Don't Be Tardy For The Party

I ♥ Bravo & the Real Housewives...all of them...but ATL is absolutely the only reason I have cable!

Surely at least one of you ladies was watching last night.

What did y'all think about Kim cutting Nene out of Tardy for the Party? Kim didn't even want to do that song until Nene encouraged her to do it.



It's catchy...I'll be feeling good by nine...after my third glass of wine...I liked that part...but for real, who's on time to a party?

Best Friend's Wedding

One of my very best friend's got married yesterday. The wedding was outdoors right on the water at sunset.



The venue was absolutely beautiful, here is what the site looked like before everything was setup.






The wedding started at 6 o'clock but I came 4 hours early to help with things. I was in shock for a minute when arrived & was asked to make all of the centerpieces.



All of you ladies out there know how vital the centerpieces are to the wedding.

It's not that I minded making them, I just wish I could have made them 2 weeks ago so I didn't have to worry about anything going wrong.

Start with a tall cylinder vase, these particular ones were purchased at Hobby Lobby.



I'll have you know one of the first vases I pulled out of the box broke in my hands.

Of course there were no extras, that's one of the downfalls of making them at the last minute.

One of the tables couldn't be without a centerpiece so I had no choice but to jazz it up like the rest of them & place it on a table hoping that no one would notice the vase was missing a side...

Here's how you can make one, take some good ole rubber cement.



Glue a one inch ribbon at the top of each vase & place an LED light at the bottom.



Take a wide band of construction paper & attach a strip of fabric & a different color ribbon than what you've placed at the top. Affix the adorned construction paper to the bottom of the vases.



And add your flowers.



At least the Bride had the flowers arrangements already made so all I had to do was place them on top of the vases.

To make the flower ball she took an inexpensive half ball of styrofoam.



The cheapest fake flowers she could find, & then actually spray painted the flowers all one color & cut the long stem & arranged them in the half ball of styrofoam.

For extra jazz the Bride added a 5 inch long strand of beads to the bottom of the styrofoam ball so it would dangle over the LED light. To attach the strand of beads to the styrofoam I would use a pen to make a small hole, put hot glue in the hole & then put the strands of beads in the hot glue.



These centerpieces were so inexpensive & simple to make but the end result was fantastic.



I'm happy I was able to finish them all in time for the wedding & will definitely be making some for my next event.

The Bride also made her own wedding favors as well.



The boxes were filled with different shades of pink breast cancer awareness M&M's that she found on deep clearance.

The ceremony was beautiful & went off without a hitch. I wish that I had an actual camera, I take all of my pictures from my cell phone & unfortunately my battery went dead pretty early into the night. Below are the pictures that I was able to snap:


















This just goes to show you that you don't have to break the bank to have a nice wedding, creativity & hard work go a long way.

The Saddest Movie Ever

I'm pretty much a cold hearted snake when it comes to crying during movies.

I don't do it.



The tears just don't come out. If it's really really sad then my eyes might sweat a little, but a tear wouldn't fall.

Except for the Notebook. You're not human if you didn't cry during the Notebook.

Or you've never been in love & had your heartbroken, one of the two.

I thought I was special & could go watch My Sister's Keeper, a movie about a child dying of cancer, in the theater & not have my mascara run.

I was wrong.

So very, very wrong.

My Sister's Keeper is the absolute saddest movie I have ever seen.

Pretty much everyone knows someone who has had cancer & the movie really portrays the private struggles of a family that's been afflicted.

People were blubbering. At one point I had to dig my thumbnail into my left palm to keep from laughing because people were sobbing so hard. I did shed a few tears myself though, so take it from me, please watch My Sister's Keeper in the privacy of your own home & you won't have to worry about puffy eyes or mascara.

What Happened on Friday

These happened.

To a brand new tire that I purchased for an obscene amount in July.



Lucky for me I'm a girl & the men at the tire shop took pity on me & just charged me the price of a warranty.

I got out with a brand new tire for $23.89 & a free oil change.

I love being a girl...

Baby Kitty Kitty in a Teacup

Baby Kitty Kitty

I'm a new mom. That is my friend bottle feeding my new baby.

I'm not a cat person.

How was I supposed to know that it's typical for a mama cat to hide it's babies in different safe places so they can come back for them later.

I heard something screaming at my basement & found teeny tiny baby kitty kitty in a pile of leaves. I immediately swooped it up & went to get it some milk from a pet store.

Baby kitty kitty was expensive. It was almost $30 for the powdered milk & bottle.

So, since I unknowingly stole baby kitty kitty from it's mama, it's mine now.

Too bad I think I'm allergic. Hopefully it will pass.

Diogi just loves baby kitty kitty.







I have yet to introduce it to Wild Thing & the One Eyed Monster. I'd like it to at least have a chance at a long full life.

Rotel

Rotel is a classic party dip that I'm sure all of y'all have had at one time or another. Now that football season is upon us, I thought I'd share how I make mine.



The recipe on the can of Rotel calls for one can of Rotel & one pound of Velveeta.

You know me, more is more.

I make my dip with not one, not two, but THREE cans of Rotel. I like to use two originals & one Mexican with the lime & cilantro.

Then I add a pound of HOT sausage. This is not negotiable unless you are feeding vegetarians. It has to be HOT sausage. It's wonderful & people always ask me what I add to my Rotel, the end result is not too spicy, but flavorful.

So I start by cooking my sausage. Just add it to your pan on medium high heat.



I like to spread it out & then start chopping it up with a fork.



Slice the Velveeta while your sausage is cooking.



Be sure to crumble the sausage really good & cook it all the way through.



If you're planning to keep the dip warm in a crock pot you can use these liners for a no mess cleanup later:



The liners are actually really good to have when taking the crock pot to someone else's house because then after you're drunk on Sake from an ugly Christmas sweater party & forget to take the dirty crock pot in the house, it's all good & clean. Not that I've done that...

So, now that the sausage is cooked all we have to do is melt everything together. I layer everything, but I don't think the end result will be any different if you just toss it all in a pan & melt it.

I start with one can of Rotel.



Some Velveeta.



Cooked sausage.



Remaining two cans of Rotel.



And the rest of the Velveeta.



Then I set it & forget it.



Stirring ocassionally of course. Rest assured that if you bring THIS Rotel to your next get together that you will be invited back.