This evening we celebrated Ryan’s 35th birthday. They made the roast and Yorkshire pudding and we made the creamed corn, green beans, and mashed potatoes. Vyl made an iceberg lettuce cobb salad and brought mochi/taro cake.
There was birthday apple crisp (compliments of Tracy) instead of cake and it was delicious.
We also watched A Charlie Brown Christmas with Jack spinning himself in circles by the end of the night. Good times…
Here are the rest of the photos.
I’ve had some photo referrals and inquiries from friends and co-workers lately and have felt kinda dumb not having anything to give them. So, I went online and ordered these really cute mini business cards with my contact info on one side and a snazzy photo taken by yours truly on the other. They arrived in the mail last Saturday and I was so happy to see them! They come packaged in a sturdy little box and I also got a card holder for free!
Michelle and Ryan threw their annual Holiday Pie Party this afternoon and once again I made an apple pie. They say I’ll never win with an apple pie but dog gonnit I’m going to keep trying! To switch it up a bit this year, I used a new recipe that involved adding fresh cranberries and topping it with a crumble. As an apple pie, I thought it was quite yummy with a little sweet, a little tart, and a little texture from the chopped pecans.
Here’s the mixture of two kinds of apple, cinnamon, brown sugar, lemon juice, and cranberries.
Here’s the pie right before it goes into the oven. Check out the little cubes of butter that I had to add to it!
After 30 mins, I added the crumble and baked it for another 45 minutes. With some final touches of my little cut-out stars, it’s done!
I also had some filling and crust leftover so I made some mini pies with just filling and crust on top. Aren’t they cute?!
Well, after everyone voted for their top three favorites and the points were tallied, a savory pie won again. Aw shucks!
Vyl (for the second year in a row) won with a bacon and egg quiche that was super tasty and totally deserved to win. Perhaps it was because she pulled the Bacon Card?! Next year I’m going to make a bacon and apple pie. That should win it!!
Here are the rest of the photos.
Back in October, when Eleen was putting together her list of vendors for her Modern Mouse shop, she offered me space in her store to sell my photos. I was initially excited but then dumbfounded by all the logisitics. What do I print? How much can I spend? How much do I charge? Well, I went out on a limb and chose four photos that would go together in a themed set and printed blank greeting cards.
Once they arrived, I was surprisingly pleased with the quality of the paper and how well the photos turned out. I then went to Kelly Paper for some clear plastic sleeves and printed some labels to give it a complete look. Ta Da!!
On Friday, I stopped by the store to drop off my first set of 40 cards. Eleen added them to her inventory and I helped put price tags on them. Yay! To make it official, she put them up on display and now they’re for sale!
Hopefully I’ll be able to come up with a cleaver name for my mini photo business and build a classy website this coming year. Until then, you can find my stuff at photosbynina.smugmug.com.
Can you tell that Koa’s super excited for Christmas?! Haha. Jes found the antlers today while he was digging around in some boxes.
This afternoon we went to the tree lot and picked out this cute little tree that will live in our home for the holiday season.
It was even small enough to fit in the backseat of the car!
The tree might be small but it was perfect for the corner table. With some lights and ornaments, it became the perfect Christmas tree for 2009. Yippee!!
To top off the weekend, I might just bust out the flour and do some baking. Michelle’s annual pie party is next weekend and I need to work on my pie crust.
On Friday, it was my intern’s last day and the past 12 weeks with her have been fun. We had some tough kids and she did a great job with them. She’s moving back to New Jersey on Monday so she wasn’t available to go out that evening.
But of course, the Rehab girls and I went out anyway. We took the super duper carpool lane on the bridge that afternoon and had a well-deserved Happy Hour in the city. What fun!
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