My aunt Monica’s birthday was last weekend (Happy Birthday!!), and I would have wished her a happy birthday sooner, but I sent her a special present and I wanted to make sure she received my crafty creation before I blogged about it.
You have to be a special kind of person to appreciate the cross-stitch I made as a birthday present, but I’m confident that there are quite a few of you out there that will find the humor in it.
For the past two weeks, Mike and I have been super excited about planning a trip to Las Vegas in May with my parents and my sister and her boyfriend, but because of timing and money, it doesn’t look like we’ll be heading west anytime soon. So much for our second annual trip to Las Vegas!
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You know it’s going to be a good day when you can kick it off with Four Foods on Friday. You get to blog about food, visit two dozen other blog posts on food, and it’s the end of the work week!
1. What type of M&M is your favorite?
I think they were a special promotion for Pirates of the Caribbean, but the white chocolate M&Ms were to die for. I don’t eat chocolate very often, but when I do, it is M&Ms straight out of the microwave so that the shell is still crunchy and the inside is melted.
2. Peanut butter. Smooth, chunky, creamy. How do you like it?
Smooth! Chunky makes me think there’s something in my PB&J that shouldn’t be.
3. Do you usually drink out of glass, acrylic, Tupperware type or paper cups?
This is when everyone will realize that I truly am crazy, because specific liquids have to be placed in specific types of cups.
I will drink pop (fountain, canned, or bottled) and juice from a plastic or acrylic cup as long as it is oversized and inspected for cleanliness.
Please note that these are hot hard and fast rules. They may be amended or completely changed at any time for any reason.
4. Share a chicken recipe.
A client of ours makes orange blossom water, which I have never had, so we’ve been trying out recipes and this one was pretty good.
Orange Blossom Chicken with Rice - Serves 4-6
¼ cup olive oil
2 medium onions, thinly sliced
2 ½ pounds boneless, skinless chicken breasts, ½-inch cubes
2 teaspoons kosher salt
½ teaspoon cardamom
½ teaspoon cinnamon
½ teaspoon black pepper
Pinch of cloves
2 (14.5-ounce) cans tomatoes, medium dice
1 (15-ounce) can tomato sauce
1 cup shredded carrots
2 tablespoons chopped fresh parsley leaves
½ teaspoon Nielsen-Massey Orange Blossom Water
Heat olive oil in a large saucepan. Add onions and sauté over medium-high heat, until golden brown. Place chicken pieces in saucepan and cook until brown, about 6 minutes. Add seasonings, diced tomatoes, tomato sauce, carrots and parsley. Reduce heat to medium-low, cover, and simmer for 30 minutes. Before serving, add orange blossom water. Serve over rice.
I thought that celebrating the 50 gayest songs of all time was the perfect compliment to The Ultimate Blog Party! Because really…what’s a party without campy dance music?
10. Alicia Bridges - I Love The Nightlife
9. Madonna - Vogue
8. Olivia Newton-John - Xanadu
7. Kylie Minogue - Better The Devil You Know
6. Pet Shop Boys - Go West
5. Kylie Minogue - Your Disco Needs You
4. The Weathergirls - It’s Raining Men
3. Gloria Gaynor - I Will Survive
2. Village People - YMCA
1. ABBA - Dancing Queen
Now that the party has a soundtrack, take some time to poke around my blog, comment, learn a little about me, and enter my Easter Giveaway!
