How much turkey can YOU eat?

Okay some catching up to do! Thanksgiving week update...

I finished the centerpieces for Gab's wedding Monday, Wednesday - Bread Feast with Stephen's class at school, Tyler's class sponsored the prayer service at school and of course Thanksgiving.

Went to Flanagan Drive in the morning, Mom and Dad slaved over the meal! Okay, we bought it all from Boston Market - the turkeys were amazingly moist! We sang Happy Birthday to Dad and Johnny, the kids ran around like crazy, Elizabeth got into the hair gel, Pam worked the bar and made the Margaritas, Mom dished out the Chocolate Choo Choo Train, I attempeted fudge, with not much luck (although Tyler liked it) - fun time was had by all.

Then we headed off to Milford for Round Two. Turkey, ham, stuffing, all over again. The kids decorated the tree (it only fell twice, not too bad) while Tiago, Brian and Jose played Portugese Roulette. Spin the bottle dispenser at the bar and take a shot. Very scary when you realize that J&B and Ernest and Jullio Gallo do NOT make CLEAR liquids! They lucked out with Brandy on the first shot. Tiago did a shot with the girls on the next round - lucky for him since the next spin landed on a very scary clear bottle! The cuckoo sounded off 2 more times before Brian and Jose called it quits on that game...

Tyler Scores Goals

Tyler scored 2 goals and had 2 assists in his hockey game Saturday. I was scrapbooking all day so I missed the game. Saw him play Sunday night - 1 goal, 1 assist - but with all the plays he set up he should have had way more assists than that. He rocks.

Here he is with his buddies at the Sharks game for his birthday.

Monster Truck Bash

We had a super birthday party for Stephen on Tuesday since the kids had no school so everyone could vote - go figure. The kids ran around the indoor lacrosse center in the back of the warehouse, Tiago organized t-ball, they jumped in the moonwalk and generally had a great time.

Stephen was very specific about what he wanted on his cake. Lots of monster trucks and he wanted the cake "fired" and the truck "fired".

He was VERY disapointed that Jillian could not attend - a trip to the movies with her is in the works to console him.

All of our pictures came out awful, I have one more camera to check to see if we got a few good shots.

We Make Wine

Tiago and the boys made wine with Vovo this year - we all took turns throwing the grapes into the crusher - Tyler did not believe it was once done by foot.

Tyler helped mash the grapes down a bit more, now we wait a week or so until the skins and stems rise, then it's on to step two.

Stephen helped get the bottles ready - yes he did get his hands on the hose - yes Vovo did get soaked. My father in law makes great wine. But you really don't want to be there to see the process. Really.

This is what you get as your reward for making the wine. Nothing like freshly boiled octopus! Mmmmm! You know you want some.

I Make Cappuccino!

Got this great stove top cappa maker for my birthday! So now I can make myself a cup while listening to my new Sirrus Radio! Yahoo!

Had a lovely birthday dinner made by my BEST friend - very rare I can just sit and wait for the meal, took complete advantage of that by the fire - and molten lava cake yum! Lots of birthday cards with shoes on them as well - hmmmm, maybe I need to go shopping? My favorite goddaughter wished me a happy 28th birthday *wink* *wink* We all KNOW I am 29 this year - just ask Tyler.

I Make Cakes

Okay - so I make cakes too. This is not a "we" thing, it's a "me" thing. Although the boys do manage to make me a cake for my birthday each year - guess what? According to Tyler I will be 29 this year - AGAIN! That boy is so smart, sometimes I wonder how he can be so clueless. Gotta love him!

Here are a few recent ones:

My cousin Jessica's Baby shower (thanks to Aunt Val and cousin Ro for help with the cupakes!)

My girlfriend Gab's Bridal shower



















My girlfriend Jenn's Wedding



















A cake for my friend's daughter

Green Day Goes Trick or Treating

The Kids and Tiago dressed as Green Day this year and I had to be a groupie of course. The girls at Hot Topic at the mall (punk store I have no right going into) thought it was great and helped me pick out my outfit - I am hoping to get a better picture of it soon, you can't see the fishnets and army boots in this pic.

Tyler - Billie Joe
Stephen - Tre Cool
Tiago - Mike Dirnt

They looked very cool - Tyler and Stephen have been planning this costume since the Bullet in a Bible DVD came out last summer.
What can I say - my kids are hip!

Actual Green Day photo for comparison
I think Tyler really got Billie Joe down!

Finally blogging - how long will it last?

Okay - so finally came up with a suitable "cool" name for my Blog. "NoTimeForThis" was taken by the way.

How long before I stop posting altogether?