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I just can't come up with good titles! This post is just about fun weekend blither blather and maybe a Challenge update. But do I really want to confess that I don't have 100% of my points anymore? No. But there it is- I lost a couple this week and WHAT A RELIEF. Now I feel like I can commit to some of the things I feel are really important and if one or two slide each week I won't freak out. Much better balanced this way. Still avoiding sweets and eating after 8pm unless I need a fruit or veggie, in which case I happily violate the after hours rule. The Bores are hosting a treat feast tonight to celebrate our Sunday freedom. My chocolate bundt cake with icing is just dying to attend.
The last 2 weekends have been fun with local get-togethers. We have a dinner group (just randomly assigned 3 families from Church) and we hosted the dinner here last Sunday night. After checking with everyone, I decided to make an Indian dish with lots of heat to change things up. You know how usually for a dinner group you would keep it pretty basic to appeal to everyone, right? thankfully my group is full of ethnic food lovers like us, so I was given an enthusiastic green light. I made one of my favorite chicken dishes from the Quick and Easy Indian Cooking cook book I have. We love every recipe we've tried in it, it's fabulous. In Chicago we lived on the same street (albeit 6 miles away) from "little India" or "little Pakistan" and so I got all my spices while there and in great quantity. I LOVE Indian spices like cardamon pods, cumin and mustard seeds, and fenugreek and mixes like Masala and curry. Mmmmmm. Anyway, I think it was a hit and the best part was sitting around talking for 3 1/2 hours! Fun group.

Last night it was a girls night "in" at a friend's townhouse to watch the Miss America Pageant in our pajamas and have a Miss Seattle pageant of our own. We were judged on appearance, the snack we brought (talent) and platform and elocution (answering a panel question). Pretty tough stuff! Since there were no hideous old pajamas at Goodwill to be had, I went with my Japanese Yukata (robe) to represent the Asian population of Seattle. Since I had no great dangly earrings or long hair to tease and puff up, I opted for a purple and silver wig from my Halloween box.
This was inspired by the numerous people I saw at the mall the night before with various shades of blue and red and purple hair. (Has anyone noticed this hair color trend?). After viewing the YouTube link of that ill-fated Miss Teen America contestant that killed her answer about Americans not being able to pick out the USA on a map, I was inspired to make cream puffs as my treat because they are the most "air-headed" you can get your dessert to be. So . . . . it was a long and hard fought battle, but in the end I was runner up Miss Seattle. Unlike the show, there is no scholarship money for runner up Miss Seattle at a pageant held at your friend Jenny's apartment. I had to settle for the fact that the party went past midnight and the challenge participants started eating sweets because it was officially Sunday. So I toasted myself with a cream puff and was satisfied that the hideous wig that gave me a headache was worth it after all. So close to the title . . . . . I wonder if I'll have to be on any floats or anything??