The Sewing Mom

I am thankful I made it to Friday. It’s been a week that I don’t care to repeat, except for the fact that I poured myself back into my sewing and am finding some psychological healing in my sewing room. In celebration of it being Friday, I am so happy to be doing my favorite meme, Four Foods on Friday. If you would like to join in, head over and check it out at Fun, Crafts and Recipes.

This weeks questions and my answers:

#1. I passed Costco and saw gas at $2.84 and have had Costco on the brain since. Share a cupcake, muffin or cookie recipe. Not sure how Costco and muffins fit together since I don’t shop there, but I’ll play along! My muffin recipe consist of following the directions on the back of the box for Betty Crocker Wild Blueberry Muffin Mix. Eat them while there fresh from the oven with some butter on them and a cup of hot coffee.

#2. Cupcakes, muffins and cookies require something to drink. What do you drink with them? Whoops, I gave that answer in the above question, but I like a cup of hot coffee with my muffins.

#3. Which do you prefer, mini muffins and cupcakes or full sized ones? I prefer full size, but wont’ turn down mini!

#4. What type of muffin or cupcake pan do you use? Silicone, disposable, etc. I use the old fashioned muffin tins and put the paper cups in them. I mainly use the paper cups to keep clean up easier.

Last night I was doing an online survey. The qualifying questions related to the consumption of beer and alcohol while at restaurants or other public venues. Neither my husband or I drink very much, but he does like a beer a few nights a week and I do have the occasional glass of wine here and there. Well, we had gone out for dinner the other night and he had a beer with dinner, just one. So, the survey gave me a bonus 200 points for qualifying and continuing on with the 25 minute questionnaire and I agreed.

The survey then began to annoy me because it repeatedly was asking if I drank to feel good, party hard or get a good buzz! I have to tell you, I can’t remember the last time I EVER drank for any of those reasons, if I ever did, so it was annoying. One beer with dinner does not a party animal make!

Since moving to Dallas, I can honestly say I haven’t even been to a bar or club of any kind. We do go to restaurants, but they are family friendly and I don’t want to go somewhere I’ll be around a bunch of drunken slobs. That’s not my idea of fun.

Truthfully, the last party I think we went to was a corporate sponsored event for one of my husband’s previous employers. I remember it well because it took place downtown Chicago and it was super cold and super windy. We drove our big van down there and had to park quite a few blocks away because many of the downtown parking lots can’t accommodate larger vehicles. Then, we had to walk, in the cold gusty wind, to the party. My hair looked like it was doing a dance all its own by the time we got there.

The party was inside the corporate offices. I thought that was pretty boring. Apparently, so did most of the other people attending because the party came to a pretty early end. Too bad individuals who planned it didn’t have better corporate event ideas Chicago to plan a better, more worthwhile event.

The party had potential, it just need a better location, something more along the lines of Howl at the Moon, a dueling piano bar. This place isn’t your typical bar, it’s got great live entertainment taking place all night long. There is also audience participation and the wait staff gets involved too. Instead of the boring corporate party we attended, it could have been a high energy affair that everyone would have enjoyed.

The company my husband is currently with here in Dallas is doing some major cutbacks right now, so I highly doubt there will be any sort of holiday party. Maybe we’ll have to make our own plans and visit the Howl at the Moon Piano Bar in San Antonio or Houston instead.