When I land in RIC this afternoon, I will have been in 3 states and 3 timezones in 24-hours.
SD was a great time, and I can’t wait to post photos and recount the weekend - but that prolly won’t happen until next weekend. This week is gonna be a busy one getting the house packed and moved, and I won’t have a reliable internet connection.
At any rate, Boom did a great job, as did Kandy A. And it was awesome seeing Team Sea Lion all together again!
Beaver Creek! Woot woot!
4 FULL days of skiing - we’ll be in line for the high-speed quad before 830am and be taking the last lift up at 4pm for our final ride down, everyday (even if Boom want to go in earlier).
And the weather here is great! Sunny, but cold, and they’ve gotten a lot of snow. YAYYYYYYY! And it may snow Sunday and Monday, so that would be great!
May not have much time to post, with so much skiing and apres ski activities to partake in 
For some reason, I have had a bee in my bonnet to make biscotti. I like the biscotti you can get at Starbucks, but it seems a little decadent to me, so I wanted to try making some of my own (I made some a few years back and they were tasty, from what I remember) - just something simple and not too sweet (def no chocolate - as chocolate is best in cookies!).
I used the recipe from “How to Cook Everything” (a cookbook that has come in quite handy - and Boom’s mom gave it to me!) - not many ingredients and very simple, especially with the help of my pink stand mixer!
Here are my two biscotti logs baking in the oven.
Out of the oven (for the first time) and cooling.
After the log cools enough, cut it into biscotti looking portions. Then into the oven to bake again (hence their delicious crunchiness that stands up to dunking!).
The finished products. These are almond biscottis. Unfortunately, they do not really taste like anything. I checked to see if I left out a spice or any ingredient. I didn’t and they blow. So I have found a new recipe on Martha Stewart that I will try tomorrow.
Here is a shot of my french mani and pedi:
and a solo for the more offensive french pedi:
I am the thros of Al’s wedding this weekend. But had to put up a quick post (photos to come…) - Al wanted us all to get French mani and pedis. That is fine, even though I hate French manis and pedis (but esp French on the toes, so weird). And my last mani was 4.5 years ago for MY wedding! Anyway, I got my French mani and pedi yesterday with Marm. I didn’t think it looked so good, but all the other bridesmaids LOVED my nails last night at the rehersal and rehersal dinner. Then, the post-rehersal dinner party was at Billy Bobs (World’s Largest Honkey Tonk) and, after a few drinks, Boom and I wandered into the gift store. We got a few items and brought them up to the counter…
The lady working behind the counter was very nice - she exclaimed how pretty I looked in my dress and then gasped as she spied my nails.
“Are those your real nails and you just got a French manicure?!”
“Um, yes, these are my real nails. My friend the bride wanted all of us to have French manicures…”
“I would do that if my real nails would look as good as yours! But I have to have acrylic nails… I LOVE your nails! They are so beautiful!”
Ha - welcome to Texas!
I have been thinking about doing this for a while - posting up my fav txts of the week. One week, Boom was traveling (surprise, surprise) and he sent me a txt that read something like this:
U cute. Wear pony tonight.
And I nearly started crying. B/c it just shows how much he loves me - doesn’t want me to have to deal with my hair as he claims up in a pony is his fav style anyway.
So, I will try, every time before I delete my full inbox, to pick a few txts that deserve some mention…
This week’s winners:
wassup crazee t? - by Yarbs; this one made me laugh, as it was rather out of character for her…
I read blog. Still get sick to my stomach when I think about the game. - Boom (of course); poor guy…
You throw a mean mardi gras party. - Boom; very nice of him to say; and he was hungover the next day!
Cubby’s grandmother passed away last night. I feel so sad and horrible for her. She is headed back to Texas now.
It is such a hard thing, to know how to deal with loss. All I know to do is to call (left her a msg) and txt (since that is our main method of communication) and send flowers to her parent’s home. I know her gma wasn’t doing well, but it is always difficult, no matter what the circumstance.
Cubby is such a great person, great friend - both Boom and I heart her a ton. Hopefully she knows that and knows that we are here for her (sounds so… generic, but it is true). I guess she gets back on Thurs, which is unfort, as we are leaving Thurs for TX…
From my camera:
The ladies
Quattro showing off his strength!
Cool photo! Jules looks thrilled
My friend / ex-coworker who turned me onto the world of blogs, Tuck, sent me a link about making money off blogs. I am close, only need a mere 1,996 more readers!!!! But it is cool to know that peeps do make mola off just writing about their stupid, boring lives (Dooce, one of my fav blogs and one of the most well read blogs around, had that on her masthead). Too bad my blog is neither well written nor interesting…
We had another BTE this Saturday - R. Knapp’s 19th Annual Christmas party benefiting SCAN. Boomboom and I were one of the many “hosts” (which means we paid some mola, and got a bunch of invitation to give out). After last years’ party, my friends and I had low (and I mean just hovering about ground level) expectations. Last year the band wasn’t so good, it was VERY crowded, and we arrived way too sober.
I was worried earlier this week when friends and strangers (literally, someone I do not know) were emailing me for more invitations. So the way the event works is you are supposed to have an invitation to get in, and pay $35 as a donation to SCAN. So I was happy to give out more invitations, but it also worried me as I was scared of what the throngs would be like at the event.
I decided that a few couples should get together for dindin - so it started out as 4 couples. Then I mentioned it to some of my girl friends, and the group grew to 12. Then mentioned it to a buddy of Boombooms - 13. Then invited another couple - 15. Then that couple wanted to bring a couple - 17! About 2 hours before dinner on Sat, another friend called and wanted to join in all the fun - I told her to call the restaurant. Evidently we were at capacity!
Dinner was fun - I was feeling the warmth of the glass of red wine I had had a Cubby’s house (Boomboom, I, and the gals had met up before dinner to have a pre-dindin cocktail). The mojitos were yummy (thought Gretty mentioned today that they weren’t that “flavorful” and a bit “too soda-y”) and I do enjoy the taste of old Havana (pulled pork with red beans and rice). Unfort, we were in the smoking section and there was a vile cloud of cigar smoke (which caused one of our couple friends to move tables).
The actual party wasn’t too bad - the band was dance-able, and the crowd not as intense as we remembered last year. I think it was b/c we were only at the party from 1030pm - 1am, so not too too long. But there were a lot of peeps there, that is for sure! and some old peeps! It was actually great people watching.
When the party ended, one of our buddies, Big Trav (who, incidentally, was wearing leather pants with his tux shirt, vest and jacket - no tie), had the post party. We hung out there - TGIF ordered pizza at 2am. He told me it was going to take an hour for it to arrive. I told him to cancel the order - as there was no way there would be people still here at 3am!, but Boomboom told him to keep it (good job, Boom).
We went out to the “pool” house / room with disco ball (and no heat) once Court got her computer (with music! Big Trav’s Ipod was in his car, which was downtown) - and that was when the party got started! Court had all the crowd pleasers, and we were all game to dance and be silly! TGIF even built a fire in the fireplace, as you literally had to be less than 6 inches away from the space heater to feel any sort of warmth.
How surprised was I when TGIF appeared in the doorway with 4 pizzas! Woo hoo! We were all starved! so the pizza was delish… By this point, Boomboom was getting a wee bit tired - he had run 16 miles that morning, so his legs were not feeling great. I was still having a blast, so we boogied down for a little longer.
When Gretty started her interperative dance to MJ’s “Man in the Mirror”, Boomboom thought it time to go home. Likely also b/c it was 330am, and we were in Big Trav’s pool house jumping around - TIME TO GO!
I could barely believe we were still out at 330am - I can’t remember the last time I was out so late! and we had started at 630pm! Needless to say, I was tired all day today. We were basically slugs… oh well, it was cold and wet.
Sometimes life is hard, but I realize it is always much easier with the best hubby in the world (Boomboom) and really great friends (Gretty, Cubby and the crew).
Pictures to come!
