Month: November 2011

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All about Bunco & my Monday :)

Today has been fabulous!  I had my workout this morning and LOVED it!  Day 1 of Burn it Up with Debbie Siebers.  The one who burns your booty like you wouldn’t believe with her crazy leg lifts!  Then the kids went off to school which had me enjoying the quiet house…ahhhhhhh (that’s my sigh).

Then I did some Christmas/grocery shopping.  It is so easy to spend a bundle at Christmas time…sheesh!  Then the sexy man put most of the Christmas lights up until it got dark and then we were off to Mom’s house for dinner.  She made Turkey and Dumplings….SO YUMMY! (that’s me yelling…in a happy way)

Ok, so this next part isn’t so good…my son was saying he had a tummy ache and as soon as he got out of the car when we pulled into the garage he threw up all over the garage floor and it splattered all over his shoes and pants and my shoes and pants.  Poor baby!  The funny thing is he was excited to sleep on the floor in the kitchen.  Ok, sounds weird but after one special Valentine’s dinner out with the family, both my kids ended up throwing up at the same time!  Not just once, it was about every 20 minutes and they were taking turns!  After awhile of shampooing carpets in each of their rooms and going through tons of blankets, I decided that it was easier to clean up chunks (sorry to be gross) if they camped out in the kitchen on the hardwood floors.  That was probably the best idea I have ever had!  So we ended up doing just that and about 7am they both stopped throwing up.  I didn’t sleep a wink, but the clean up was way easier!  Even though this was a few years ago, they both still remember and think it’s cool to be sick and sleep in the kitchen.  Glad to be a fun mom! 🙂

So right now my son is sleeping on the kitchen floor.  He hasn’t thrown up again, so I will put him in his bed when I go to sleep and I will cross my fingers to make it through the night.

So I leave you with that and then below you will find some kick-ass bunco information you might need to get started with your bunco game.  🙂

Getting started ideas

  • Invite 12 friends to join your new bunco group
  • Pick a date and time for your first party (each of the 12 players will take turns hosting a bunco party throughout the year).
  • Type up a roster with all of the player’s names, contact information, and the month and date each individual will host a party.
  • Plan your menu and beverages. Our group does potluck, that way not only one person is in charge of feeding 12 women. 🙂
  • Set up 3 tables with 4 seats each
  • Explain the bunco game rules when everyone arrives on the first night and enjoy!

I’m picking the winner tomorrow (Tuesday) so keep your eyes open!!

Bunco Betty

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Smoked Salmon Dip & Bunco Betty’s giveaway!

Hey you lovely ladies!  I wonder if there are any guys that come across my blog…maybe I should not always say hello to the ladies…what do you think?

Holy cow! Today I stayed in bed with the handsome stud way too long!  After my shopping last night I felt I was well deserved of a sleep-in Friday morning.  I love it when he is home!

I have done absolutely NO homework with the kids this whole break!  I’m supposed to be making my 2nd grader read everyday but when time off of school is this long, I just really don’t have the energy.  I think I’m a bad mom…maybe just one that is a little too chaotic to actually stop and organize the day for the kids.  I really need to work on that.  You know, when I put everything down on a list things seem to get done and go smoothly.  I need to make a list and stick with it!

I hear a couple of bunco babes are having bunco tonight!  CHEERS!  Happy ROLLING!! I love my followers!

Tomorrow we are going to our first Boise State game on the Blue!  The kiddos are SO happy!  I will be taking some pictures and I’ll post a couple for you to see.  🙂

My Fan of the Week giveaway has been going good!  Let me know if you have some ideas from the website that might be an ideal giveaway item.  I would love some feedback.   Also, don’t forget that I have a 20% coupon you can still use!  All you need to do is put buncobetty in the coupon code at checkout!

I shall share another fab recipe with you for your upcoming bunco party or just any night you want a fab dish to serve.

If you like smoked salmon…you will love this recipe!

My hubby went on a trip to Alaska and brought home lots of Salmon…so we found this to use the left over smoked salmon we had.

Ingredients:

8oz cream cheese (room temperature)

1/2 cup sour cream

1 tablespoon freshly squeezed lemon juice

1 tablespoon minced fresh dill

1 teaspoon prepared horseradish, drained

1/2 teaspoon kosher salt

1/4 teaspoon freshly ground black pepper

1/4 pound (4 ounces) smoked salmon, minced

Directions:

Cream the cheese in an electric mixer until just smooth.  Add the sour cream, lemon juice, dill, horseradish, salt and pepper and mix.  Add the smoked salmon and mix well.  Chill and serve with crackers.

SO yummy!  We made a big batch of this and took it on the boat this summer with some Ritz crackers.  🙂  By the way, I don’t like salmon, but I loved this dip because it’s used with smoked salmon.

Happy Friday everyone!

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HOLY Black Friday!

Hey bunco babes..my lovely readers…
I am hoping you have survived Thanksgiving and there wasn’t too much family drama. 🙂 Fortunately, I don’t have to deal with family drama. I have a Mother-in-Law who loves me…although I must say her OCD gets to me every now and then, which is ok, through the past 11 years I have learned to just take a deep breath and go on my way. She is great and I am lucky that she loves me so much!

It was my first shot at making the dressing…not making it out of a box and it turned out yummy. I really don’t cook or bake so it’s kind of scary when I try something new. I was relieved at how easy it was. All the food was yummy and everyone had a great time. My kids on the other hand have been home for 7 days straight and are driving me C R A Z Y! They both have war wounds from fighting constantly and bounce off the freakin walls!!

I didn’t drink as much as I usually would have today since I was going to put my big girl panties on and try to face Black Friday. Wow is all I have to say. Thinking Boise, Idaho would be a semi-safe city to try Black Friday for the first time but there is still so many crazy shoppers out there! It was everything I imagined it would be and NEVER AGAIN! Of course, I chose Walmart to go to…there were police officers, frantic women AND men! LOTS of children (which in my opinion should be banned) and even tons of grandparents! I personally don’t think it was worth it for me, but I do know people who always shop Black Friday and come out of it happy.
What do you think of Black Friday? DO TELL! I’m interested. By the way I bought NOTHING! But I was with a great friend who got some good deals. 🙂 And she also put her life on the line for me by standing in a parking space so 2 other people didn’t steal it. LOL
A very interesting night indeed…now it’s been too long since I’ve stuffed myself…I feel the need to eat again!

I am So loving my bunco babe followers on Twitter and Facebook. Thank you so much for all of your support! Keep it comin ladies! I’m counting down the days until my next bunco night on December 10th! Thanks for the comment KT!! Much love!!
I’m off to bed!

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20% off Bunco coupon and Hot Apple Pie Cocktail!!

Hey there ladies!!
I want to share this recipe with you that my friend made.  (Chris, if you are reading this, thanks for introducing me to Tuaca!)
This is so delicious and makes a perfect fall cocktail. Tuaca is an Italian liqueur and when combined with hot apple cider, it is extremely comforting and soothing.
Perfect for a cold bunco evening or just a night for yourself after the kids are in bed. 😉

Hot Apple Pie Cocktail

Ingredients:

  • 2 oz Tuaca
  • hot apple cider
  • whipped cream
  • cinnamon stick for garnish

Preparation:

  1. Pour the Tuaca in an Irish coffee glass.
  2. Fill with hot apple cider.
  3. Top with whipped cream.
  4. Garnish with a cinnamon stick.

So today I was successful at going through both of my kids’ rooms with a big trash bag and a large bin for toys to donate.  YES!  Much needed clean-out.  I try to do this every year about this time just before Christmas.  Such a good feeling to have their rooms organized and cleaned out.  Let’s just see how long it takes for them to have crap everywhere again.

I have my vodka drink in hand and I am pretty happy about this Monday.

I got my workout done this morning.  It was great!  I’ve been doing Slim in 6 again…it’s a Beachbody workout.  I lost 67lbs doing it after my son was born.  Yes, I was a pig…182 pounds to be exact.  At that time I was working with all men and they brought me food constantly and made sure I was eating for 2 during my pregnancy.  Little did I know, you don’t give birth to the baby and push out all that extra weight before you leave the hospital.  I wish it worked that way.  Long story short, I’m always trying to stay fit….still fighting belly fat.  Stupid belly fat!  I remember the days before children and before my 30’s when life was so much easier.

If you want a bunco coupon…I got it for you!!!  All you have to do is go to www.buncogameshop.com place an order and in the coupon code just use buncobetty.  It’s 20% off!  YAY!  I can’t wait to see if you ladies use it!  PLEASE use it!  🙂

My handsome hubby and my son are watching Monday Night Football and I’m about to join them.  😉

Until next time ladies!

MUAH!  (that’s me blowing you kisses!)

~Bunco Betty

 

 

 

 

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Misc. Crap and Thanksgiving game

Good afternoon bunco babes!

My son got 100% on his spelling test!!! SO excited for him!  We have worked so hard with him!  I swear that these words are crazy hard for the 2nd grade.  The funny thing is all he wanted was to go to the store and get these little ninja looking guys from one of the quarter machines.  That’s the new thing that the boys like these days.  So I was like sweet…that’s cheap!  Of course my daughter…the loud mouthed, opinionated 5 year old who has to get what she wants needed something too.  OH boy!

So we were leaving the store and he was so happy about his little quarter machine guys and my daughter was super excited about the little toy she got too.  I’m thinking that this year for Christmas I am just going to go around to all the little quarter machines and get some presents!  Good idea??  I mean, we spend so much money on these gifts for them and they don’t take care of them and things get broken and lost.  Why not have a cheap Christmas?  I doubt that will end up happening, but I can dream!

The big-ass zit I had on my chin went away and came back on my forehead above my right eye.  I woke up this morning and my husband said…”looks like it’s got the white head coming out!”  How freakin sexy is that?  I guess after 11 years together, that’s how it is.  Why does this continue to happen?  I’m in my 30’s and still getting zits!!??!!   Kind of embarrassing, and I love the support I get from my bunco gals.  All night they were cracking jokes about how the zit on my chin is talking to them!  Hahaha.  Funny.  Not really.  But thanks ladies.

I am hosting Thanksgiving this year again.  The parents come over and this year we have invited a couple that is here without their family.  Should be fun!  This time I’m going to insist on a game of LCR before or after dinner.  I am even going to include the kiddos, since they love playing.  Maybe they can play with their favorite candy and the adults can play with dollar bills.  How fun would that be??  One of us is going to end up with candy AND money…if it were one of the kids that would be funny too!

I’ll keep you posted on my Thanksgiving LCR game…and tell you how the turkey turns out.  😉

It’s Saturday….going to have some fun…after I cover this zit!

By the way… GO BRONCOS!!!  (BSU that is…)

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After a few drinks…

I have a loss of words…I can only think of the yummy taco bell in my belly.  Why does it seem that every time I drink, I want taco bell??  It only seems to taste good after a few drinks.

So I’m sitting here and I have both my doggies at my feet under the computer desk.  The house is quiet…as it should be.  It’s almost 1am mountain time.   I have to think about getting to bed so I can get up early and workout.  Gotta work off the yummy taco bell.  🙂

I went to a concert tonight with a couple of girlfriends and it was a blast!  I’m lucky to have 2 girls nights within 5 days of each other!  Bunco night with the gals is always fun, but I haven’t been to a concert in such a long time.  Other than the trashed girl sitting above us who flipped off my friend…it was all good!  🙂  It always seems like there has to be that ONE chick who wants to be rude…

Tonight I drank Mike’s Hard Cranberry…I guess it was ok, not the usual yummy vodka drinks I’m used to, but it worked.  🙂

I have a handsome man waiting for me to come to bed and I think that’s what I’m planning on doing.

I am excited about all the new Twitter followers and Facebook “likes” we are getting.  🙂  I’m having another giveaway if you are interested!  All you have to do is be a great Fan!  See our Facebook page for details or click here!

For now bunco lovers, I’m hitting the pillow and letting my taco bell digest.

Bunco Betty OUT! 😉

 

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No one knew of the secret place…

Hello there fellow bunco babes!

I have to say, my bunco night turned out to be a blast!  No one knew of the secret place after our bunco game and it stayed that way until we pulled up to the building.  I think a few of them saw it coming, considering that I am the one who expresses herself as much as I can.  😉  Most all of the fab ladies knew that I had taken some pole dance classes before but never thought I would bring my bunco group to have some spins around the pole themselves.

Everyone brought yummy bunco appetizers and drinks and we filled our belly’s with as much as possible.  We had so much fun!  I think it was the first bunco game that we’ve had with an extra player!  The ante was $5 (keeping it simple) and I won for the most losses!  I gathered everyone in the kitchen and we chose drivers to get us all to the secret destination safely and hit the road.

Some had wine, some had vodka and others had beer in hand as we walked into Teeze dance studio.  A couple jaws dropped…I could hear their minds going a mile a minute…they were thinking…ok….what the hell are we doing here?  Are we really going to play around on this STRIPPER POLE?!?  Oh yes indeed…I was the first one on there with smiles to show that it wasn’t scary and it’s ok to find our inner diva!  We turned the music up and poured our drinks and the party began.  Everyone had a turn…and loved it!  Laughter, music and our own little dance club!  It was fabulous!!

After awhile I gathered everyone in a big circle on the floor to have a round of LCR…our other favorite dice game.  SO much fun!  The winner won $54!!!  By this time hours had gone by at our own little dance club and after a ton of pictures and too many drinks…it became time to head out.

Some ended up taking a cab and the best part of the night is everyone made it home safely.  I feel great!  It was my first time hosting and I wanted to make it memorable…and I am 100% sure it will be.  😉  I don’t think I scared anyone away…and I know for sure that the fab ladies now know that if you go outside of your comfort zone…good, fun things can happen!

I have the bunco kit at my place and my daughter is loving it!  She keeps using the cute bunco pens to practice her ABC’s and she loves ringing the bell.  I have all the tally sheets and score cards for the next time we meet.  It shall be so much fun!  I have the best set of bunco friends!  Thank you ladies for your fun times and great stories!

I have my drink…and I’m going to enjoy it.  😉

 

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Winter Bunco Theme

Hello all you wonderful ladies!!  I woke up with a major sore throat this morning…I WILL fight you crappy cold!  GO AWAY!  My son was home sick from school this week and he’s better now.  Just in time to pass it to mommy and his sister.  🙂  I went kickboxing last night and will workout today and hopefully sweat it out.

I scrubbed the walls yesterday and inhaled enough 409 to clean the outside of the house too!  My lungs are paying for it.  That just goes to show that it’s not healthy to clean!  LOL.  I don’t think I can get away with that.  I do have the simple green I use around the house and it’s probably better for the lungs, but it doesn’t seem to get the dirt off the walls where the dogs lay.

No one comments on my blog posts…darn-it!  I would love to hear some feedback.  🙂

Let’s go back to one of my favorite bunco themes!  The Winter Wonderland Bunco party pack!  Check out my friend Laura from our bunco group and watch the video she did showing everything that comes in the theme pack here!

Bunco Winter Wonderland kit

You can also get the cute chocolate dice here.

This is a fun and easy way to have your winter bunco theme!  Don’t forget that I’m here for you to help out with any questions or ideas you may have!

I’m going to be posting a new fan of the week contest up on facebook and twitter soon, so keep your eyes out for that and enter to win!!

Before I go for the day, I wanted to share a yummy martini recipe with you too!  Click here for your Winter Wonderland Martini Recipe! Winter Martini

Gotta get the little one off to Kindergarten!  Have a fab day and stay warm!!

Bunco Betty

 

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Now that Summer is gone…winter bunco dessert!

I’m sitting here watching it snow on this Friday in Idaho.  The mountains are going to be getting dumped on which is good for those of you who ski or snowboard.  My husband will be taking our son snowboarding this year for sure.  I can’t seem to get warm which makes me hungry for some reason.  I keep thinking of soups and chili’s and warm yummy desserts!  I wanted to share this dessert with you for your next Bunco game night or any get together you may be having soon.

Indoor S’mores

5 cups miniature marshmallows

1/3 cup light corn syrup

6 Tbs butter

1 1/2 cups milk chocolate chips

1 Tsp vanilla

8 cups Golden Grahams Cereal

1 cup miniature marshmallows

Melt 5 cups of marshmallows, corn syrup, butter, and chocolate chips in a saucepan over low heat stirring constantly.  Remove from heat.  Stir in vanilla.  Mix in large bowl with cereal until coated.  Stir in 1 cup marshmallows.  Press into a greased 9X13 inch pan.  Let stand one hour or refrigerate.

Oh my gosh it’s good!

Another thing I was thinking would be great is if we were to host a bunco fondu party!  I love fondu!  Since my husband and I have been together, we have a fondu party every year!

Have someone be in charge of the dessert and then another be in charge of the cheeses and bread.  We like to cut up steak cubes and have deep fried steak cubes and it is scrumptious!  There are so many fabulous things you can do with fondu!  Fresh broccoli and cauliflower dipped in melted cheese is one of my favorites too.  Also, don’t forget the strawberries and chocolate to dip in as well as apples and carmel!

Go ahead gals and get your pots together and have a bunco fondu party!!

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Bunco Christmas Ornaments!

Hello darlings!

Ok, now it’s time to start thinking about Christmas presents!  I’m the mom who doesn’t have anything yet for my family.  You can see me the week before Christmas frantically searching for gifts for my kids…and then putting wrapping off until Christmas Eve.  Last year I said I would be more organized and completely ready so I better get my ass into gear!  I also have to create the family calendar I make every year for the Grandparents.  That always takes some time too.  Oh well.  Merry, Merry times!!

I got up this morning to do my workout and decided that I had too much wine to be up so early.  Then I curled up on the couch with a fuzzy blanket and fell asleep until the kids woke up.  I’m lazy…but I did get my workout done before noon and I’m hoping to make it to Kickboxing tonight.  🙂

I’m going to be buying some bunco Christmas gifts for people this year…they are super cute and some are on sale!!  YAY!

Now that the kids are getting older, they want more expensive toys!  CRAP!  Then I have to think about what to get my husband…he’s so hard to shop for!  Any ideas?

Our “Like” contest was great!  So excited to give away that cute Bunko Junkie apron…so…Pauline Burnett….if you are reading this…PLEASE email me with your shipping info!! I am going to have to chose another lucky winner in about 2 days if you don’t claim your gift.  EMAIL ME!!  🙂

I have been cold lately, so I wanted to share this warm drink mix I found:

KAHLUA JAVA

Ingredients:

  • 1 1/2 oz. coffee liqueur
  • coffee
  • hot chocolate

Mixing instructions:

Mix hot chocolate with hot coffee in a mug in equal proportions. Add Kahlua. Option: Top with whipped cream or marshmallows.

I’m off to do whatever the hell I want, since both kids are in school….ahhhhhhh, maybe a cup of Kahlua Java.  🙂

Can’t wait for my bunco night….counting down the days!  Please feel free to email me if you need some awesome ideas for your bunco night!

Kisses!!

Bunco Betty