You know, the thing I like most about Gwen’s challenge is I have to reflect on this past year. I have to sit down and think about all the fun, exciting, crazy, wonderful things I did over this last year. Being a mom to 8 wonderful children.. married to a fabulous husband, working a day job, freelancing on weekends and nights, I don’t often have time to reflect on all the fun times.
I had a few awesome dinner/lunch outings this past year. One of me favs was Lunch at Blogher with my dear friend Ciaran and some new (amazing) girls, Jo (and her mom), Melissa and Alma. My kids still play with Alma’s memory game made out of her awesome patterns.
During that same trip, My mom, my 2 daughters and I were able to meet up with the Godmother of all of my kids. It was a very special treat, because this was the first time she was able to meet Lucy (who was only 4 weeks old) in person. We had such a fun time eating and chatting.
I think my fav was my anniversary dinner with my hubs last January. He surprised me, took me to Smith and Wollensky Steakhouse sans kids. It was wonderful. He even had a little extra surprise.. a beautiful bracelet with a letter charm for each of our kids. So very sweet.
I do have to have to give mention to this salad below. This was by far my favorite dish over this past year. I made this one day during my pregnancy… total craving. It was delicious. You can find the recipe over at my moms blog. I just had to share the recipe with everyone. I used a pomegranate vinaigrette! It was just amazing.
until tomorrow…..
-S
Wed, Dec 2, 2009
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