holiday recap
Well, we had a good holiday! I hope everyone else did, too. Christmas Eve went better than expected with my family. We had low to no expectations (al-anon style!) so it wasn't hard to get over our bar, lol. Christmas was really great. My mom came over and we had breakfast together and opened gifts. Then Mike, Autumn and I lounged around all day and then we did Christmas night with Mike's family who arrived that evening and stayed until New Year's Day.
We got out like bandits again. My gift of awesomeness this year was from Mike's dad--he got me an HD Flip camera. Too, it's extra cool because he went out and got it for me, haha. I also got some clothes, the paper towel holder I've been wanting, and a bunch of makeup. I mean, I felt super spoiled. Mike and I went a little small this year because of the bed bug thing (did I tell you about that??) but still got me the best gifts: some books I've been wanting and some new chocolates to sample. I got him a plug in personal fan for his office and a Sigg water bottle. plus some black milk tea that I had to scour the city to find.
Our New Year's Brunch was possibly one of the best events we have given. Everyone found someone to talk to, the food got a lot of compliments, and everyone who stayed after ending time were people we like. My only notes for next year are:
-more bacon and sausage
-fewer biscuits and muffins by about a dozen each
-the muffins and biscuits froze and thawed on the counter overnight perfectly (recipes: 1, 2, 3)
-4 quiches is perfect for 40-50 people
-this hash brown recipe is AMAZING. People absolutely raved over it--I was able to layer it and use half milk and half cream in it. I had my doubts but tried it out over Christmas and wow.
-this apples and granola recipe was exactly what I wanted. Both recipes quadrupled to almost exactly the right amount we needed.
walk0nthe0cean sent me an awesome looking breakfast casserole recipe that I might add next year. I ended up doing the hash browns because I wanted one more thing without meat but apparently we had more carnivores than I expected so having two potato dishes and one with meat in it might not be a bad thing.
So, all in all, a good holiday. I am a little glad to be back on schedule, though. Especially for Autumn's sake. Too many nights of staying up too late was starting to make us all crazy. :P
We got out like bandits again. My gift of awesomeness this year was from Mike's dad--he got me an HD Flip camera. Too, it's extra cool because he went out and got it for me, haha. I also got some clothes, the paper towel holder I've been wanting, and a bunch of makeup. I mean, I felt super spoiled. Mike and I went a little small this year because of the bed bug thing (did I tell you about that??) but still got me the best gifts: some books I've been wanting and some new chocolates to sample. I got him a plug in personal fan for his office and a Sigg water bottle. plus some black milk tea that I had to scour the city to find.
Our New Year's Brunch was possibly one of the best events we have given. Everyone found someone to talk to, the food got a lot of compliments, and everyone who stayed after ending time were people we like. My only notes for next year are:
-more bacon and sausage
-fewer biscuits and muffins by about a dozen each
-the muffins and biscuits froze and thawed on the counter overnight perfectly (recipes: 1, 2, 3)
-4 quiches is perfect for 40-50 people
-this hash brown recipe is AMAZING. People absolutely raved over it--I was able to layer it and use half milk and half cream in it. I had my doubts but tried it out over Christmas and wow.
-this apples and granola recipe was exactly what I wanted. Both recipes quadrupled to almost exactly the right amount we needed.
walk0nthe0cean sent me an awesome looking breakfast casserole recipe that I might add next year. I ended up doing the hash browns because I wanted one more thing without meat but apparently we had more carnivores than I expected so having two potato dishes and one with meat in it might not be a bad thing.
So, all in all, a good holiday. I am a little glad to be back on schedule, though. Especially for Autumn's sake. Too many nights of staying up too late was starting to make us all crazy. :P