Hola! I'm gearing up for a Mexican-themed Cocktail Jewelry Party this evening, starring Suz's
Silpada bling and lots of my spicy treats. Yay for parties! Yay for a reason to invite the girls over! I'm making
carnitas to eat rolled in
soft corn tortillas and garnished with
chopped radishes, pickled onions, and a
drizzle of crema. A
spicy, creamy shrimp salad. A
pinto bean salad with
peppers and
tomatoes. Bowls of
guaaahcamole and
salsa with
tortilla chips and
roasted vegetables for dipping. And a very easy and fun-to-make
tres leches cake. After washing it all down with
cold beer, snappy wines, and
hot coffee, we should be properly fortified for chatting and jewel-browsing, I think. As if I need fortification for jewel-shopping, ha. (Mary P. or Kathie R., if you read this, you are invited, my dears, but
Park Nicollet will no longer let my emails through - I've tried several times. So frustrating! I'm junk to Park Nicollet now, I guess. Junk! Sheesh.)
Well, back-to-school continues to chug along pretty smoothly. Although I am most certainly not a morning person, being up-and-at-em by 6:30 a.m. does have its benefits. (I used to voluntarily get up at
5:30 a.m. every day to walk before work with my former neighbor Beth - I'm too old for such craziness now.) I am walked, showered, and a good way into my daily chores and desk work by 9:00 a.m. Just like the good ol' days at Park Nicollet - you know, when they used to accept my emails... As a result, I'm checking several items off the ever-nightmare checklist I keep on my desk. Like clean my nightmare desk. Done! Sooooo done! Yeah!
So, back to the party, depending on how I think the food tastes at the party, I'll post recipes, so
stay tuned...
Fun! That's what Cocktail Jewelry Parties are - just plain FUN! Here it is, after 1:00 a.m., so this will be a quick post, one of those I'm-Too-Jazzed-To-Fall-Asleep-So-I'll-Write posts. I do need some sleep, since Cooper Cuteness will be here at 9:00 tomorrow (this) morning. So I'll post recipes later - I think the tres leches cake, shrimp salad, and carnitas went over best tonight. Stay tuned...
necklaces and bracelets and earrings, woo hooo! Thank you to Kathie, Chris, Mary, Lindsay, Kristi, Beth, Kim, Bev, Bobbi, Stacey, and Kasey for such a fun night!
