thanksgiving day menu

BREAKFAST
Toast

Selection of Cheeses

Coffee

LUNCH SPREAD
Mozzarella rolled with prosciutto and basil
Gourmet hot dog pigs in a blanket
Brie
Crostini with pesto and ages Parmesan
Selection of salamis
Hot croissant ham and cheese sangwiches
Mixed olives
Peperoncinis
Beer

MID AFTERNOON SNACK
Aged english cheddar
Toasted flat bread crackers
Stuffed mushrooms
Wine, beers, and mixed coctails

DINNER
Grilled Turkey
Orange Cranberry Sauce
A selection of Sesame, poppy seed, and salt crispy bread sticks
Cranberry Stuffing
Poblano pepper cornbread
Gravy
Selection of roasted vegetables
Balsamic Green beans
Wine and some more wine then some more wine

DESERT
Pumpkin Pie
Hazelnut Chocolate Pie
Both served with Vanilla Bean Whipped Cream
Peach Champagne (WOOOOO)
and homemade limoncello

Positive

unofficial alternate.

yippie for TRUE AUTUMN WEATHER!!

is Washington bound in a few days!
So excited to be back in weather where people aren't decked out in skiing gear once the thermometer hits 60!!

parent teacher conferences.

today was HECTIC at work... the kids have half days of school monday through wednesday this week and then no school thursday and friday for parent teacher conferences and then fall break so we're offering extended CARE hours and all day CARE on thursday friday, not so lovely for my sanity but oh so lovely for my bank account!
anyway today the kiddos we're going INSANE and i was trying to figure out an activity to do with them to keep them entertained.... and that activity turned out to be fully body outlining (remember when you would lie down on butcher paper and your teacher would trace your body and you got to color it in and stuff) anyway it started out with 5 kids... ok i could handle tracing 5 kids, then it turned into 20. Seriously tracing 20 kids.... and keeping an eye on the non tracers who decide that its super fun to run around with sissors telling other kids to "come look at MINE!!"
oh. man.
then when i was at the preschool with audrey (the special needs girl that i'm there to support) she decides that she wants to play the game that she plays with her dad (where she hits him on the head and he falls on the floor in fake pain) with me.... oh no ma'am that game does not fly with me so when she didn't like the result of me not falling just signing stop she decided that pinching would be the best way to achieve the fall on the floor in fake aganoy, seriously mom time to trim the girls nails.... i have bruises from this tiny little twirp who just learned how to walk on her own.

anyway the day is over and in two weeks from friday i will have a wonderfully large paycheck to put towards the seattle trip. POSTIVE THINKING.

love.

all the things that i miss dearly in this season named fall

changing leaves,
the crunch crunch crunch sound when you walk
scarves and sweatshirts
bundling
soups
apple cider (both hot and cold)

pumpkins
boots
gathering in living rooms watching new seasons of favorite shows
apple cranberry bread
the clear crisp cold air
new classes school supplies etc (I'm sure i will not be missing this one as time goes on)

one week (plus a day) anniversary

As of today it is officially a week and a day since i made the drive down to mi casa arizona. And as a memory of this anniversary here are some pictures that were taken on the last few nights in belli and the drive down.

































As of today it is officially a week and a day since i made the drive down to mi casa arizona. And as a memory of this anniversary here are some pictures that were taken on the last night in belli and the drive down.

watching batman is the same as

avoiding packing and cleaning, and all things related to departing this wonderful wonderful place I've come to call home over the past 4 years. I really do need to get started. Maybe if I had a really cool suitcase I'd have more incentive to put things in it.




Instead I'm sitting on the couch rewriting the words to 'leavin' on a jet plane' with claire and sara
"None of my bags are packed
I'm not ready to go
I'm sitting here- on our living room floor
I'd hate to get up- and bid this place goodbye
But the job market sucks
and its cocktail time..."
Then it got sucky so we stopped until we got to the part where it goes...
"So kiss me and smile for me
Tell me that you'll wait for me
Hold me like you'll never let me go
cause Im leavin' in a ford escape
I know Ill be back again"
Then we got weepy and had to stop and started watching our batman marathon again.