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Billy’s 30th Birthday – Go Big or Go Home!
April 20, 2011
I go through these phases where I love to write. Right now is not one of them. I mean, I still love to write, but I simply have no voice. No creativity. My fingertips are not moving faster than I can even think. I have nothing important, significant, thought provoking or interesting to share. Therefore, I suck.
I have this goal to have an awesome blog where people love to read my thoughts, leave comments and think I’m really awesome. Well, I’m not really awesome. I have nothing good to write about. I’ve hit a drought. Life has enveloped me. I’m tired. I’ve used up all my extra energy and creativity.
Where did it go? I think everything I had was used on my hubby’s 30th birthday party. See, I work in marketing and we do a lot of events. His birthday party was an event. No big strategy, corporate initiative or anything like that — but the logistics and stress was all there.
This is how it all went down:
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Kiss the Cook
November 23, 2010
Food has always been part of my life. My mom is an amazing cook, and so is my mother-in-law and my aunts. We’ve grown up trying new things and being adventurous eaters (for the most part). It’s hard to believe that when I was little, I was very picky. I didn’t eat salad dressing until I was 16!
Now that I have my own place, I love cooking for my husband, hosting pot lucks and trying new recipes. Here are a few of my most requested appetizers and dips. They were a hit!
Buffalo Chicken Dip
Package of cream cheese softened
Shredded rotisserie chicken breast – 1.5 breast
2/3 cup hot sauce
2/3 cup blue cheese dressing
Shredded cheddar
Spread cream cheese with a spoon on the bottom of an oven-safe or microwave-safe dish. Layer shredded chicken breast on top, add hot sauce and dressing. Top with shredded cheddar and bake or microwave until cheese is melted. Serve with tortilla chips.
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On the Cheap! Cute and Simple Valentine’s Ideas
February 10, 2010
Here are some ideas for showing your honey, your significant other or BFFs that you love them!
Cook in and stay in. Cook something new and decorate your dinner plates with fresh fruit slices. Serve fruit kabobs for dessert. Drizzle sauces — like gravies or chocolate sauce — in swirly designs.
Get crafty. Get a matted frame from Target, Walmart or any craft store. Insert a picture and write nice things on the matte. For example, places you’ve gone together, favorite memories or private jokes.
Make a gift basket that’s useful. I love when Billy wears Axe Dark Temptation Body Spray. I like when he shaves his face too. A toiletry “basket” with all of his favorite (and my favorite) stuff would be perfect!
Go somewhere. My favorite places are Grounds for Sculpture and the Mutter Museum — admission is really cheap! Oh yeah, the grease trucks at Rutgers University are yummy and fun too!
Act like kids together. Build an indoor fort and hang out underneath the covers.
Keep it simple. Order a pizza and watch your favorite movie and your honey’s favorite movie.
Get nostalgic. Gather all your old pictures, movie and concert tickets, matchbooks, etc. to make a memory box. You can also buy a shadow box at the craft store and add your memorabilia there.
Create a rainy-day fund. Give your honey a piggy bank and make plans for how you’ll spend the bank together when it’s full.
Laugh together. Try to get your hands on some old home movies. Yup, Billy has seen video of me at my 5th bday party, my First Communion and me in the Philippines wearing umbros and a Bartman tee-shirt.
Take a couple’s class together. Cooking? Yoga? Pottery? Do your research. There’s a lot out there! Even if it’s not something you would normally want to do — but your partner would — suck it up and do it!
Photo by weenee.
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- Got my lucky Giants sweatshirt on. Bill's wearing his lucky Alfred Hitchcock tee, brown zip up and Merrell sweatband.
- Whenever I'm super sore, I make my husband undress me. It's not sexy by any means.
- Enjoying Dim Sum with my husband. Giants SuperBowl tradition!
- Enjoyed my Crossfit workout with friends! Totally shin planted on box jumps and may have punctured an ovary, but it's all good! :)
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