I figured I would update about last night.
We all had a magnificant time. There was soooo much food - and all of it was sooo good.
We started at my neighbor's (Krisitin and Zach) house... She served this amazing drink... It was Gin and Vermouth with sprite, she put two cherries in it and a lemon on the side of the glass. It was VERY refreshing, and you couldn't taste the alcohol at all. She served "Bull Bites" - which were some sort of beef serloin tips that she had been marinating for several days, and cooked in the crock pot until they were tender. She had horseradish on the side. The also made home made onion strings. Everything was delicious.
Then we moved to my house. When I was at the liquor store and checking out, there were these airplane sized bottles of CAKE flavored vodka, and the guy said they were really good - you serve them with gingerale. So, I got 2 mini bottles for us to try. And we all agreed - it tasted JUST like yellow cake. Then I also had the vanilla vodka with Rootbeer... I forgot to get icecream - so we just had it like that. Everyone loved them. Then I served the Reuben dip, the "build your own chicken nachos" and the sausage/cream cheese wontons... Those were gone almost instantly.
We decided to skip Shanna's house, because she has 4 kids and she had an in-house babysitter. So, we stopped at her house to grab her crock pots and bring them to Melanie's.
So, Shanna's contribution was home made chicken tortellini with alfredo sauce - NUM!
Melanie had made home made mango salsa (TDF!) with cilantro (my ultimate favorite), and then she had made regular salsa too... Delicious. Her husband made "sausage dip" which looked and tasted very similar to the stuffing that went in my won ton wrappers - but there were tomatoes in it too - and probably some other things. Again delicious. Melanie served Margaritas, but I had carried the remainder of my rootbeer float down to her house with me, and by then, I was DONE.
Shortly after, Zach walked me home... Josh came a short time later - by the time he got here, I was out cold upstairs.
I will have to say, when I walked in the house last night, all my crock pots were still going - and I just looked at them and groaned and went to bed. I knew they would be a huge mess in the morning that I would have to scrub for days - but I just wanted to go to bed, so I left them.
When I got up this morning, all of the food was put away and the crock pots were washed and drying in the sink. My SWEET Josh cleaned them up last night before he came to bed... What an awesome guy!
We all had a great time - I think. My only issue was that I go to bed so darn early... So, I was ready to go home early in the night. I have no idea how late everyone else stayed out. But we all get along really well and enjoy eachother's company - not all the time - but we do have fun.
Now, I need to get to work in my sewing room... I didn't get up there for even one second yesterday, because I had to wash and dry that orange fabric - and by the time that was done, I need to start making food. So, I will be spending a good portion of today trying to catch up - again.
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That is just scary.... how do they do that without burning the shirt?
Oh well - it's not that bad, it's not like I made the whole thing - it's only a couple of pieces that I need to do.
I like to keep everyone in suspense!
I'm armed with coupons though! So I feel your pain with haing to go fabric shopping as well. I also feel your pain with feeling like you are behind on things even if you are not.
will wait !
but we'll deal) online it looks the most like V, but I am wondering if when we get it it will be a REAL red. Does anyone have a My American Girl doll with red hair? Does it look the same as on the AG website? 
She loved it so much, becuase it was so light and refreshing. Now, I want to go to Norway (and Germany, Switzerland, The Netherlands - again, France... The list is endless). 
