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30 Years and 1 Week

Mmmm......yummy cheesecake pops...made graciously by Melissa.......wait, who is Melissa?.....only the newest member of the Catty Kitchen!.....what, what-raise the roof! Oh, and her dessert was off the chain. I am talking white, milk and dark chocolate coating.......some were orange cheesecake, some were just regulah-ass cheesecake........a few were sprinkled with toffee and others with, well...sprinkles

This is our beautiful new friend. Melissa Ann.....her name means bumblebee and she is as sweet as the honey she collects. I have actually known her for many years, but we are all very glad to welcome her to the Kitchen.

And the event's main attraction is the birthday girl......Faith Michelle! She is officially 30 and loving it. Nor does she look it.

We surprised her with sushi birthday cake from I Love Mr. Sushi-it was magnifique! Our wine supply was depleted by 7:30 and we had to make a run to the grocer to the tune of 'Single Ladies'. That's a hot track-I ain't mad at that.

We were a little nervous about her gift because we made most of it, but I think she really liked it. Inside her banana leaf basket was a fish bank, four homemade washcloths, a cross-eyed bird, food tents, a penis-y mushroom, post-its, gorgeous garden hat and crocheted cupcake.

I almost forgot...Jenn made her recycled coasters and coin purse from plastic grocery bags. Apparently we use about 1,000,000 bags a minute (that's one million folks) which is no good for our 'Mom'.

Happy Birthday Faith, the old fart! We love you!

Jenn Tries Sushi

That's Jenn. And a caterpillar roll. There's eel in there. And after exorbitant amounts of peer pressure Jenn decided to make the plunge...

It didn't go so well.....

She didn't chuck it up, but we had a good laugh at her expense. I think there was too much texture for her to enjoy it but I thought the sushi was great! Way to be bold my young sushi padawan.

In honor of my birthday I thought I would do a little dance!

Elevated Testosterone Levels

Alright-this post is rot with photos Jenn took while messing with my camera unbeknown to me. So to punish her, everyone must see them...........Muah ha ha ha ha ha!

For whatever reason the optics in this house seem to multiply when placed on top of the commode.

This is a shamrock........and Jenn's first attempt at not killing all of the green in her life.

What a dork!

Here I am modeling the newest lap blanket trend. It also works well as a shawl.

Gomorrah is finally taking visitors...

My brother is a ghost! I had no idea...........BOO!

Jenn and Jay will be heading this way come August.

This is freaking adorable! Justin made curry, Jenn and I talked crafts and Faith's birthday party, I drank too much beer and had a great time all around.

Somene Turned 30........

Happy Birthday Faith Contessa LaBamba! Sorry you can't be here today, but we hope you are enjoying yourself. See you soon.

Love,

The Catty Kitchen

Here I am!

I've kind of been slacking on the Catty Kitchen, minus a few beautiful pictures added by the other girls. But I've been very busy, and mostly internetless. So, now there is no excuse! Jennifer is officially blogging on the Catty Kitchen again!
I really just wanted to give you guys a heads up of the awesomeness to follow. Right now I have Saturday morning cartoons to watch (yes, I realize it's Sunday morning, but a girl can pretend, can't she?).

Pedis and Wine and Justin, oh my!

Justin has been dying to get into our club for sometime now. He sort of whines like a cat when Jenn has to leave the house on Thursdays, but not this week. He made it over and quickly grabbed 'People' magazine for some 'good' reading. I think he may have some gender identity issues.

What is Faith trying to hide from the camera? Obviously not those ghostly legs...

Ah! That explains her expression. Her toes needs some love from our resident pedicurist-Me.

And in spite of an inconvenient migraine, Jenn was able to join us. Poor thing. Playing with her hair ought to do the trick.

An In-Law Affair

You heard me...I cheated on the 'kitchen'. I'm not proud of it. Cheating is never acceptable, but my new loves just provide me with so much more..........
......then again, maybe they just haven't been exposed to my shit long enough.

Notes: Saturday evening with my sister-in-laws and without kids. Near Bliss!

Overboard in O'Fallon

Meet Loki......He is Jenna's sweet doxie mix rescue dog with lots of personality and infamous 'juices'. He enjoys terrorizing baby birds, gigantic dog bones and baths several times a week. His mom is notorious for going overboard........for example on his doggie chews.......
That thing is as long as my arm! She also made a fruit salad to feed an entire Southern Family reunion. I was so full from her enormous taco salad thing (delicious by the way) that I never quite made room for the fruit salad. I probably should have offered to take some home because I have no idea how her and Micah will finish it before it goes bad.

Faith looks rather subdued here, but I can understand why...I kept picking fights with her and she got bit by a vampire.

Luckily, I don't think they got her enough to turn her, although her teeth were looking rather sharp at night's end. Time to make some silver bullets....just in case.

Wait I think I found the actual culprit of Faith's lacerations....but she doesn't look capable of inflicting such pain. Meet Peanut Butter Vess Root Beer Pfeifer-Kuhn. Jenn and Jay's new cat who kind of freaked out when she met Loki and insisted on tearing Faith to shreds, but I am not sure J-fer did not put her new feline companion up to it.