Showing posts with label Friends. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Friends. Show all posts

Sunday, October 28, 2012

Judy Brought the Cold to Dallas

One of my dearest friends came to visit earlier this month – Judy.  She lives in Denver, where we met at Frontier Airlines Flight Attendant Orientation.  During one of our sessions she volunteered to drive me around to the different appointments we had.  We became fast friends and she and her family invited me to live with them during the five week flight attendant training.  She has remained one of my best friends ever since.  Every year for the past five years she has either visited me or I have gone to see her, except for the year we met at a resort in Mexico for her wedding. 

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It’s a tradition I love and look forward to every year. 

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When Judy was getting ready to come she asked me what she should pack.  I said, bring layers.  It’s really hot outside and really cold inside.  And, bring a swimsuit so we can lay out by the pool.  She looked up the weather and informed me that she didn’t really think she wanted to lay out since the high was only going to be in the 60’s.  WHAT?  I was shocked, but sure enough, on the day she arrived it was cold outside.  Since it had snowed the day before in Denver I totally blamed her for the cold.  As soon as I got her back to my house we spent four hours unpacking boxes looking for mine and Jason’s coats and winter clothes. 

It was awesome having her.  We watched the Sooners and the Broncos.  We saw Pitch Perfect and we went on a Dallas Cowboys Stadium tour.  It was definitely a weekend for the books.

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The following actually happened.  I am always so impressed at how Judy has fun no matter where she is or what she is doing.

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Can’t wait ‘til next year.

 

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Sunday, January 16, 2011

Happy New Year

This was our group’s second year to do a cocktail party for New Years.  My best friend drove down from Ponca City to go with us.  Her cousin was visiting from Illinois and was more than happy to babysit Mindy’s beautiful son Cash.  We had a great time.  I only drank the Champaign toast at the strike of midnight, but as you will see in pictures, I made sure everyone was ready for our toast. 

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Matt turned 30 on December 31.  So, we all sang Happy Birthday to him before the clock struck midnight.  Matt took a picture of us singing to him:Happy birthday Matt

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Jason’s Golden Birthday Celebration

This year was Jason’s Golden Birthday.  He turned 29 on December 29. 

Jason isn’t one who enjoys going all out for his birthday, but he did request strawberry cake.  I was more than happy to oblige.  My favorite homemade cake recipe is one that I created sometime around 2004.  I created it because I have always loved two of the three components in Angel Food Cake.  I love the sugar strawberries and the whipped cream.  I’m not so crazy for the sponge cake part.  So, I took a yellow cake mix, baked it, and prepared the strawberries by cutting them into small bite-sized pieces and covering them with sugar.  Once the cake had cooled and the strawberries had produced their syrup I poked holes throughout the cake and poured the liquid over it.  Once the liquid was drained I spread the strawberries over the cake.  I then took one small tub of Cool Whip and used a mixer to mix it with one tub of chocolate icing.  I then iced the cake with it.  I’m not kidding, it’s the best thing you’ll ever eat! (If you like that kind of stuff.)

Jason doesn’t like chocolate, so I created a strawberry version.  I used strawberry cake mix instead of chocolate and fresh whipped cream (not mixed with any icing) as frosting.  I cut the 9x13 cake in half and put the strawberries between the layers. Jason LOVED it.  I thought it was wonderful until I wrote on it.

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Our next move was to Henry Hudson’s for cheese fries.  A few of Jason’s friends met up with us there.

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Christmas PJ Christmas Party

If you haven’t noticed, my friends (Jason’s group that I married into) are all about “annual” gatherings.  The Christmas party is no different.

Last year we wore tacky sweaters:

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This year:  PJs.

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Even the dogs were dressed up:

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We play Dirty Santa, which is a game in which each person brings a wrapped gift (we do $15-$20).  Everyone draws a number (1 through however many people you have) and all the presents go into the middle of the circle.  The person who drew #1 picks the present of their choice and unwraps it.  Then, #2 can either pick a different present from the middle, or he/she can steal from #1.  If #2 steals from #1 then #1 picks a new gift. Next is #3’s turn.  He/she can steal from #1 or #2, or he/she can take a new present from the middle.  The game goes on until the last person gets his/her gift.  However, a gift can only touch 3 hands.  It can be picked, and then stolen twice and then it is frozen.  So, the third person who touches the gift gets to keep it.  Once the last person has picked his/her gift #1 gets to either steal from any unfrozen gifts and put his/her gift back into the middle, or he/she can end the game if he/she wants to keep his/her gift.  We have a blast playing.

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