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| It was Blog Birthday Party week and my party planning started the night before when I Baked up a batch of these wonderful Pillsbury Pink Lemonade cookies To send the ladies off with a party Favor.... |
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| I found the coveted 100th Anniversary Ball jars and used those to house the cookies.... the jar fit a perfect 9 cookies...made with a 1" cookie scoop....they fit perfectly... |
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| Next up was Pesto Pasta Salad... always made with Bow Tie pasta.... has anyone noticed that Ronzoni is skimping on the box size....when did they reduce it to only 12 oz........? |
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| I found this at Walmart....perfect when not making a ton of cupcakes.... this makes 12 large or 24 mini.... I opted for the mini size and I frosted them with Pillsbury Pink Lemonade icing.... This was a small package but priced accordingly |
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| One of the birthday ladies loves Flamingos.... So of course my theme was pink polka dots... and Flamingos... |
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| I found the Flamingo themed items at everyone's Favorite.....Dollar Tree... How cute are these straws.... We had raspberry fizzy lemonade..... |
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| I used one of my many quilts as a table cover... and my Milk Glass.... |
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| I always set the table the night before..... and I knew over a month ago just what it was going to look like...... I love to throw a good luncheon.... |
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| My mini cupcakes.... All Pretty in Pink!! |
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| Hydrangeas from my yard..... Story about these beauties to follow.... it's a "DUH" moment.... |
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| Country Living had a little Blurb about making a soap dispenser from a Ball Jar... So I added it to the cookie jar with ribbon so the ladies could make their own soap dispenser once the cookies are Gone.... |
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| one more picture because it's just too damn cute!! |
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| On the Menu..... Italian wedding Soup.... I cranked down the air in the house since it was 95 degrees out on Wednesday... so it was soup weather inside... we also had... Pesto Pasta salad.... Turkey...Bacon and Tomato Club Sandwiches on Honey Wheat bread. let's not discuss the Key Lime Pie.... mini cupcakes.... Chocolate cake....that Sandie brought fresh fruit....that Cheri brought... |
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| Okay so you insist on knowing about the Pie.... which leads me to the title of this post... I tried my hand at Houston's Key Lime Pie. a copy-cat recipe.... it seems you really need to follow the instructions and more importantly the ingredients list.... I fell short by a can of sweetened condensed Milk... so I thought I had adjusted the recipe with the rest of the ingredients enough to compensate for the missing can... I added less Lime juice....Honest... something went horribly wrong... In my 50 plus years of baking....this had to have been the single worse thing I have ever made.. And I make really good stuff.... Tart in an understatement... BUT..... when you have good friends and they appreciate your hard work.... Well.....they eat it anyway with no complaints.... Love you guys.... Me...I took one taste after they left and it promptly went down the disposal... |
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| the birthday gals got lots of gifts... |
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| Okay who recognizes that polka dot plate.... Only Northerners will.... They came from the infamous... Christmas Tree Shoppes.... $1.99 each I have the matching bowls too. |
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| I love a good club sandwich and never thought to make them at home... they were wonderful if I have to say so myself... three pieces of honey wheat bread minus the crust turkey breast and mayo... lettuce...tomato...bacon...extra crisp. a thin slice of Vermont White Cheddar... |
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| here are the "girls" waving to our friend Joyce who couldn't make it....but was sunning herself on the beach at Hilton Head.... I'm sure if she knew Key Lime Pie was being served she would have made the trip back to Atlanta.. |
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| talk about a fabulous cake... Sandie brought this from Publix... they do make a great cake... |
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| Linda.....who is celebrating the "Year of Linda".....by ending the year with a trip to Paris..... We are all very excited for her.... |
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| here is non-blogger Denise.... opening Sandie's gift.... Denise you might remember is my old next door neighbor..... she's become an honorary blogger... |
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| she got this really cool glass bird feeder... |
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| Linda got a Flamingo fleece blanket... isn't it cute....I found it at Ikea... |
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| time to leave....a storm was brewing.... and Cheri had a long drive home... can you see all the bags they are leaving with That is the sure sign of a good blog get together... everyone always brings little gifts for everyone.... I sent them home with food!! |
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| I had to get a group picture..... |
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| and here is the Hydrangea episode..... So we are sitting around the table and I comment How the hydrangeas were all droopy... I had just cut them maybe two hours before and here they were looking dead... This picture was taken when first cut.... So between five somewhat intelligent women.... we are trying to figure out why they were Lifeless.... the ones I had on the island were fine... the ones on my coffee table were fine... here's the conversation... "is the temperature different over here?" "is it cooler over there on the island?" "when did you cut these?" "Is the air conditioning on?" "Could it be hotter in this part of the kitchen" Well you get the idea..... Now let me say three of us were sitting in front of the flowers...and two behind... So I guess I can't say there were 5 idiots discussing this... Linda finally gets up from the back of the table as we are all up from our seats still wondering why the flowers are dying before our eyes.... When Linda says..... "Gee do you think these candles you have right in front of the flowers could be the cause"..... My Duh moment....as Linda said it with sarcasm in her voice... Yup.....I had three candles on the table right in front of the flowers.....dumb is an understatement... |
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| My neighbor happened to be outside to get her mail so we grabbed her to take a picture of us all..... It was a great day....the ladies knew I needed a "friends understand everything" kind of day... Everybody needs Blog Friends.... And now for my stripe obsession give-away Loved everyone's obsessions.... I was not surprised by all the china comments... the flower obsessions....Pondside's shoe obsession was priceless how she described the shoes all over her house... Janice has a fondness for Louis Vuitton.... Oh me too!! Sarah of Hyacinths for the Soul has an obsession for embroidery scissors...that's very cool....she has one like the Eiffel Tower... There were Book obsessions and of course Chocolate and food in general.... And there was Mr. Sullivan with his peanut butter pickle sandwich obsession?? BUT the craziest obsession... and that's what we were looking for... Came from non-blogger but dedicated blog reader..... Marcia of New Jersey.... She has an obsession for anything denim and cigar boxes..... It seems my dear friend Marcia is somehow stuck back in the 70's..... So with that said.... Marcia....e-mail me some info about yourself.... your address of course.... your size if you wish to give it.... what colors you like... and what colors are in your kitchen.... Something wacky with stripes will be sent to you shortly..... so I can feed my stripe obsession.... Thanks for all your comments!! Oh and one more thing.... **Please visit Deborah at The Fairfield House. Her Mother will be celebrating her 80th Birthday this month and Deborah is hoping to have 80 handmade paper butterflies to hang in her Mom's room. Her Mother has Alzheimer's and it's left her lost and depressed. Deborah is hoping to make this a very special birthday and her Mom loves butterflies. They need to be to her my June 25th, and I'm hoping some of you can help out. I'm going to make one tomorrow and mail it Monday!** |
