Again, many thanks to Bill, Joel and Anna for allowing me to share the air waves this morning. Y'all are the best! First and foremost, is the White Rotel Dip recipe - it just doesn't get much easier or more fabulous than this! Serve with Fritos Scoops or tortilla chips! Yummy!3 packages of pork sausage (mild or spicy is fine, one maple flavored gives it a good flavor)4 packages of cream cheese2 cans of Rotel tomatoesBrown sausage and drain. In a large sauce pan, combine all ingredients and heat until cheese is melted, being careful to stir often. Enjoy!Ideas for Birthdays and Super Bowl Parties
Birthday Parties – There’s not too many reasons to have a party in January but if you’re like our family and have three birthdays during the month, you can certainly celebrate in a big way. Birthdays should be a special day for your loved ones! Ways to make that birthday guy or gal feel extra special:
a. Fix their favorite foods. They get to pick. I remember when my kids were little we would have the strangest combinations – corn dogs, pizza and macaroni and cheese. But if that’s what they want, that’s what they get. It is their day. You can give them broccoli tomorrow.
b. Choose a special plate. We have one of those plates that says right on it just how special we are, so whoever has the “big day” gets to use the plate.
c. We also have a birthday hat and birthday sunglasses. It’s a tradition, we take a picture every year with them on. (weird, I know)
d. If it’s your child’s birthday (or anyone special for that matter), write them a special note about the day they were born; about the good things you’ve seen in them over the last year; why they are so special to you.
e. And I love to use pictures at birthday celebrations – either on your table, as a display or as a favor. For my daughter’s birthday last year (she’s in her 20s) we had a party for family and I made a book mark for everyone by copying one of her baby pictures and writing a few words about her, then had it laminated. Grandparents loved it.
And I do love a theme party. For my husband’s birthday, we had a bowling party. The whole family went bowling and then out for hamburgers and hotdogs. I even ordered him a bowling shirt – and he wore it!
And let’s just say someone was having a big birthday –a milestone birthday. This is what one family did for a “milestone” birthday. Hypothetically speaking, let’s assume this was this woman’s big 5-0 birthday - they surprised her and asked all of the guests to come dressed as old, old folks to make the guest of honor feel young. It was hilarious and it totally worked!
Let’s give a quick mention about the
Super Bowl coming up in a few weeks.
If you’re thinking about throwing a big party for the occasion now is the time to start planning.
Get your invitations out to your guests and begin thinking about decorations and food.
Now, this is probably one of the easiest parties you can ever throw. The focus is football and food. You don’t really even have to like football a whole lot to enjoy a great Super Bowl party. So just make sure the big screen is working and you’re good to go.
We’ll talk a little about decorating and then next week I think we are going to talk about Super Bowl food a little more.
1. I did a big football party not too long ago and used that artificial looks-like Astroturf (you can get it at the home improvement stores) to cover the tables. So your tables look like a football field. It looks great!
2. You can use football helmets for centerpieces and tie balloons on them with team colors. Use pompoms and footballs on the table.
3. You can set your buffet up similar to resemble bleachers using different heights on your table OR if you want the food near you (which doesn’t everyone?), you can just set up your coffee table as the serving table that way everyone is near the tv and the food.
4. Serve popcorn in those inexpensive popcorn boxes.
5. Use yellow napkins folded in triangles to resemble “penalty flags.”
6. Use big metal tubs to ice down your favorite drinks.
7. Would you believe that the hot new thing is flashing football ice cubes. They are 100% waterproof and have LED lights in them. So no party is complete unless you have flashing football ice cubes (one source:
www.blinkingicecubes.net)
