tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17198404166335745452024-03-19T01:08:45.201-04:00This and That BlogAngiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13390139150279152744noreply@blogger.comBlogger1149125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1719840416633574545.post-84081714150758148812018-12-03T10:43:00.000-05:002018-12-05T10:44:25.584-05:00Our weekend<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Our weekend included most of my favorite things-good friends, good food, crafts and most importantly watching our Ava play basketball!</span><div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Friday was the Garden Club's annual Greens sale I am the president and I helped organize the event. I should say we have many, many dedicated members that help with our annual greens sale. It is the biggest fundraiser that we have all year. For the event we made 140 arrangements and 50 wreaths and swags. Our members started last Monday (the Monday following Thanksgiving) making the arrangements and wreaths. Since I work full time I popped over on my lunch to help make arrangements. I also coordinated a Tuesday night session where our members who work could come and help make arrangements. During the sale I help with the luncheon. Here I am with the rest of the "lunch ladies."</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">I made this sign to advertise what we were having for lunch. We kept it simple (like they've done it for many years) soup and sandwiches. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">The arrangements and wreaths were so beautiful! Here are some of the ones our members made. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">I loved this quirky wreath. My friend Wendy bought it and took it home for her front door. It is perfect for her!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">I bought this small Christmas tree in a turquoise pot with turquoise Christmas balls. Turquoise is my favorite colors so I was happy to buy this one.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Saturday Rachael and I hosted a wreath making and kissing ball classes for our small business Branch and Bloom. I will post pictures about our classes on Crafty Wednesday.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Friday night and Saturday Ava had a basketball tournament. Since Ava was in the Czech Republic last year she missed the basketball season. It has been so long since we've seen her play for her school. It was great to have her back on the court! My friend Lynn takes amazing action shots so I am going to do a post tomorrow full of pics from the tournament. </span></div>
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Here are a couple of my favorites :)</div>
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Angiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13390139150279152744noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1719840416633574545.post-31539302500122799822018-11-29T22:47:00.001-05:002018-11-30T07:15:37.534-05:00Friday Favorites<font face="Georgia" size="4">Happy Friday friends!! I’m so happy it’s the weekend. We have a big weekend. Ava is playing high school basketball again after being away in the Czech Republic last year. I can’t wait to watch our girl play tonight!! </font><div><br></div><div><img id="id_f1a3_619e_d792_4552" src="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-JBhQFXG1_R0/XAC5rfsgqRI/AAAAAAAAYrw/dHOPLhaLNukDXBAgywhWfKsNtAc8ps0gwCHMYCw/s5000/%255BUNSET%255D" alt="" title="" tooltip="" style="width: 378px; height: auto;"><br><br><br></div><div><div><div><div><font face="Georgia" size="4">Here are my favorites from the week</font></div><div><font face="Georgia" size="4"><br></font></div><div><font face="Georgia" size="4">1. It was back to the regular grind after being in Texas last week for Thanksgiving. I’m so thankful I was able to go and spend time with my Dad and sister and her family. We had the best time! </font></div><div><font face="Georgia" size="4"><br></font></div><div><img id="id_cc7d_4acb_2a6f_9275" src="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-J8xN3-_4HQY/XAC4mhNajmI/AAAAAAAAYrY/LmWLUVDD3GYQD4hJP1R3il-K8U-p-_AmwCHMYCw/s5000/%255BUNSET%255D" alt="" title="" tooltip="" style="width: 378px; height: auto;"><br><br><font face="Georgia" size="4"><br></font></div><div><font face="Georgia" size="4"><br></font></div><div><img id="id_69da_8745_d039_adb6" src="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-GHOIVMFklzA/XAC4mYnNZbI/AAAAAAAAYrU/_VCegiOswQUJwH_VHNrMXTDILGJ6pAE4QCHMYCw/s5000/%255BUNSET%255D" alt="" title="" tooltip="" style="width: 378px; height: auto;"><br><br></div><div><font face="Georgia" size="4">2. I’m the president of the garden club and we have been working hard all week making Christmas arrangements and wreaths for our greens sale tomorrow. Our members made 130 arrangements and 50 wreaths to sell tomorrow. We are also having a luncheon and a bake sale. It’s our biggest fundraiser of the year and it’s always a great day.</font></div><div><font face="Georgia" size="4"><br></font></div><div><img id="id_9227_8006_71bd_ddde" src="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-oCzYOvEGU3w/XAC4m6wzXbI/AAAAAAAAYrg/2V-zAeQN3JoBwuTFI83NTt666qZCbPjyACHMYCw/s5000/%255BUNSET%255D" alt="" title="" tooltip="" style="width: 378px; height: auto;"></div><div><span style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);"><br></span></div><div><img id="id_3dbe_3fae_268_9cd" src="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-vNeVv37pDEI/XAC4mnzfO1I/AAAAAAAAYrc/txZuvz9OBqg4eMVYO4HRADFSgRDLg0UmQCHMYCw/s5000/%255BUNSET%255D" alt="" title="" tooltip="" style="width: 393px; height: auto;"><br><br><span style="font-family: Georgia; font-size: large;">3. I’m teaching two craft classes on Saturday with my friend Rachael for our business, Branch and Bloom. We are teaching s wreath making class and a kissing ball class at our city’s Christmas festival. We have been busy collecting greens all week. We taught the wreath class last year and it was so much fun. We have been gathering greens all week for our wreaths and kissing balls. We are thankful for friends with lots of evergreen trees in their yards and property. This pile is one of many that we collected for our classes.</span></div><div><span style="font-family: Georgia; font-size: large;"><br></span></div><div><img id="id_5a7b_9c61_d6ec_1f31" src="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-tIURR9Ym4T0/XAC5tr8yIXI/AAAAAAAAYsk/0tQuYq0nBeIHDCi090FkzRUlgTMAN17wQCHMYCw/s5000/%255BUNSET%255D" alt="" title="" tooltip="" style="width: 378px; height: auto;"><br><br></div><div><font face="Georgia" size="4">4. Two years ago a tree from our yard was the Christmas tree in Rockefeller Center. A lot of our friends and family went down with us to the city to see the tree get lit. On Wednesday I invited some friends over to watch the tree lighting ceremony on TV. I did this last year and it was really a really fun way to kick off all the holiday festivities. You can see some pics from last year’s party here.</font></div><div><font face="Georgia" size="4"><br></font></div><div><img id="id_ec09_4596_14fd_e13b" src="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-IV7QOm0xX9Y/XAC5sl12CsI/AAAAAAAAYsI/LvC262gJZX4xW-tcOEBrMbhKSBJDaX3KQCHMYCw/s5000/%255BUNSET%255D" alt="" title="" tooltip="" style="width: 378px; height: auto;"></div><div><span style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);"><br></span></div><div><img id="id_7658_25eb_ea3b_3cd" src="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-1gCj6ImakjA/XAC5tvoJ_xI/AAAAAAAAYsQ/CR49H73yY902h9K66t-96a7hA2iwMuBkQCHMYCw/s5000/%255BUNSET%255D" alt="" title="" tooltip="" style="width: 378px; height: auto;"><br><br><br></div><div><font face="Georgia" size="4">That’s it for me this week. I hope you had a fabulous Thanksgiving!!!</font></div><div><font face="Georgia" size="4">Xoxo</font></div><div><font face="Georgia" size="4"><br></font></div><div><div><font face="Georgia" size="4"><br></font></div></div></div><br><br></div><br><br><br><br><br><br><br><br><br><br><br><br><br><br><br><br><br><br><br><br><br><br><br><br><br><br><br><br><br><br><br><br><br><br><br><br><br><br><br><br><br><br></div><br><br><br><br><br><br><br><br>Angiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13390139150279152744noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1719840416633574545.post-63144816828540643732018-11-28T14:26:00.001-05:002018-11-28T14:26:27.157-05:00Crafty Wednesday {Holiday Market}<span style="font-family: Georgia; font-size: medium;">Saturday my friend Rachael and I hosted our 6th annual Holiday Market at our friend Stephanie’s kitchen design studio. We invite all of our crafty friends to take over a kitchen and sell their crafts and holiday food items. Admission the the Holiday Market was a canned food item for the local elementary schools’ backpack program. We had so any people come and visit with us and shop that day. It was such a fun day!!!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia; font-size: medium;">Here are Rachael and I before the Market started. We are thrilled with how much our little Holiday Market has grown. The first couple of years we held it at her house. Now we get about 400 people that come through each year-it is just amazing!!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia; font-size: medium;">My friend Sabrina and I make similar stuff so we share a kitchen. We got matching aprons this year to be extra festive! </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia; font-size: medium;">Stephanie,Sabrina and Rachael and I.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia; font-size: medium;">Here are some pics of some crafts Sabrina and I made. I had turquoise blue tags made at Vistaprint for the stuff that I made. I loved making all my crafts this year but I am SO done with crafts for a while. I honestly don't know how people do more than one craft show a year. It is SO much work. I always love our Holiday Market but I'm also glad when it's over!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia; font-size: medium;">Rachael always makes candles and body care products. She always has a beautiful booth. I just love the white candle holders that she used this year. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia; font-size: medium;">Here are some pictures of things our other friends made. We had wreaths, jewelry, succulent arrangements and so much more. I just love the variety that we have at our Holiday Market.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia; font-size: medium;">It was a great day and I already have some ideas for what I'm going to make next year!</span><br />
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Angiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13390139150279152744noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1719840416633574545.post-45491560972008863732018-11-28T13:40:00.003-05:002018-11-28T13:40:55.772-05:00Thanksgiving Week {Waco}<span style="font-family: "georgia"; font-size: medium;">I spent the last week with my Dad and my sister Shelby and her family in Waco, TX. It was hard being away from my own family during Thanksgiving but I loved spending time with my Dad and sister. I flew in bright and early Last Sunday. Shelby, my niece Ainsley and my Dad picked me up at the airport in Dallas. We had lunch and then we visited the Dealey Plaza and the sixth floor museum in Dallas. The 55th anniversary of assassination of John F. Kennedy was actually on Thanksgiving Day so it was special to be there and see the museum this past week. I have read a lot of books about JFK and have seen a lot of documentaries so it was very special for me to see the museum and Dealey plaza. My Dad and I went together my sister and Ainsley stayed in a little cafe close by while we toured the museum. The museum was full of pictures and artifacts about JFK’s time in office and from that awful day in Dallas. While we went through the museum we listed to an audio recording (they gave each person an iPod) and it was so interesting. It was even more special seeing it with my Dad who remembers that day and watching it on TV. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "georgia"; font-size: medium;">On Monday my sister had to work so my Dad, Ainsley and I did some sightseeing in Waco. Our first stop was the national Mammoth National Monument in Waco. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "georgia"; font-size: medium;">After the Mammoth monument we headed to Magnolia Market to shop and look around at the Silos. It was so beautiful and we took so many pictures. Everyone was so nice and everything was 100% in the Joanna Gains signature Farmhouse style. Our plan was to each lunch at one of the food trucks but it was so chilly that we went to a restaurant instead. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "georgia"; font-size: medium;">After lunch we went to the Dr. Pepper museum which was a lot of fun. We learned all about soda fountains and how Dr. Pepper got its start in Waco. After the tour we had Dr. Peppers and ice cream floats in the little gift shop/soda fountain. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "georgia"; font-size: medium;">Tuesday we went and visited my sister at work at Baylor. I loved seeing where she works and meeting her coworkers. I don’t know how my sister does it all. She works full time as the Director of Retention and she is going back to school to get her PhD. I am so proud of her. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "georgia"; font-size: medium;">While we were visiting my sister at work Ainsley and I walked over to see the Baylor mascots. Two bears named Joy and Lady. They are kept in a habitat on campus. Ainsley loves visiting them. </span><br />
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Angiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13390139150279152744noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1719840416633574545.post-33313676240634933642018-11-13T11:40:00.002-05:002018-11-13T11:40:50.037-05:00My weekend<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">My weekend can be summed up mostly in one word-crafts!! </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Friday night Rachael and I held our monthly craft night for our craft business Branch and Bloom. This month we made two crafts. We made leaf garlands and give thanks signs. We used chalkboard vinyl for the signs which we have never used before but it worked great I am going to do a full post on our craft night tomorrow but here is a sneak peak. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Next weekend is my annual <a href="https://brockandava.blogspot.com/2017/11/holiday-market.html">Holiday Market </a>where Rachael and I invite all of our crafty friends to bring what they make to our friends Stephanie's kitchen design store and we have a one day sale. We have champagne and cookies and it's such a fun event! I just love it. I have been working on a ton of things for this year's Holiday Market. Here are some of the things I've been working on.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">I made a few of these signs to sell. I've been seeing this sign a lot and actually one of my friends is also selling this sign at our Holiday Market. I actually just bought one of her signs with the saying :) </span><span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">This is going to be my mantra for 2019. I just love being cozy and comfortable at home and I want to stay home more in the upcoming year. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">I'm the President of the Garden Club in our town and our biggest fundraiser of the year is coming up the week after Thankgiving. We have an annual Greens Sale and luncheon to raise money for events and programs. Garden Club members spend the week after Thanksgiving putting together holiday arrangements, wreaths and swags to sell at our annual sale. We also have a luncheon and a bake sale to bring in additional money on that day. It's always a fun day but a ton of work! We had a bow making workshop on Saturday to make bows for our arrangements and wreaths. We were able to make 100 bows in about 2 hours. Here I am with my friends Wendy (the Vice President) and Jenn. It was a fun and productive morning!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Sunday morning my friends Julia, Sabrina, Vicki and I took our kids and went to <a href="http://www.ommegang.com/">Ommegang</a> for brunch and bingo. Ommegang is a Belgian brewery and they recently remodeled it. I went to a couple of concerts last summer there but haven't been in their newly renovated space. It was beautiful! </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Brunch and Bingo were fun. I had a beermosa (beer with orange juice) which was surprisingly good!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Four people in our group won bingo including me! I won a t-shirt. We took a picture on our way out.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Monday evening was our monthly garden club meeting. It was my month to help with refreshments and my co-hostesses were the three sisters that we bought our <a href="https://brockandava.blogspot.com/2018/06/life-lately.html">summer house</a> from. I just love these ladies. We had a ton of Thanksgiving themed snacks. I made my <a href="https://brockandava.blogspot.com/2017/11/saturday-snack-sausage-balls.html">stuffing balls</a> and they were a big hit!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"> Our speaker was a florist from Albany and she taught us tips and tricks for making the perfect arrangements. She suggested that we use containers from around our house and I just love that idea! She also taught us about floral spray paint that you can put on succulents. I am going to be looking into that. She made so many beautiful arrangements and when she was done we raffled them off. It was a a fun night and I learned so much. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Spray painted succulent in gold. I really want to use this! Amazon did not have gold but they do have other colors including <a href="https://www.amazon.com/Design-Master-124-Flowers-Spray/dp/B0018N8FYG/ref=sr_1_8?ie=UTF8&qid=1542127112&sr=8-8&keywords=spray+paint+for+flowers">pink. </a></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><br /></span>Angiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13390139150279152744noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1719840416633574545.post-45722949932929766922018-11-09T10:37:00.001-05:002018-11-09T10:37:52.062-05:00Friday Favorites<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">Happy Friday Friends! I am so happy it's Friday. It's been a looonnnggggggg week. I've had something every night this week after work and I'm pooped. Tonight I am doing my monthly craft night with Branch and Bloom and then Saturday and Sunday I don't have any plans except to work on crafts for the Holiday Market. I just love relaxing weekends at home.\</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">1. One of my favorites this week was going out for dinner and celebrating my friend Heidi (in the red/black striped shirt next to me) who is going to run the Richmond Marathon on Saturday! She is the fittest girl I know and she has been training for months for this race. I am SO SO proud of her and I'm happy that we got to go out and celebrate her this week. I will be cheering for her tomorrow!!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">2. Another favorite was the Order of Omega induction ceremony. I advise this fabulous group of fraternity and sorority leaders and I am always happy when we do the induction ceremony every semester. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"> 3. My BFF Rachael and her family own a health food store Wednesday they started "we cook Wednesday's" and this past Wednesday was the first one. I stopped on our way home and got dinner for our family. Ava was so hungry after basketball practice she starting eating hers while we were walking to the car. I think this is a great idea and I hope it's super successful! We will be getting dinner there every Wednesday night. </span><br />
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4. T<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">hey cut the Rockerfeller tree yesterday and I got this pic from instagram. It's hard to believe it's been two years since our tree was "the tree!" You can read all about our tree<a href="https://brockandava.blogspot.com/2016/11/rockefeller-tree.html"> here.</a> It was such a fun experience and I hope this years family has a great experience like we did. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">5. Last night I did my last official duty as Race Director for the Pit Run. I presented a $55,000 check from proceeds from the race to the Parisian Foundation. This isn't a great pic of me-ha ha! But I am so happy and proud of this! The money will be used by the foundation for youth programs and scholarships.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">6. I just love Joanna Gains and I'm so exicted that I am going to visit all things Gains when I go visit my sister and her family for Thanksgiving in Waco!! I am so excited to see them and my Dad will be there too so that will be fun. I got Joanna Gains' new book yesterday. It is filled to the brim with beautiful pictures and I can't wait to sit down and read through it. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">7. My favorite part of this week was going to the annual Gala. It was so fun to get dressed up with my friends (Graig hates dressing up so he stayed home) and go have a fun night out! I was on the committee this year and we spent a lot of time planning and preparing for this event. It was a fun night!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">Xoxo</span>Angiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13390139150279152744noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1719840416633574545.post-25444136727606047742018-11-08T10:25:00.002-05:002018-11-08T10:25:52.206-05:00Cocktail Time<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">I just love making seasonal cocktails and I've got two cocktails for you today. It's been a loooonnnngggggg time since I've posted cocktail recipes. The first recipe is one I made alll summer long and didn’t get around to posting and the second recipe is my winning recipe for the Halloween Bartender contest that I won two weekends ago! I’m posting them both because they are simple and easy to make and they are both delicious!!!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">I lost count how many times I made this yummy cocktail this summer. It is so delicious!!!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: georgia, times new roman, serif;">1/2 cup watermelon puree</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: georgia, times new roman, serif;">I really like this recipe because there is no added sugar and it's a great mix of sweet, salty and it just tastes like summer! I loved it this summer!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: georgia, times new roman, serif;">This second drink I made as a contestant in a bartending contest at Halloween. I was one of four guest bartenders at everyone's favorite bar/supper club in our town. It was so much fun!! I called it the "jackass" because it was my fall take on the popular Moscow Mule. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: georgia, times new roman, serif;">Here I am with the other bartenders and the two bar owners in the middle. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Here I am with my friends at the party. It was a fun night and I was so happy people loved my drink!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">My friends and I were bridesmaids. People kept asking me all night when I was bartending. Our costumes made sense if we were together. Unfortunately a lot of the night we weren't all together so people kept asking me. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: georgia, times new roman, serif;">Juice from 1/2 a lime</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: georgia, times new roman, serif;">Honestly I love this drink because you can add more or less of an ingredient and it still tastes great! I didn't have time to measure when I was bartending and they turned out great!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">The first book I read was a book about JFK. I love reading books about JFK and his time as President. This book was written by <a href="https://www.amazon.com/Once-Upon-Secret-President-Aftermath/dp/0812981340/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1541461382&sr=8-1&keywords=mimi+alford+once+upon+a+secret">Mimi Alford called Once Upon a Secret </a>. In this book Mimi writes about her time as a a college student. During her college years she works in the White House during the summer and has an affair with the President that lasts until his death. She only told her soon to be husband about the affair and he forbid her from talking about so she kept the secret for many years. This book talks about what keeping that secret meant for her life as a wife and mother and how it consumed her thoughts and feelings for all those years. She reveled her secret to her grown children after she learned it was going to be reported in a national newspaper. JFK used his power and position to seduce and manipulate her. She never talked about that part instead she remembers him and their time together in a very positive way.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, serif;">The next book I read was E<a href="https://www.amazon.com/Educated-Memoir-Tara-Westover/dp/0399590501/ref=sr_1_2?ie=UTF8&qid=1541689352&sr=8-2&keywords=educated">ducatedby Tara Westover</a>. Tara grew up in rural Idaho with parents who didn't
believe in school or the government. Tara didn't have a birth
certificate, access to medical care, or set foot in a classroom until she
was 17 and enrolled (against her father's wishes) at BYU. She grew up
Mormon and her parents were survivalists always prepping for some big
catastrophe. She grew up the youngest child of seven kids working in
her father's scrap yard. Her mother was a midwife who helped
other survivalist families bring babies into the world. Tara was
mentally abused by her father who had an undiagnosed mental illness and
physically and mentally abused by her brother. She also suffered many injuries
and illnesses throughout her life that were not treated by a doctor. One of her
brothers went to College and he encouraged Tara to take the ACT test and go to
College. Remarkably, Tara studied and did well enough on the ACT to get
into BYU. After BYU she got her doctorate at Cambridge. It is amazing to
me that Tara did all of this without the help or support of her parents and
without any formal education. I read this book for my book club this
month and we had a great discussion about this book. It's one
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Angiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13390139150279152744noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1719840416633574545.post-8390912429318197072018-11-05T10:42:00.000-05:002018-11-05T10:42:03.636-05:00Our weekend {gala edition} <span style="font-family: Georgia; font-size: medium;">My weekend can be summed up in one word-GALA. I’m on the committee that plans the annual gala for our local hospital. It’s the biggest fundraiser of the year for the hospital and it’s always a fun night out and it raises money for a good cause. I am always happy to support this event.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia; font-size: medium;">Friday night we did set up for the gala. This year our theme was Copacabana It took all night and I was so tired when I got home but it was a lot of fun. We spent about 6 hours setting up. I had 20 of my college students help out and they were a huge help. The students set up all the tables, chairs and tablecloths. Here is a picture of the tables and chairs when they were done. I just love all of the bright colors that we used. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia; font-size: medium;">While they were working on that I worked on creating a water station. I loved the beautiful bright colors and the greens that we used along with the bright colors. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia; font-size: medium;">Saturday I got some stuff done around the house and then it was gala time! My friend Jaclyn did my make up and Rachael helped me with my hair. I got my dress on Amazon. Jaclyn is so talented at doing makeup! She did my makeup along with Sabrina's and Stephanies. It was fun getting ready together. Here we all are at the gala (Sabrina in maroon, me blue, Jaclyn yellow and Stephanie black)</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia; font-size: medium;">It was such a fun night. There was good food and a great band and I spent the night chatting, eating and dancing-three of my favorite things!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia; font-size: medium;">I always take a picture with all of my friends every year from the gala. This is the one from this year. I love this picture of us. You can see pics from last years gala <a href="https://brockandava.blogspot.com/2017/11/catch-up.html">here</a>. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia; font-size: medium;">Sunday I helped with gala clean up and then I ran errands and got ready for the week ahead.</span></div>
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Angiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13390139150279152744noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1719840416633574545.post-20273660468082093352018-10-30T15:03:00.000-04:002018-10-30T15:03:03.644-04:00Our weekend {Halloween Edition}<span style="font-family: Georgia; font-size: medium;">We celebrated Halloween big time around here this weekend. I love Halloween and all the festivities that go along with it. You can read about all of our Halloween fun from last year in <a href="http://brockandava.blogspot.com/2017/11/catch-up.html">this post</a>. </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia; font-size: medium;">Saturday evening my friend Sabrina had her annual Halloween Party. It's always a lot of fun! This year I did a group costume with some friends. We were the Bridesmaids from the movie Bridesmaids. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia; font-size: medium;">Here was our take on the costumes. My BFF Rachael lent me the most unflattering hot pink dress (amazon sent her one in the wrong size) but it was free so I wore that. We got together one day last week to make our flower arrangements. We got our flowers at the Dollar Tree. We all wore hidious white shoes (I got mine on amazon) and did our hair and makeup ourselves. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia; font-size: medium;">Sabrina had amazing food and drinks and it was a fun party! Here is all of us. I love the creativity that everyone had when picking our their costumes. It was a fun night. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia; font-size: medium;">I left Sabrina's and headed to my f<a href="http://bsideballroom.com/">avorite bar/supper club</a> to their Halloween party. I was one of the guest bartenders for their Halloween party on Saturday night. Here I am with the other guest bartenders and the owners are in the middle. I called my drink the "jack ass" because it was a fall take on one of my favorite drinks-the Moscow mule. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">My friends came to try my drink. My dear friend Stephanie (our bride) was the winner last year. I was so happy that I won this year's contest! I wanted to create a drink that everyone liked so I was thrilled to win. It was a fun night. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Sunday evening we had our neighbors over for a weenie roast and pumpkin carving. The kids decorated pumpkins and I got to chat with two of my neighbors and friends Heidi and Kelly. They both live so close to me but it's crazy that I don't see them that often. It was nice to catch up with them. We all had a great time and I think it will become an annual tradition for us. It was fun watching Grace carve her first ever pumpkin!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia; font-size: medium;">1. One thing I did this week was give up Diet Coke. This is definitely NOT a favorite but I think it’s going to be better for me in the long run. Since I’ve been on WW I’ve noticed that I’ve been drinking more diet cokes-up to 6 a day which is so gross. Also as I’m getting older I’m more sensitive to caffeine and if I drink them too late it keeps me up at night. I know they aren’t healthy for me so I decided to go cold turkey on Sunday. The first few days were rough. I was crabby and sooooo tired but things have been better the last few days. I’ll keep you updated on my progress. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia; font-size: medium;">2. Graig and I went to a dinner on campus Tuesday night because the College was hosting a visiting chef. We had an amazing meal. It was honestly one of the best meals I’ve ever had. The chef was named <a href="https://www.amazon.com/Pleasures-Vietnamese-Table-Reminiscences-Vietnams/dp/0060192585/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1540514818&sr=8-1&keywords=mai+pham">Mai Pham</a> from Vietnam and she has written three cookbooks and has been on Martha Stewart and a few food network specials. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia; font-size: medium;">3. My small business Branch and Bloom, that I own with my friend Rachael is making 150 ornaments for my sister. She needs them for the faculty members that work with her office at Baylor. She wants these ornaments mid-November so I’ve been trying to do a few each night. It’s been a fun project to work on! </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia; font-size: medium;">4. For Halloween I’m going to be a bridesmaid with my friends. They got together on Tuesday (while I was out to dinner with G) and made these bouquets for us. My friend Rachael had a hot pink dress that she gave me that I am going to wear. It's going to be fun to dress up together. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia; font-size: medium;">5. My friend Sabrina is having her annual Halloween party and then after that we are all headed to the B-side for their Halloween party. I’m one of the guest bartenders and I created a speciality cocktail called the “jackass” as my drink. The jackass is a fall take on a Moscow mule. I’ll post the recipe soon. My friends helped me pick my drink last week.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">6. Wednesday night I tried a great new restaurant in Binghamton called <a href="https://craftbinghamton.com/">Craft</a>. They had the most amazing shakes (I got cookies and cream) and sliders and fries. I went with Rachael and we went shopping and then met up with her life long BFF and had dinner at Craft. It was a fun night!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia; font-size: medium;">7. The YMCA where I work is starting a new class called Arial Yoga. I tried it last night and it was so fun. It was a challenging class. I even did some inversions! I want to try it again.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia; font-size: medium;">I hope you have a fabulous weekend filled with all kinds of Halloween Fun. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">I made a double batch Trisha Yearwood’s breakfast sausage casserole. This was a big hit! You can find the recipe<a href="https://www.foodnetwork.com/recipes/trisha-yearwood/breakfast-sausage-casserole-2165813"> here</a>. </span><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">I</span><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"> also made <a href="https://brockandava.blogspot.com/2009/09/its-fall.html">this veggie casserole</a>. Both of these were easy and SO good. I will definitely make both again!!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">The Apple Crisp is a recipe I’ve had for years. I posted it on my blog many, many years ago. You can find the recipe<a href="https://brockandava.blogspot.com/2009/09/its-fall.html"> here</a><a href="https://brockandava.blogspot.com/2009/09/its-fall.html">.</a></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">For the Bloody Mary bar I made a pitcher of Bloody Marys ahead of time. One of my friends kept remaking them during the party. Unfortunately, I did not take pictures of my bar area during the party but I used Zing Zang Bloody Mary mix and Tito’s vodka. I used 8 cups of Zing Zang with 2 cups of vodka. I also had olives, hot sauce, pepper horseradish, and celery for people to add to their Bloody Marys. For the Mimosa bar we mixed pineapple and/or orange juice with champagne. I had strawberries and raspberries for garnish.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">I set up the bar area in our office. Here is what it looks like on a normal day :-) Unfortunately, I did not get a good picture of it during the party.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">I put an extra table on my deck and one in the yard for people to sit at. For centerpieces I used a mix of arrangements I made in the week leading up to my brunch. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Everyone brought a dish to pass so we had a TON of food. We ate and chatted and had the best morning/afternoon. I love my friends so much!!!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"> For the past two years I have had a scarf exchange. You can read about my 216 brunch<a href="https://brockandava.blogspot.com/2016/11/fall-brunch.html"> here </a>and my 2017 brunch <a href="https://brockandava.blogspot.com/2017/10/friday-favorites_20.html">here</a>. This year I mixed it up and had a fall decor swap. Here is how we did it: </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">1. Everyone drew a number and picked a present based on their number. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">2. When it’s your turn you can open a new gift or take a gift from someone else. If you take someone else’s gift they get to choose a new gift. Once a gift has been stolen twice it’s done and the person who has that gift keeps it. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Ava wrote out the numbers for me and handed them out. We all had a good time playing and everyone was happy because they left a fun fall item.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">I just love my fall brunch tradition. It’s a great way to spend a Sunday. I hope you’ve had a great week.</span><br />
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Angiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13390139150279152744noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1719840416633574545.post-70032800577810120822018-10-24T12:37:00.002-04:002018-10-24T12:37:27.742-04:00Crafty Wednesday {Fall/Halloween Decor}<span style="font-family: "georgia";">I just love decorating for each holiday. Decorating for fall is one of my favorites! I usually decorate the hutch in our dining room and put a few other decorations out. I don't go too crazy and I do more "FALL" decorating instead of "HALLOWEEN" decorating. I put our decorations out and keep them up until Thanksgiving. I don't decorate for Christmas until after Thanksgiving is over. I really want to enjoy the fall/Halloween/Thanksgiving season before rushing into Christmas.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "georgia";">I got one new thing this year. I got <a href="https://shop.magnolia.com/products/marka-tray">this tray</a> from Magnolia Market and put it on our dining room table. I love low centerpieces that you can leave on the table when you have meals. High centerpieces always get in the way. I will use this piece all year long. I just love it! and the best part is that it was only $20!! I put real mini pumpkins in it. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "georgia";">My favorite place to decorate in the fall is my hutch. It's in our dining room and its right in the center of our house and we are always passing by this little corner so I like to make it festive and fun. Again, I like more fall decorating rather than Halloween</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "georgia";">I have a little desk area set up in our living room where I work on my crafts, organize bills, etc. and I added a couple of fall things there. I got both of these things years ago at Hobby Lobby. I saw the sign this year at Hobby Lobby but I didn't see the pumpkin. I always love getting these two things out each and every year.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "georgia";">Those are my fall touches for this year. I just love this time of year. I hope you are enjoying all things fall this week.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "georgia";">Xoxo</span>Angiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13390139150279152744noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1719840416633574545.post-45198591174449904502018-10-23T10:54:00.003-04:002018-10-23T10:54:52.158-04:00Our weekend<span style="font-family: "georgia"; font-size: medium;">We had a busy and fun weekend!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "georgia"; font-size: medium;">Friday night I went to Rachael’s to watch the Dodgers play. My friend Vicki’s nephew Cody plays for the Dodgers. He has played on the team for two years and we’ve gone to watch him play both summers. Last year they went to the World Series and I hope they go again this year. Whenever there is a big game we like to get together and watch it. Here is a pic from Friday night.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "georgia"; font-size: medium;">And here are some pics from our time watching him play in Cleveland</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "georgia"; font-size: medium;">This was a cool little stat that MLB put out on facebook yesterday.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "georgia"; font-size: medium;">I had to work all day at Emerging Leaders which is a leadership conference for freshman and sophomore students. Right after Emerging Leaders I got in the car and headed to Albany to meet my friends and Ava for the Justin Timberlake concert. We have been so excited about going to this concert. It was an amazing show. We had great seats and had the best time dancing the night away at the concert. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "georgia"; font-size: medium;">After the concert Ava and I went home because we had to be up bright and early on Sunday to work at the basketball fundraising breakfast. Ava and her teammates worked hard to raise money for their team. I made a fall themed basket with a couple of other moms from the team. I think it turned out really cute and the lady that won it was THRILLED. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia; font-size: medium;">Last weekend G and I went to the movies to see A Star is Born with some friends. Lady Gaga and Bradley Cooper (btw-who knew he could sing?!?!) are phenomenal in this movie. They have incredible chemistry together. I laughed and cried and I hope they both win academy awards for their performances. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia; font-size: medium;">I’m the president of the Garden Club and on Saturday we did a community outreach project and gave away daffodil bulbs at the Farmers Market. We gave away 95 bags of bulbs in two hours. We gave people some instructions when they picked up the bags and included instructions and our meeting schedule inside the bags. It was a cold, rainy morning but I’m glad it was successful and we got rid of all our our bulbs. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia; font-size: medium;">Sara and Sabrina got up bright and early Monday morning and came to my 6 am class at the Y. It’s a core/cardio/weight class called Total Body Blast. It was fun to have them there!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia; font-size: medium;">Another favorite from this week was Tuesday night when I had some friends over to sample some drinks I’m making for Halloween. I’m going to be a guest bartender at a Halloween event at a bar/restaurant in our town next Saturday night and I have to come up with my own signature drink for the event. My friends and I sampled 5 drinks Tuesday night and their favorite was the autumn inspired Moscow mule I made. I also made nachos that were delicious!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia; font-size: medium;"> Funny story it turned so cold on Tuesday and we didn’t have our heat on so my friends covered themselves up with blankets and we texted this pic to G. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia; font-size: medium;">Each year the College where I work does a Common Read. The Common Read encourages all faculty, staff and students to read and talk about a common book. Faculty members integrate the book into their classes and we are encouraged to talk with students about the themes in the book. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia; font-size: medium;">Last year the Common Read was Hidden Figures. I wrote a post about that event here. This year the book our College chose was Just Mercy by Bryan Stevenson.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia; font-size: medium;"> Bryan was a young lawyer when he founded the Equal Justice League dedicated to defending the wrongly convicted. The stories in his book are powerful and haunting. I finished this book a few weeks ago and I still find myself thinking about the people he writes about in this book. Bryan and his team do amazing work for the most desperate and most in need in our criminal justice system. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia; font-size: medium;">I’m in two book clubs and both of my book clubs read this book for September. Everyone loved it. I met with some friends in both book clubs at a restaurant last Monday and we all talked about this book before we went to his talk on campus.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia; font-size: medium;">During his speech he told some stories from his childhood and from the book and he gave us four points for changing the world. One of those points was to get close to the people that you want to help. I think reaching out and connecting to people is so important so I’m glad that this was one of his recommendations for our students. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia; font-size: medium;">After the presentation he did some book signings and I was lucky enough to get his book signed by Brock and Ava. </span><br />
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Angiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13390139150279152744noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1719840416633574545.post-63946948475563892562018-10-08T11:36:00.004-04:002018-10-08T11:36:46.552-04:00Weekend top 5<span style="font-family: Georgia; font-size: medium;">I never got around to posting this last Monday-ooops! But we had a fun weekend and I want to remember it so I am going to post it now!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia; font-size: medium;">We had a fun weekend-Ava got her drivers license so she spent the weekend driving anywhere and everywhere-G is working hard painting our rental house (he loves working on it), and I spent the weekend doing a few fun things and I got some things done around the house.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia; font-size: medium;">1-Ava got her license! She has been driving her Grandma Jan's car to school and she drives Grace our exchange student every day. She drove to visit her bff at College and they went together to shop Ava’s homecoming dress. They had such a fun weekend together.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia; font-size: medium;">2. I started the weekend with a birthday happy hour for my friend Lori. It was held at a little restaurant/bar downtown. I had so much fun catching up with everyone. I made pumpkin bars with cream cheese frosting and took those to the party for Lori. They were a big hit!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia; font-size: medium;">3. After the happy hour I raced to work to attend a dinner in honor of a former who was being honored as one of the distinguished alumni from the College where I work. It was a great night for my former student Evan and his wife and I’m so happy I was there to celebrate with them. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia; font-size: medium;">4. Saturday my friend Sabrina and I took my exchange student Grace to a fall festival and to do a little shopping. We always have so much fun together so I’m glad we were able to coordinate our schedules to make this day work. We had such a fun day together. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia; font-size: medium;">5. I started making a few things for our sixth annual holiday market which is 6 weeks away. You can read about last year’s holiday market here. This year I’m trying to make a few things a couple of times a week so I’m not so stressed out the week of the Market this year.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia; font-size: medium;">That’s it for me this week. I hope you had a fabulous weekend.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia; font-size: medium;">Ava also had her homecoming dance on Saturday night. She had her friends over and they got ready, had pizza and took pictures at our house before the dance.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia; font-size: medium;">Saturday after the homecoming football game Ava’s friends came over and got ready for the dance. Ava also had her friends over to get ready for homecoming during her freshman year. You can see those pictures <a href="https://brockandava.blogspot.com/2016/10/freshman-homecoming.html">here</a>.<span id="goog_791213598"></span><a href="https://www.blogger.com/"></a><span id="goog_791213599"></span> Last year she was in Czech Republic so she missed Homecoming. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia; font-size: medium;">I spent my weekend setting up for the annual Pit Run. This race is held the first Sunday in October every year and this year the race celebrated is 25th year. The race is held is memory of a state trooper who was killed trying to stop an armed robbery at a grocery store in our town. After that horrible day his friends and family decided to do something to honor him and the Pit Run was born. It is amazing to me that this event is still going strong after all these years and it's amazing that the run has generated so much money for his foundation which gives money to programs and events right in our community. I am truly honored and humbled to be part of such a wonderful organization. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia; font-size: medium;">1. The 25th annual Pit Run is this weekend! I’m on the race committee and for the past two years I’ve been the Race Director. We have been working on planning and preparing for this race all year and the weekend is finally here! I’m excited and nervous at the same time. I hope I didn’t forget anything and I’m hoping we have a great weekend. Here we all are Wednesday night stuffing goody bags for the kids fun run.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia; font-size: medium;">2. Rachael and I started advertising for our 6th annual Holiday Market which will be held Sat. Nov. 17. We own a small craft business and each year we host a Holiday Market and we invite our crafty friends to make things and sell. We invite everyone we know to come and shop. You can see my post from last year’s Holiday Market <a href="https://brockandava.blogspot.com/2017/11/holiday-market.html">here</a>.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia; font-size: medium;">3. Speaking of the Holiday Market my friend Sabrina and I got together on Tuesday night and we made a couple of signs. We also went out to dinner and surprised Ava while she was working. It was such a great night!!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia; font-size: medium;">4. I just love fall decor! I have a post in the hopper to show you all my fall decorations but for now I’ll share a picture of the hutch in our dining room. I just love decorating this space for different holidays.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia; font-size: medium;">5. G has been working so hard painting our rental house. He is working so hard to get it all painted before winter. I went over the other day and snapped a few pics because I want to make a book of the before and afters. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia; font-size: medium;">And here is the (almost!) after. He still has another coat of the white to do. I’m so proud of him this is a big job!!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">Hey I'm linking up today to share what we've been up to lately. It's been a busy month and I’m excited about things calming down and I'm so happy about the fall season and all the pumpkins, hayrides, bonfires, hikes, etc. ahead. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><b>What else is new</b>...Ava is taking her driving test today. It’s today at 11am and I hope she passes. She has had her permit for six months and has been driving a lot with G and I. She is a good driver and she’s ready for her test today. </span><br />
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This is what we came up with. We provided each person with a 2 foot x 2 foot board, chalkboard paint, ribbon, jute, and corkboard tiles. We had everything set up when everyone came in for the class. We set up each person with their own little station. </div>
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Here is the birthday girl hard at work on her craft. <br />
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The first step we had people do was to paint their board with chalkboard paint. Some people wanted their board completely covered with chalkboard paint, some people used painters tape and taped off sections of their board. We wanted people to use their creativitiy and make this project their own. It was neat seeing all of the designs that everyone came up with.<br />
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The most important things for us at our Craft Nights is that 1.everyone leaves with a completed craft and 2. everyone has a good time. Faith's birthday craft was so fun! Everyone had a good time and everyone left with their own organization station. If you would like a craft class for a birthday party please let us know!</div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia"; font-size: medium;">1. I own a small craft business called Branch and Bloom with my bff Rachael. Once a month we host a craft class. We think of seasonal ideas each month and get all the supplies and and people pay a small fee and come and make a craft with us. This month we hosted a private craft class for our friend Faith. She wanted to make DIY organizers. Everyone did something s little different. It was so fun! I’m going to explain how we did these on my crafty Wednesday post this week.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "georgia"; font-size: medium;">2. The College where I work had its family weekend this weekend. I helped organize th parents reception on Saturday afternoon and the “Build A Dragon” area—similar to Build A Bear but we made Dragons because that is our College mascot.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "georgia"; font-size: medium;">3. Friday night I went to the high school football game. I love going to watch the games on Friday nights if it’s not too cold (I’m a fair weather fan). I always see so many people I know and it’s so much fun! Ava and her friend posed with Buzz the mascot.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "georgia"; font-size: medium;">4. I just LOVE decorating for fall. I got all my fall decorations out in preparation for my 3rd annual fall brunch which I hosted on Sunday. The door hanger I got a few years ago from B<a href="https://www.etsy.com/shop/BronwynHanahanArt">ronwyn Hanahan Art</a> on Etsy. I just love it. It is on our uncovered front stoop from September-November and it looks great even a few years after I bought it. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "georgia"; font-size: medium;">I always decorate the hutch in our dining room for fall. I haven't bought anything new in ages just the decorations that I've had for years and years. I always love pulling out my fall stuff each year.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "georgia"; font-size: medium;">5. Sunday I hosted my 3rd annual fall brunch for my friends. It was so fun. I made a few different breakfast casseroles and everyone else brought a side dish. We spent a nice morning together talking and catching up. We also did a fall decor swap which was so fun. I will do a full post on my brunch in a few days. Here is a picture of all of us with Grace our exchange student. </span><br />
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Angiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13390139150279152744noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1719840416633574545.post-734311209316785372018-09-07T05:59:00.000-04:002018-09-07T05:59:00.180-04:00Friday Favorites<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Happy Friday! I'm so happy it's the weekend!! This week Ava started school and G and I finally picked out a color to paint our rental house. We are going to start painting it this weekend. I feel like it's a project that will never end. I also have a baby shower to go to and I'm going to celebrate my friend Heidi's bday. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">1. Ava and our exchange student Grace started school this week. I just loved every minute of our summer but I am thankful that she and Grace are back in school. I hope they both have a great year!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">2. Last Friday two of my friends (Sabrina and Lynn) came and took pictures for our annual Greek photo shoot. Lynn and I were on top of one of the campus buildings so she could get pics from above and Sabrina was on the ground taking small group pics. I always do this photo shoot the first Friday of classes. I love having these pictures to use in brochures, on our website, etc throughout the year. </span></div>
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Angiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13390139150279152744noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1719840416633574545.post-31918366732329702762018-09-05T10:09:00.002-04:002018-09-05T10:09:20.865-04:00First day of school<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">It was back to school day for Ava today. She is starting her sophomore (junior) year. I wrote it like that because she can graduate in two years with her class or she can stay an extra year and finish her math and science requirements that she missed when she studied abroad in the Czech Republic </span><a href="http://brockandava.blogspot.com/2017/09/ava-update-one-month.html"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">last fall</span>.</a> <br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">We also have an exchange student from Taiwan living with us this fall. Grace was excited and happy to start school today too! </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Xoxo</span>Angiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13390139150279152744noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1719840416633574545.post-24383131352649518312018-09-04T10:20:00.000-04:002018-09-04T10:21:10.312-04:00Weekend Fun! <span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">We had a great last weekend of summer! I celebrated my dear friend Julia's 50th bday in Saratoga and took Ava and Grace school shopping on Sunday to the Ithaca waterfalls yesterday. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"> It was hot and humid here all weekend and I wanted to make the most of it. School starts here tomorrow so this was our last summer weekend :( </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">Saturday I went to the Saratoga racetrack to celebrate my dear friend Julia's 50th! This was the last weekend the track was open and I'm so glad it worked out for us to go. We had a great time celebrating her </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">We left bright and early Saturday morning and headed to the track we rented a house for all of us for Saturday night and came home Sunday morning. We had a full 24 hours to celebrate Julia.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"> I try and get up to Saratoga at least once a season. You can see a post about the track and tips for going <a href="http://brockandava.blogspot.com/2016/08/a-day-at-track.html">here. </a> We brought our own food and drinks and did general admission to get in so it was only $7 each. I bet $2 on each race so it was a cheap day!</span><br />
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