Friday Fragments

It's Friday, it's a holiday weekend, and Saturday is the start of the Florida Gator Football Season. Around here, that equals Good.Times.
It also equals Friday Fragments & Friday's Freewrite!

♥ Last night was the littles' Open House. I somehow got sucked over to the PTA table, despite my attempts to avoid it. I'm pretty sure they used their zombie mind control on me. Anyway, I ran into a friend there who is going to be PTA Vice President. She was so excited to know I was willing to help her. Wait, I am willing to help? Woops. I got sucked in!

♥ We're very much looking forward to our weekend. All the kids are home. Saturday we'll be hanging out and watching Gator football with my family, including some relatives who are down from Panama City. We'll get some more unpacking & organizing in the new house. And on Monday we plan to go to the beach.

♥ I think, for the first time ever, we're going to have Cool Neighbors. For some reason, everywhere we've lived (and the good Lord knows we've moved enough *eyeroll*), we've never had very friendly neighbors. Either that, or they were weird. This time, even though we moved just three streets down, the atmosphere is totally different. We've already had several people introduce themselves and welcome us to the neighborhood. And our next-door-neighbors are the ones who told us about the house. They are super-friendly and we've become fast friends. I also LOVE their golden retriever, Gator!

♥ We're all so tired at work tonight that we're getting stupid. We're reading a story about a therapy llama that visits hospice patients, which lead to llama spitting concerns. I told them about the time that a mama goat spit on me because I was petting her baby, and we're all hysterically laughing. Then I told them about the time that my Mom, whose first name is Alma, got mail addressed to Lama. And the fact that we still laugh at her about that to his day. Now we're all laughing ourselves sick. We need to go to bed. Especially now that Spanking the Llama comments are coming out....

♥ I got a fabulous award last week from one of my best bloggy friends, Tara from If Mom Says OK. Is this not the hottest award you've ever seen??

The rules are as follows:

“No one really likes rules, do they? I shall make mine simple. Make a cocktail, pick out some of your favorite bloggers. Send this award to 4 of them. Tell them why you think they give good blog. There are SO many fascinating, witty, and fantastic bloggers; let’s invite them all to the party.
Or you can just put it on your mantle and watch it sparkle. And if you think it sassy that I created my own Award, just consider it a grown up and virtual version of a friendship bracelet.”

Well, I'm posting my favorite shot recipe. I love me some Buttery Nipples!

INGREDIENTS
1 (1.5 fluid ounce) jigger vodka
1 (1.5 fluid ounce) jigger Irish cream liqueur
1 (1.5 fluid ounce) jigger butterscotch schnapps
1 (1.5 fluid ounce) jigger coffee flavored liqueur


DIRECTIONS
Fill a cocktail shaker with ice. Pour in the vodka, Irish cream, butterscotch schnapps and coffee liqueur. Shake well. Strain into shot glasses and serve.

And I'm passing the award along to these four wonderful bloggers, loyal friends who I just ♥!

Erin from My Little Miracles

Unknown Mami

Kel from Cafe Kel

and Helene, who is Living Proof that God Has a Sense of Humor.

Hope you all have a great, long weekend!

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