In 220 days, the Summer Olympics in China begin. No, wait. While that is true, that's not really what this post is about. But on the news this morning, that's what we heard first.... "220 days until 8-8-08". I guess it's a good thing we didn't choose to get married in China - or we'd have one hell of a time trying to find hotels!!
So now with our wedding taking place THIS year, there's a lot that I need to get a handle on. Time to start making the wedding invitations (because I'm enough of a control freak that I'd rather make them myself than have them turn out anything less than what I envision), finalizing flights for Hawaii and Mexico, getting Britt's passport and reminding Erik to get them for his kids, etc. There's a lot to do, but the end result is priceless....
All last week, we'd been throwing around suggestions of what to do for New Year's Eve. Jason was heading into Manhattan with Natalie - and it probably wouldn't have been too cool if his mom tagged along. We thought about Mohegan Sun, Foxwoods, some local restaurants, etc. Nothing hit us just right (well, that's probably because the cover charges were $300 per couple and that's freaking insane) - so we decided to take full advantage of the fact that we had a sitter for his kids, and Britt was at her dad's. That left us all alone in our "McMansion". And we had a blast!!! We picked our own menu, went to the butcher and the supermarket, and threw our very first intimate New Year's Eve celebration. Just the two of us. Let me back track a minute.... I had no idea that prime rib costs as much as a tank full of gas for my Expedition. Jeez.... $78 for uncooked meet. Insanity. But hey, why not?? Here's the recap:
Erik showed up at around 8pm (ummm, later than he should have been, but.....) - with Quarterback Crunch ice cream. Who could be mad at his lateness after bringing that?? I had the dining room alit with votives... all over. It was soooo pretty. On our plates, I had noisemakers. You know, after all, it is an event to celebrate! We headed into the kitchen and started the prime rib. That gave us an hour and a half to make our appetizer and dessert. Appetizer was mini phyllo shells with shredded chicken and monterey jack & cheddar cheeses --topped with fresh tomatoes. Yummy. Crunchy. Dessert took quite awhile. Erik had found a recipe for Kaluha Mousse. It was quite tedious to make, but we had so much fun doing it together, that it was well worth the effort. That was finished at 9pm and would be ready by midnight. So we ate.... and ate.... and then drank..... Flying Gorillas. Chocolate ice cream, fresh bananas, creme de cacao, and banana schnappes. Unfreakingbelievable. You NEVER taste the liquor. Ohhhh - word to the wise - if you use 99 Bananas, use ONLY a dash - or you'll be wasted. Glad we asked the guy at the liquor store. We then proceeded to play Wii Carnival Games... totally addicting!!! At the stroke of midnight, we toasted with champagne punch (haha - I had to sneak sherbet in somewhere)... It was the greatest night -- spent alone together, making plans, talking about hopes and dreams, and looking forward to the most spectacular year for us!
Enough with our mushy stuff.... Have a safe, happy and healthy 2008!!!
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