This weekend I traveled down to Indianapolis to run the mini marathon with one of my best friends. She and her husband live in nearby Carmel and were gracious enough to host us and another couple for the weekend. Oh and two babies. Remember the days when the only person you had to coordinate before […]
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St Patrick’s Day has always been highly regarded in my family. How could it not be? With Murphy as your surname you learned at a young age: The lyrics to MacNamara’s Band Everything can be dyed green with the proper amount of food coloring-even chicken salad. Wearing green underwear will not win you the tiebreaker […]
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I apologize that I embargoed my Wednesday post until Thursday. But holidays trump blog schedules and I highly doubt any of you were waiting at your computers for that recipe to come through. (Sigh) Maybe someday? Plus, our last baby season baby was born this week. Hooray! I shared Ella’s shower in the baby season […]
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Are you ready for some baking?! I love excuses for themed food. And the Super Bowl is just one of many “holidays” that allows for that. Giant meat and cheese platters constructed in the shape of football stadiums, wings so hot you lose feeling in the bottom half of your face through the first quarter […]
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I think I’ll call this winter the season of babies. After all, in just a 3 month time frame, 4 of my closest girlfriends delivered (or are soon-to-be-delivering) 4 healthy baby girls. I don’t know what the odds of 4 friends having 4 girls 6 weeks apart are but I’m pretty sure we should have […]
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I love parties. And I especially love all of the details that come with them. The joy you get when you open the invitation and get a small glimpse into what the party may or may not be like, the colors, the theme! NOTE: If you don’t geek out on stuff like this then you […]
Read More> It began with an invitation. What was to follow was a slightly over the top tons of fun airplane-themed bash for my nephew Jake, who celebrated the big 0-1 last weekend. I have to give my sister credit for this one. We were brainstorming ideas for the upcoming birthday when she called me and […]
Read More> A few weeks back, I wrote about some haunted halloween treats I was going to try this year. Though a bit laborious at times, these witch wands and ghost bites sure were a hit at our work Halloween party. Here’s a little montage to the hallowed eve: On the menu:Pumpkin Ghost BitesWitch’s BrewWitch WandsPumpkin […]
Read More> Last month we celebrated my dad’s 60th birthday with a golf-themed surprise party. After a long and hot day of golf (how appropriate), Dad came home to a house full of friends and family all there to celebrate 60 great years. From invites to desserts and decorations, my mom, sister and I really took […]
Read More> This weekend is our 2nd annual White Party. It’s our kick-off to summer and we take the theme to the extreme. White outfits Miami-style, white sangria and my attempt at an all white food menu. After realizing last year that this was very difficult I’m trying to come up with ideas that stick to […]
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