Friday Night Dates :: 24

I'm inviting romance into my life

one Friday Night Date at a time
and documenting each one here on my little ol' blog.

I want to remember every detail
of these splendid home spun dates.

Date #24

When I watch the film Big Night
it makes me want to
cook yummy food,
dance the night away,
drink fine wine,
and enjoy the best things in life.

So we did just that,
without the dancing.

It was a fantastic night!

Here are the recipes...

Pear, Gorgonzola, and Walnut Crescent Pizza

* I package crescent rolls

* 4 ounces sliced provolone cheese
* 1 Bosc pear, thinly sliced
* 2 ounces chopped walnuts
* 2 1/2 ounces Gorgonzola cheese, crumbled
* 2 tablespoons chopped fresh chives

Directions

1. Preheat oven to 450 degrees F (230 degrees C).
2. Place crescent roll dough on a medium baking sheet. Layer with Provolone cheese. Top cheese with Bosc pear slices. Sprinkle with walnuts and Gorgonzola cheese.
3. Bake in the preheated oven 8 to 10 minutes, or until cheese is melted and crust is lightly browned. Remove from heat. Top with chives and slice to serve.

I found the cheapest bottle of Sauvignon Blanc at Walmart.
It was $2.97 to be exact.
Sometimes the cheapest bottles are the best.

Did you find romance over the weekend?

Winner : Ladies Man Edition

We have a winner for this week's installment of Freakshow Friday. Please take note that my super hilarious and non biased best friend was the judge. Here are the top three in no particular order.

VandyJ
Does leaning this way show my chest hair? No? Damn.

Moooooog35

Promotional shot from the new TV series:
"Greatest American Hero - the Teen Years."

Sue
Playah's gonna shake the leaves right off your tree.

And the winner is...
VandyJ

Does leaning this way show my chest hair? No? Damn.

VandyJ

is the funniest blogger in all the land.
Now head on over to her blog
and marvel at this fantastic award she just earned
to proudly display forever.

Thanks to all the people who played.
Tune in this Friday for another installment of Freakshow Friday!

Mary Kay Extravaganza!!

Just a friendly reminder to hop
on over to my review blog
and enter to win a $100 gift basket of Mary Kay make up.

Just click on that picture of Mary Kay!
Smooches!

Freakshow Firday : Ladies Man Edition

It's time for another installment of Freakshow Friday. Where I ask my readers to come up with a caption or story for a funny photo. My best friend will be the judge and she's one hilarious freakaziod. So, bring it! Here is this week's photo, this guy has go that "it" factor.

Fall's got nothin' on me.

You got a better one for me?

If so, you may just when this awesome award

and have bragging rights forever.
Oh...do I ever have an award for you!
You will win this brand spankin' new award!!

If you win then I'll link up to your
Blog and make a big deal
about how funny you are.
Simply leave your funny caption or story
in my comments section.

The winner will be announced on Monday.

Christmas Came Early

So, as you know,
we built our dream backyard
but there was only one problem.

The stairs leading up to the play area
were these crazy metal stairs with no railing
that were here when we bought the house years ago.

Let me just show you a few
things that were terrifying about these stairs.

Let's start with the fact that
they are all rusty and look
like a Tetanus shot waiting to happen.

Also take note that they are leaning
on cinder blocks that are
perched on top of a steep hill.

Did I mention that there were no railings?

I feared for our lives
every single time
we walked up and down
those rotten old steps.

My parents surprised us and sent
some nice men over to build
a new set of stairs for us
as an early Christmas gift.

I think that they feared for our lives as well.

Koen was in absolute heaven as he
watched the men build the stairs.
It was quite an event.

We decided to have another
ribbon cutting ceremony.

We had a cookie cake that said
"NEW STAIRS".
I hung up a banner that said
"Up We Go"
at the top of the steps.

Griffin did the honor of saying a few words.
"I hereby proclaim that these stairs are ready to be climbed!"
he said as he cut the ribbon.

Then we all took turns
running up and down the stairs.
We shouted and danced all over them.

Thanks so much Nana and Poppy
for making our backyard complete.
I'll remember this gift
while we open Christmas presents, I swear!

We love our new stairs!!!

Mommy Makeover Madness!!

My weekly column is up and this week's topic

is about body image after baby and plastic surgery.
Please join in the discussion or suggest
that your friends read it on Facebook.


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Retro Post in Honor of My Birthday!!!

I wrote this post 2 years ago
and decided to repost it
in honor of my birthday being today!!

Today is my birthday!

Woo Hoo!
We have a little inside joke about birthdays
around here that I thought I'd let you in on.

When I was growing up my dad was a clown that performed at birthday parties. He once performed at a nursing home for a man that was turning 90. My dad described this sweet old man as sitting in a wheelchair and donning a Birthday boy crown. The performance was going well until the elderly man fell into a fit of jealousy that all of the party goers were paying attention to my dad instead of him.

As the story goes, he angrily wheeled himself to the front of the room and starting yelling at the top of his lungs "I'm the birthday boy, ignore that clown!!!" My dad tried to talk over him and finish the act quickly but the man just continued to wheel himself back and forth in front of the performance yelling obscenities.

He made such a scene that a nurse had to wheel the poor guy into the hallway to calm him down. My dad just continued his act (the show must go on) but could hear the angry old fart shouting through the door..."I'm the birthday boy, ignore that clown!!!" over and over and over and over. Now, every time I have a birthday I wake up in the morning and shout

"I'm the birthday girl, ignore that clown!"