You can always go.....Downtown

Not really......more like South City. Melissa hosted the kitchen at her house this week with special guest Katie Miller of Scarlett Garnet Jewelry.
My photos have been turning out really crappy recently so please bear with me. Faith and Melissa both made delicious treats from recipes found here. And the wine wasn't too bad either.

Oliver Noodle Jackson

Later on Melissa gave us a tour of her home and then teamed up with Katie for a glass bead making tutorial. We settled down on her new living room furniture before calling it a night. We left kind of early because we had to see Katie on TV the next morning revamping jewelry. Way to go KT!

Mellow Meeting

Three members of the kitchen caused quite the ruckus on Wednesday and were subjected to punishment Thursday evening-a nite without Jenn. So the mood was a bit morose, however Melissa had just the trick to brighten our gathering. She fashioned her own set of fake wax fingernails with the remnants of a Gouda Babybel snack! I haven't had nails that nice since prom in high school.
Mostly we chilled and pampered my new pooch, Bella. She is the sweetest Shih Tsu you will ever meet. She didn't make a single move while I clipped her nails and Faith brushed her coat. Mel fell in love with her under-bite and gave her a thorough dental exam. I am pretty sure she is purebred Ewok. In other news, I have been tossing the idea around of something I could share/make for the group.......probably on a monthly basis. I think I have come up with something that is partial to me and perhaps a new experience for the other birds. If not, then just a nice thought to brighten their day. I am calling it 'OSP's Monthly Mix' because I am going to compile music for the girls and give them something new to listen to every month. They are probably making fun of me right now, but I don't care. And because I am such a nerd about Tori, I decided to get that out of the way first. I will post the track list after the gifts have been given. Good nite and good weekend.

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.