know of. Marshall gives me all the credit, but he was a huge help and was very supportive with my wish. We had shrimp and chicken kabobs, chicken wings, chips with both salsa and queso (<--both were super delicious), deviled egg salad, pasta salad, watermelon, hot dogs, beer, martinis and a sinful dessert from Ludy that we've all dubbed "4 sugar" dessert because it's ingredients are um, quite sugary.
We had 10 kids plus a little baby and 9 adults come over. Everyone got along really well, which pleases me greatly because I like down-to-earth people. Everyone now has each other's contact information, so we can plan the next shin-dig or girls' night or guys' night. By the end of the summer, I'd like to see a party happen that includes the 20 houses or so on our section of the street. Wouldn't that be fun?
Last night I organized a bbq for the few neighbors/families we've chatted with or know of. Marshall gives me all the credit, but he was a huge help and was very supportive with my wish. We had shrimp and chicken kabobs, chicken wings, chips with both salsa and queso (<--both were super delicious), deviled egg salad, pasta salad, watermelon, hot dogs, beer, martinis and a sinful dessert from Ludy that we've all dubbed "4 sugar" dessert because it's ingredients are um, quite sugary.
We had 10 kids plus a little baby and 9 adults come over. Everyone got along really well, which pleases me greatly because I like down-to-earth people. Everyone now has each other's contact information, so we can plan the next shin-dig or girls' night or guys' night. By the end of the summer, I'd like to see a party happen that includes the 20 houses or so on our section of the street. Wouldn't that be fun?
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