Game Night

Last night I asked all of my co-workers to suit-up, bring their game faces, and come to win - It was game night! Yeah, they suited up for the most part, but I don't know that anyone brought their game faces or came to win, necessarily. That may have changed once they saw my awesome prizes, though. I told them there would be prizes, but I don't think they believed me until the first game had been won, and Jamie got to pick a prize.
Anyway, it was nice to have people come out. We have a good comradery at work, but we don't get many opportunities to get together outside of work. It always makes for good food, great conversation and a fun time. Unfortunately, two of my co-workers couldn't come (Missy and Teri, you guys were missed. We'll have to tell you about the funny moments at work.). We had such a good time talking, we only played 2 games in the 4 hours or so that everyone was here: Apples to Apples and Taboo. Oh, Lisa and Jamie, I will never doubt your game-playing abilities again. Well-played.
I thought the food was good (I made it, though), so I wanted to post the link to the recipes on Women's Health. I made: Cajun meatballs, blue cheese and walnut dip, and chicken tenders. . I also made some apples 'n port for a dessert. I will post that recipe in the Recipe of the Week.
I wish I had taken pictures last night, but I will have great memories. I am so fortunate to have such wonderful people I work with that I can call my friends. I know how hard that can be to find at the work place. So a big "thank you" to Heidi, Lisa, Jamie, Michele, Missy and Teri. So that happened...

Snow in March

Well, for a state that doesn't get much snow - ever - we have now had two substantial snows. And by substantial, I mean more than 2", because, let's face it, that's substantial for North Carolina. After 2 solid weekend days of rain, it got cold enough to turn to snow overnight last night, and we ended up with a good 4". For those of you who don't think that's much, some places to the west of us actually ended up with 8"-12". That is a lot, unless you live way up north.

I was fortunate enough to have a snow day. (David was not. He enjoyed the distinct pleasure of driving to Chapel Hill, which took twice as long as usual.) This was nice because a very yucky illness fell upon me early Saturday evening and didn't leave me until last night. I had felt queasy leading up to it, so I had felt like my weekend had been shot. Alas, this beautiful snow was bestowed upon me, I mean us, and I had the opportunity to get some work done. (Okay, so blogging is not "getting work done", but I pretty much got myself organize and finished all of that earlier today.) I would've loved to go sledding, but it would've been alone, and we don't actually own a sled since we're not used to snow here. And I'm not good at makeshift. I feel like I've reached a point where at a ripe old 26-years and 8-months, I just enjoy watching the snow fall and looking at the beautiful picture it creates. Seriously, it is very pretty seeing the snow on all of the trees outside. I think I get that sentimentality from my mother.

I am looking forward to my walk with Truman. He loves the snow, so it's always quite the adventure walking him in it. Let's just hope that goes well because while I am feeling much better, I still get tired and light-headed after being up and about for extended periods of time. Always a good reason to have David make dinner.