Somehow I managed to do all my baking, most of my cleaning, and still fit in my workout last night, go me! lol … I figured that I have two hours after work to finish everything up before the guests arrive, and then 8:30 pm last night my mom informs me that they are leaving early and will possibly be over as early as 4 pm. That leaves me NO extra time, I will be getting in with the kids at 3:45! So I will do a whirlwind sweep, vaccuum, etc and hope they are a few minutes late, lol.
I have two crockpots going right now with corned beef and cabbage (potatoes and carrots too of course) and a third dutch oven which I will turn on when I get home. That will be finished later than the others, but the plan is that the first two will feed everyone, and the third is for second helpings later on in the evening and leftovers. I still need to make icing/frost the kids Lucky Cupcakes, and then I am making a batch of Colcannon. Oh, and glaze the pistachio bundt cake. Then I am done! The Lucky Cupcakes are simply chocolate cupcakes with green buttercream, I am just calling them lucky because I couldn’t find a special kids dessert that I had the items to make!
No exercise today!
Ugh, so I have a work site with huge huge HUGE employee relations issues, I thought I was making progress but I just got a complaint from yet another employee. This is becoming very messy, and I feel like I am getting no support from the director of HR which is really frustrating. When people come to me for help, I follow through. I am not going to sit here and ignore that all these people are miserable because of ONE person.
Food today: (as if I will be OP, nope, sorry ladies!)
B: Cereal and 1% milk, running late
L: LC Tortilla Fish
S: Apple or yogurt, whichever I am in the mood for
D: Corned beef and cabbage dinner, yum!
I think we may be in the 50s this weekend which will be awesome. I will try and get a little “spring cleaning” of the yard done, walk on the rail trail, and I am going to (GASP!) list some of my handbags on ebay. That is right ladies, I am simplifying my life, only keeping what are actively in my rotation and not the dust collectors. Keeping 2 Louis Vuittons, 1 Michael Kors, and 2 Coaches, and that is IT! The rest are going! (I say this right now, then when I am taking them all out of the dust bags I will be hyperventilating, lmao!).
lindat
March 13th, 2009 at 11:40 am
The party sounds wonderful. I adore colcannon.
So how many handbags DO you have right now? I need to know this.
beerab
March 13th, 2009 at 11:56 am
Wow sounds like a busy day! A yummy one too!
Lucky cupcakes- maybe you could find some shamrock sprinkles to put on top as well? lol.
loosingme
March 13th, 2009 at 12:48 pm
thanks for your comment in my journal today, kelly. Sorry you missed the video.
Ya, we had a great time!! You should look into the vet shadowing for ds…definitely!
I am looking forward to corned beef and cabbage on Tuesday as well. That corned beef and the cabbage shrink up so much, you don’t really get that much in one crockpot, do you? I know the last time I made it for a crowd, I cooked it in one of those big roaster ovens! AND a crockpot! LOL
Oh NO….you are letting some of your “babies” go…sniff…sniff…post a link to the ebay place though, maybe something will tweak my interest. My coach is…gasp…starting to show it’s age! LOL
Have a good time celebrating a bit o the Irish tonite!!
espencer
March 13th, 2009 at 4:20 pm
Wish I could come to your party! I haven’t found a corned beef small enough for us yet. Enjoy your weekend and yay for simplification!
tkt117
March 13th, 2009 at 5:38 pm
I never have luck with corned beef and cabbage. Maybe I should get your recipe. Mine never seems to really get nice and tender. Party sounds like a blast!!!! You have been a very busy lady! So will you be having green beer as well?
Have fun tonight and have a great weekend!
majestichollyhock
March 13th, 2009 at 8:28 pm
Have fun!!!
madcat
March 14th, 2009 at 11:08 am
Kelly, your entry made me tired just reading it!
Hope it all went well.
kotapaint
March 14th, 2009 at 1:56 pm
maybe you should post handbag pics on fb and maybe you won’t need ebay because all the chicks will buy them! lol
moonfairy
March 15th, 2009 at 8:55 pm
I was going to say post a link for the bags. Maybe I’ll see something I like.
JustCallMeCow
March 15th, 2009 at 9:59 pm
What is this I hear? Selling handbags? Well let us have a looksie girly!