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Friday, January 29, 2010

Look at this kid! Is there anything better than a birthday sundae? Apprently not.

I don't enjoy remembering her entry into this world and the scare with her and her mom, but I like to think about the day she went home looking like an alien in a car seat.

Happy Birthday Lauren, you four year old you.

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Saturday, January 23, 2010

We are all happy to have Shruti back from India and also excited to celebrate Anaya's first birthday.

She did a pretty good job at being a birthday girl with jet lag.

I was also excited to use my new kitty apron my mom got me for Christmas. I made hot pepper jam and brie panini for lunch.

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Saturday, January 09, 2010

One of the things I was looking forward to doing in Vegas was seeing my friend Peggy and her husband Walt. They took Aaron, Aprille and I to a restaurant called Hash House A Go Go. It is described as "Farm food with a twist". It was crazy. We couldn't believe the amazing combinations, huge portions and elaborate presentation. I had the best time!

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Saturday, September 26, 2009

HoneyCrisp apples are finally ready for picking and Aaron's birthday is this week so I planned an Apple Picking/Aaron Bday party.

I even made buttons as party favors.

We are all big fans of HoneyCrsip apples.

Even the littlest one.

I think apple picking is one of the best fall activities.

Instead of a birthday cake I made Aaron a birthday apple crisp.

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Wednesday, September 23, 2009

Yup, so I'm in San Jose.

It's pretty cute here.

What? They don't grow like that?

I was pretty excited about coming here because I was meeting some nearby friends I met through blogging for dinner. Fourth Breakfast, Lady M, Karen (who we are trying to talk into starting a blog) and Auntie FaFa.

There are many reasons I love blogging but a big one is the friends I make. Some I have never met in person... HeyShanny and Sprittibee, and some I get to see occasionally like azure68. Either way blogging helps me stay in touch.

It's so cool to have people to meet up with when you are traveling solo.

Lady M gave me this little phone charm softie. He's a wasabi root. He is sharing my hotel room with me now. Heee.

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Saturday, August 01, 2009

Today we went to Park Ave. It's so great catching up with friends there. And eating food that is bad for you. : )

I also enjoyed stuffing dollars into the rescue greyhound's bib pockets. Better than strippers!

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Monday, July 13, 2009

Yesterday Shruti threw a party for Vishal's graduation.

It's always great to get together with friends.

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Saturday, January 24, 2009

Shruti and Vishal's little girl, Anaya, has arrived! Look at all that hair! She fell asleep when Aaron held her. I think babies like high altitudes.

Check out the look she's giving me. "You are soooo not my mom and you smell like oranges. Hand me back."

Welcome to the world lil' squirt. You're gonna have fun with this gang.

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Sunday, November 23, 2008

This year we decided to get our Christmas tree early so we headed out to find the perfect one.


Here is the tree we picked.

Tina, Lauren and Chuck picked one out too. Note that Chuck and Tina's puppy is larger and pinker than ours.

Heading home for some fondue.

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Sunday, November 16, 2008

Today is Tina's birthday and I threw a party for her at my house. Instead of a cake, I made birthday cupcakes.

I also made pink and black M&M favors.

It's not a party without party favors.

I used one of my sparkling, singing pop open flower birthday candles for the birthday girl to blow out.

Happy Birthday Tina!

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Saturday, November 15, 2008

Today was Shruti's baby shower and I was a co-host. I was in charge of decorations. The theme was autumn with the colors, orange, pink, lime green and brown.

I made sure there were lots of pumpkins and leaves.

I especially like the brown glitter pumpkins I found.

There was lots of cake eating and games like "guess the melted chocolate bar in the diaper"- type games. And judging by the gifts, Shruti's baby will be the best dressed little girl in town.

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Thursday, October 30, 2008

Last night was my Halloween sit down dinner party.

It took everyone awhile to actually sit down.

It was so good to enjoy a meal with everyone. I was gone so much this summer, fall has been a season for spending time with friends.

I was feeling brave and tried a new recipe for green chile enchiladas.

I also tried a recipe for mexican chocolate baked apples.

With the toasted marshmallows on top, Shruti said they looked more like baby bottoms. Maybe that is what they should be called.

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Sunday, October 26, 2008

Today we had sunny weather for my 10th Annual Pumpkin Picking Party. That's 10 years of pumpkin slaughtering.

Fun for the whole family.

Obligatory foot shot.

"Please don't leave me here"

Pumpkins were picked, carved and then consumed in the form of pie.

This year's crop of jack o'lanterns.

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Friday, April 25, 2008

I almost forgot to report back on the Friendship Bread. I really didn't know what to expect, but we baked it and it was DELICIOUS! Turns out it is a sweet bread... kind of like a coffee cake.

I took the starters to work to give out and everyone was suspicous until they tasted the bread. Joel and Shruti each got one. I had one for Tina or Aprille but another coworker tasted the bread and got it before they did.

That's okay, because contrary to what I previously stated... I kept one bag of starter for myself. So in ten days I will have more to give Tina and Aprille. It's that good. Soon we will all have gurgling bubbling bags slowly taking over our kitchens.

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Monday, April 14, 2008

When I was in high school, someone gave me a zip lock baggie of oozing friendship bread starter. The idea is you let the goo age for 10 days, add ingredients and then you bake it into a loaf of bread. The friendship part comes in when you separate a portion of that aged starter into other bags and give it to friends to make their own bread. And so on. And so forth.

I was obsessed with it. I kept making it. And it kept growing more. Soon we ran out of family members to give the bubbling bags of starter to, but I couldn't bring myself to throw them out. Throw out friendship?! There were gurgling, burping zip lock bags all over our kitchen and my mom finally had to throw them out bringing an end to my manaical bread production streak.

When I came home last week, this was on our kitchen counter. Ack! A coworker bequeathed Aaron with a gooey bag of friendship bread starter. We have begun the process of Day 1 - mush bag, Day 2 - mush bag, Day 3 - mush bag... etc.

This time I am giving away all the starter. I cannot allow our house to become a friendship bread breeding ground.

Tina, Shruti, Aprille and Joel. Prepare yourselves. In a few days you've got some friendship coming your way.

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Saturday, March 15, 2008

I watched the St. Patrick's Day parade downtown today with Tina and Lauren (who is quite the flag waver). Even my friend Tom showed up with his kids in the chilly afternoon. We were there to see this...

Lookee there. Aaron marching along. Yay Aaron!

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Friday, December 14, 2007

party

This evening we had a Holiday Cookies and Cocktails party. I pulled fresh baked chocolate chip, white chocolate chip and macadamia nut, peanut butter kiss and molasses cookies out of the oven all night.

party

I was pretty happy to wear my new apron during the party. Party pictures are on My Gallery.

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