When I arrived Michelle was sitting on the couch hurrying to finish reading the book. This is not unusual for someone to be sitting there trying to finish.
Jenn's husband gave her a notebook on a lanyard so that she'll always have a pen and paper handy in the midst of her busy life. It's a great idea and so sweet that he did that for her.
Here is our successful self-portrait of the night (taken at the beginning of the evening while our lipstick was still in tact). It took us four tries to get it right.
We had a great dinner (as usual) of Amy's beef stew, Jenn's spinach salad, and Jana's homemade crescent rolls. It was fabulous!
Later in the evening Collette gave us all a framed copy of this photo I took in Paris. We had visited this chocolate shop 3 times while we were there and it was never open! It was both sad and funny. Collette also gave us fudge to go with it. So sweet.
Jenn gave us all one of these darling little Easter bags with plastic Easter eggs full of funky Easter candies like Wild Cherry M&Ms and Strawberries and Cream dark chocolate 3 musketeers.
Here is the cake I made (yes, I baked!) for Michelle. It's nothing pretty, but it was really tasty. I used Michelle's recipe for Denver Sheet cake and loaded the frosting and the top with toasted pecans.
We had a good discussion of this book, though the group was torn on what we thought about it. Amy, Michelle and I all really liked it, Collette was iffy, about 50/50 on it, and both Jenn & Jana really didn't like it. This was rather baffling to me, but we were able to talk through the differences and and discuss our reasons for feeling that way.
I find it funny that I get so defensive when there are differences--my fight or flight response kicks in and surprisingly I want to take flight. I don't know why this is, because I'd think my inclination would be to fight (in a good way) but instead I have a mini panic attack and feel threatened. It's weird, but definitely made me push myself to talk things out more, rather than shut down and get quiet.
**Do you fight or take flight?
Do you need a notebook on a lanyard?
Do you like our dinner menu?
Have you made Denver/Texas sheet cake?**
Do you need a notebook on a lanyard?
Do you like our dinner menu?
Have you made Denver/Texas sheet cake?**
