It's For the Baby

So, maybe not exactly for the baby, but it will benefit the baby. All babies need alert, clear-headed parents, right? Well, I have found the thing to do it! Check this out! It's beautiful. Now we have an espresso machine, but it is a semi-automatic one. We use it every day in the fall/winter time frame. But this one is completely automatic--it does it all! It has a touch screen! A milk island! Two brand new, blurry-eyed parents will need this! All that to say, it can go on the registry, right? We're only thinking of the baby and we want him/her to be well cared for by alert, clear thinking parents. This definitely goes on the registry. ;-p

After the Oscars

We had such a great time at our Oscar party last night! I always try to class up the house and decorations by using gold, black, silver, red and crystal. This year we got a HUGE boquet of white flowers--think old classy Hollywood On the drink table, I used a white table cloth, a red runner to mimick the red carpet (thany you Rachael Ray). Also courtesy of Rachael Ray, I got white napkins and drew black lines on them and where they met I put a gold seal. They looked like the envelopes--except this year they used red seals. Oh, well. I was happy with the results. I picked up some red burlap fabric on sale and used that for our red carpet. Ralph picked up some really fun prizes. We have used Blockbuster gift cards for the last few years so we of course used those again this year. We also gave away a "Juno" soundtrack, an "Enchanted" soundtrack, "Michael Clayton" on DVD and two "date nights" (two tickets to a movie, popcorn, and something else--Ralph got them). Everyone seemed to have a great time.
We served hot apple cider, a champagne punch (minus the simple syrup), French press coffee, and water with lemon. The punch is a wonderful light, refreshing punch. It serves quite a few people and is really easy to make! We had some really creative food again this year. I just picked a couple to show. Our friends Jeff and Sarah made the "There Will Be Blood Pudding." Jeff spent all afternoon on the structers. Kelly made the "Mrs. Lovett's Meat Pies" for "Sweeney Todd." I have to admit--I loved what I made. They are called "Texas Millionaires." They are caramel, pecans and chocolate. So yummy! I made them for "Charlie Wilson's War"--about a politician who surrounded himself with Texas millionaires.
I will go into the dresses in a later post but overall no huge fashion blunders--some should look at hiring a new stylist and some should maybe get one, but overall I loved the dresses!

A Picure is Worth a Thousand Words . . .

. . .or so they say! Tonight I am too tired to be verbose, so here are some pics of what I've been up to.

Cuddling with Kenya.











Coffee with Penny . . .


. . .at Night Sky Coffee House.













You have to try the hats on when antique shopping!









Aren't we cute?
















Like it? Love it? Hate it? Penny and I loved it. Ralph hates it. I want it for my dining room.
What do you think?