Thank you flowers

Sherry brought me some gerbera daisies as a thank you for working her chamber of commerce ribbon cutting last week. I think it can be planted at home so it doesn't die, right Mum?

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Ribbon cutting

My co-worker Sherry, who teaches the bread and tamale classes I've taken, asked me if I could come to her house after work on Thursday and help out at her Chamber of Commerce ribbon cutting. Never one to turn down a party, I gladly obliged. When I got there I was assigned to be in charge of the tamale table where I cut tamales up in three pieces, topped them with sauce and cheese, and served them up in little dishes for the guests to enjoy. Another co-worker, Cheri, worked next to me cutting up and serving small pieces of homemade pizza.
After Sherry gave her little speech to the group there was the official ribbon cutting and photo which she insisted that all of us "helpers" be in. I'm waiting for it to be on the chamber's website so that I can bask in all my new found fame.
I had a blast helping out. I haven't done anything remotely close to catering in about 4 years, so I really enjoyed reliving my glory days in the food biz.

New specs!

Both of us were due for an eye appt and new glasses so we made an afternoon of it.


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Birthday extravaganza

Today was my co-worker Kari's birthday. For the occasion I brought goodies to decorate her desk with - banners, flowers, a balloon.
We had a fun girls lunch at Round Table Pizza followed by some lemon cream cake I brought from The Upper Crust.
All the slices were literally devoured seconds after I sliced it. People were crawling out of the woodwork at the mere mention of cake. I'm glad that I could help my friend have a special birthday experience at work.

Home Improvements

After some serious discussion this weekend regarding the lack of storage space in both my craft room and Chris' beer cave, Chris sprung into action and built me some new storage shelves in my craft room closet. One side already had floor to ceiling shelving, but the other side was a standard pole and shelf setup which I wasn't using so he removed the pole and built some sturdy wood shelves.
Now I can discreetly stack the piles of scrapbooking kits I currently have stacked on the floor. I might actually be able to see the floor again! The best part is that my craft room now smells like fresh wood. So outdoorsy.

Because I had a church singing team party this evening, I didn't have a lot of time this afternoon to bake fancy treats for work. So instead, I pulled out my Pillsbury cookie book and looked for a recipe I already had all the ingredients for and found some tried and true oatmeal cookies. I didn't have any raisins so I substituted cranberries instead. An improvement really since raisins are the devil's treat.
Next weekend, when I have more time, I'll do something a little fancier. But now I've got everybody trained that I bring treats on Monday so I can't let them down!

Thursday Night Market

In my quest for a birthday gift, we decided to go downtown tonight for dinner and gift shopping. Since Thursday nights are also the downtown farmer's market we decided to head over as soon as we got home to beat the crazy crowds of scantily clothed college students. We'd been eyeballing a newer restaurant downtown called Burgers & Brews. It sounded right up our alley. I chose the spicy guacamole cheeseburger with fries;
That's a 1/2 pound of medium well spicy deliciousness! Chris got the bacon jalapeno burger.
True to their name they had pages and pages of brews to choose from on the menu. An Anchor Steam Amber was finally settled on much to the Canadian's satisfaction. We ate out in their outdoor patio since the weather was nice this evening and were serenaded by the thundering bass of a live band next door at the local downtown bar. After dinner we strolled around looking at the food booths and peeking inside some of the shops that stayed open late like Made in Chico. Unfortunately I didn't find any great gift ideas, but it was still worth the burger and fries.

Coffee anyone?

I bought my co-worker a big bottle of Frangelico for his birthday yesterday so he surprised me with a mini bottle today. Perfect for my cup of coffee. Mmm!

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