Weekend Recap

Friday: BD made homemade pizza for supper. Walked with Kip and looked at Christmas lights in neighborhood. Watched several episodes of Nip/Tuck season 5 part 2 from Netflix.

Saturday: Slept in. Weather rainy and cold. Watched Carolina basketball lose to Kentucky 68-66. (gulp.) Managed to recover from that enough to go out to Bali Hai and run some Christmas errands. LA made caramels; BD watched UFC fight.

Sunday: Slept in. LA met girlfriends for lunch. BD walked with Kip, watched UNC women win 2009 NCAA soccer tournament, and did laundry. BD made taco soup for supper. LA worked on last final school project (due Wednesday); BD watched Sunday night football.

Flashback Friday

LA & BD, April 2000

We were dressed up for Casino Night at La Tech. This was a school-wide event held every spring in the student center. It was kind of like the college version of prom. There were all kinds of casino games to play. I think you won tickets or tokens or something that could be exchanged for prizes, and there was also food and dancing. I think it was probably a fund raiser for one of the campus organizations, but I'm not sure which one. I wonder if they still do this every year?

Fall 2009

We've had an unseasonably warm fall this year, so we didn't get the brilliant fall foliage that we've had in years past. I managed to get a few shots of the one remaining plant with fall colors in our yard.

Monarchs

The cupcake decorating bug has struck again! This time I went with something a bit more difficult.


I made the butterfly wings out of dark and white (tinted orange) melting chocolates. The antennae were dark chocolate. The book provided templates for the shape of the wings and antennae.

The wings set up in the fridge in about 5 minutes, and then I put them on top of chocolate cupcakes with vanilla (tinted yellow) frosting. Chocolate frosting made the body of the butterfly.

Holiday Weekend Recap

The nice thing about Thanksgiving break is that it is generally a low-stress holiday. It was just the two of us this year, so we didn't do the traditional turkey-dressing-pumpkin-pie route. We did homemade tacos, refried beans, and salsa instead. (Feliz Thanksgiving?) We ate and watched movies/football for most of the day on Thursday and Friday.

The not-so-nice thing about Thanksgiving break is that it is right at the end of the fall semester, so I have two final projects due next week. On Saturday and Sunday I mostly did this

while BD did this

Sunday Stitches: Part 1 of X

I've started a new cross stitch project.


Oh, really? You can't tell what it is? Hmmmm...I guess you'll just have to stay tuned until next week! I know, I know -- this blog just keeps you on the edge of your seat!

Carolina Basketball - 600th Win

Tonight we celebrate Coach Roy's 600th career win with an 80-73 victory over Nevada.





Congratulations, CRoy!