Sunday, October 21, 2012

Goodbye Laureen

Last night we gave a party for Dan's secretary, Laureen, who is retiring. We asked her to make the guest list. She said she would only be inviting very close friends. When we got the list it had 50 people on it! We teased her about it. My close friends would fit around my dining room table!


She is moving to Florida to be close to her daughter so we themed the party "Toes in the Sand".


Anna and Mia are opposites in almost everything but they both love chocolate!



Anna cracked us up when she lay down on the wood floor in the middle of the party and tried to go to sleep! Wish I thought to take a picture.

One of Laureen's coworkers brought a book about Colorado for everyone to sign and all ULA employees signed this matted picture of one of their rockets.


Goodbye Laureen, we'll miss you!

P.S. During the party we heard from our realtor that the buyers gave up on their request for an extra $8000! So the sale of our house will close on Election Day!



2 comments:

thesleepyknitter said...

Hi, Debbie! I just read your "food" comment on Lisa's blog, "One Thankful Mom," and am interested in your eight-week menu rotation. By any chance do you have your menus posted anywhere on your blog? We have three little ones from China and Taiwan, and I am fairly certain we are about to learn that at least one of them needs to be gluten-free, and I am looking for prepared menus (that small children would like) to try to get us through the transition from being a gluten-crazy family to a nearly gluten-free family. Just wondering if you might have that information posted for sharing. :-) Blessings, SleepyKnitter, rsfleenor at juno dot com www.20stuff.blogspot.com

Debbie said...

No I don't have any on my blog because I treat my blog more as a family photo album. I can give you some links and some recipes in the meantime if you let me know your preferences. One thing you can do right away is replace all your noodles with rice noodles and use corn tortillas instead of flour. You can also use almond meal for bread crumbs.

These are the meals I rotate minus week 8:

Week #1
Tuesday :
Tacos
Refried beans

Wednesday:
Turkey Chili
Fruit or veggie

Thursday:
Chicken Parmesan
Green beans
Noodles

Friday:
Asian Shrimp
Rice
Fruit or Veggie

Week #2
Tuesday :
Chicken tortilla soup
Fruit or veggie

Wednesday:
Short Ribs
Mashed potatoes

Thursday:
Italian casserole
Fruit or veggies

Friday:
Chicken & broccoli
Rice
Week #3
Tuesday :
Taco casserole
Fruit or veggie

Wednesday:
Beef stew
Fruit or veggie

Thursday:
Chicken cacciatore
Corn
Asparagus


Friday:
Country style ribs
Rice
Fruit or veggie
Week #4
Tuesday :
Green Chile Enchiladas
Raw fruit or veggie

Wednesday:
Cranberry Pork Roast
Sweet Potato

Thursday:
Spaghetti
Peppers

Friday:
Mongolian beef
Rice
Fruit or veggie

Week #5
Tuesday :
New Mexico stew
Fruit or veggie

Wednesday:
Ribs
Baked beans
Coleslaw

Thursday:
Salmon
Broiled zucchini
Fried red potatoes

Friday:
Bread/baked ckn legs
Rice
Fruit or veggie
Week #6
Tuesday :
Turkey & spinach taquitos
Veggie or fruit

Wednesday:
Beef brisket
Broccoli
Rice

Thursday:
Crockpot lasagna
salad

Friday:
Coconut chicken
Butternut squash
Week #7


Tuesday:
Traditional enchiladas
Fruit or veggie

Wednesday:
Jambalaya
Rice
Fruit or veggie

Thursday:
Pork chops
Fried potatoes
Fruit or veggie

Friday:
Chicken Scarpiello
Fruit or veggie