Was lucky enough to attend the IRT Radio Show this year. It’s the only fundraiser I attend that is like a comedy roast. It was a star studded cast! Name dropping here… Pat McAfee, Tom Griswold, Mayor Hogsett. Check out the full cast on their website.
Where else can you hear Indy’s elite community members making penis jokes, talking about Cialis, dropping F-bombs (that was only McAfee) and dropping their guard. Kudos to them for keeping it real!
We needed some V day plans. Luckily Clowes Hall had something in store for us.
It’s been awhile since we’d seen a comedy show. I got an email that Adam Devine was in town. We’ve seen him in a few movies and love his character on Modern Family. Let’s do it!
It was a solid show by a short little guy. Adam Ray opened, wasn’t familiar with him but he was good. I saw him in the lobby during my restroom break, but I had priorities over pics. He liked to pick on the front row. Audience ribbing is always funny. One of the highlights was them including the Sign Language Interpreter into their show. I’m not familiar with Workaholics, but I will be soon after the profanities these guys were making this seemingly nice lady sign. Double D shake, so romantic.
After the show we traded cards… guess who got a puppy?!
It works. Try it.
A friend, who is also a co-worker, got sneaky on me a while back. While I’m in the lunch line behind her talking to another friend/co-worker, she secretly bought my lunch. I go to hand the cashier my card and she kept saying “You’re good.” Me, “What?” It was like a who’s on first moment. I just wasn’t getting it. She finally spilled the beans and said my friend had bought my lunch. Awww shucks. I text her later that day and all she asked was that I pay it forward. Today, I found a great moment to do just that.
I was up early and hungry. That formula is always solved with a Starbucks Gouda and bacon egg sandwich. On my way to work, the only drive-thru Starbucks I pass is downtown. It’s always a nightmare drive-thru line. It usually moves nicely, but there are 2 entrances and you know how people get before they’ve had their caffeine. I was at the side entrance, and a nice lady in a white SUV let me go in line in front of her. I asked the cashier to put her bill on mine. Felt really nice and fitting for Valentine’s Day. Spread the love and #payitforward. @HaleyJoelOsment.
Whenever my HLP and I make a bet, I have to be careful with the punishment so that I’m not the one who looks silly. For the IU v PU basketball game, I told her to bring a Tervis to our viewing party. Loser has to drink out of the opposing team’s Tervis for 48 hours. Going in, I was pretty confident. During the game, not so much. It came down to the very last minute. Victory for me! Sorry Tervis, you have to endure some CC for a little bit.
A friend needed to take a side dish to a Super Bowl Party. I offered up my famous taco dip recipe. I have no idea where I learned this from, so I can’t take credit for creating it. It’s so simple and I always end up with an empty dish after I serve it. My suggestion sounded so good, I thought I would make it to take over to our friend’s house tomorrow! 3 key ingredients: 8 oz sour cream, 8 oz cream cheese, 1 package taco seasoning.
If you let the cream cheese soften, mixing in the bowl is much easier. Before…
After!
Spread the mix in any glass dish. I prefer a round with 12″ diameter.
You can top with whatever you want. I always use 1/2 yellow pepper, 1/2 green pepper, and 2 chopped roma tomatoes.
Toss some shredded cheese on top and you are done.
Serve with your favorite tortilla chips. I like the Scoops. Get’s all the goodness in 1 bite! Very colorful, very delicious, and very little clean up too. All you use is 1 bowl, 1 fork, 1 knife and a cutting board.
Turning 39 did not excite me this year. Being with my friends did, so I found a fun way to make them do some work for me!
Have at it, party people!
A quick Goodwill trip and a staple gun provided a DIY way to showcase my bucket list ideas.
Lots of great ideas. A few questionable ones.
Thanks to JW, this thing follows me around at every birthday since my golden. Luckily she forgot the real deal at home but happily sent a phone pic later. Those are not caterpillars. Those are my eyebrows before this girl learned what sculpting was.
My event coordinator and I taking a breather after the meatball debacle.
Black and gold was a fitting color scheme this year.
We leveled up this year by adding live music. Our youngest guest was loving the Guitarist by cutting it up on the dance floor!
I love being surrounded by friends and family. I felt loved!
I don’t throw birthday parties to get presents, but AV picked something special out for me, so I was excited!
A cupcake puzzle! Can’t think of a better birthday gift! Just need to pick which weekend I’ll be working on it. As the birthday girl, I tried to make the rounds and mingle with everyone which caused me to lose my cup every now and then. Oh well, we can double fist it.
After all that fun, clean up day was bittersweet.
After the weekend festivities, a good workout was needed but damn, JL outdid himself. Who needs training?!
I was ready for a good dinner and a cocktail. I think a martini pairs nicely with filet. Or anything.
I’m ready to tackle 39 and rock into 40…. I think.
