At this moment, such a trip is financially beyond our scope of attainability, so we did the second best thing we could think of. We had an Anne weekend! Julie's husband (who deserves husband -of-the-year award for doing things like this with actual joy) kept the kids so she could come to my house and spend part of a weekend watching movies with me. THANK YOU, JON, FOR MAKING THAT POSSIBLE!!!
So last Friday night, after I came home from work, Julie showed up! We started out with dinner. I tried a new recipe, which in my estimation was a wild success and you'll be seeing it on here next time I make it: cheesy tortellini Caesar salad with homemade croutons. YUM.
Remember those cookies I made for Lynne? Well the whole reason I made shortbread cookies to begin with was because they were from the Anne of Green Gables cookbook. (Or so the online recipe said.)
We ate at the table and everything! (We decided to forgo the plum pudding with dead mouse. That will only mean something to you if you're familiar with Anne.)
Let the festivities begin!!
Julie brought dessert - and it was h.e.a.v.e.n.l.y. I think she said they were called tuxedo bars. They had a chocolate brownie base, raspberry jam, raspberries, a topping of white chocolate/cream cheese/whipped cream - and then raspberries on top. I think its deliciousness is self-explanatory.
And then we began to watch. Oh Anne. I just love her. Julie can quote this movie almost word for word. I love it!!!
Movies are best when watched from the comfort of a fleecy blanket.
I have lots of fleecy movie-watching blankets. :)
The movies, if you've not seen them, are extraordinarily long - between 3 and 4 hours each. So the first movie ran until midnight, and then we decided to get some sleep. We got up at 10 on Saturday and I made breakfast - another keeper recipe you'll see soon: cream cheese danish.
Breakfast in "bed" while watching Anne of Avonlea!!
Yes. Braeya attended the party too. She always shows up for the food. Wonder where she gets that trait?
We also made authentic raspberry cordial. It was pretty good!
When the second movie ended, Julie had been gone almost a whole day, so she headed home. (Neither of us are wild about the third movie anyway. It deviated too far from the original story.)
This was so fun. Loved getting to hang out with Julie, loved an excuse to watch eight(ish) hours of movies without guilt, and loved a party!! Now to save my pennies for P.E.I.....
2 comments:
I love the idea of having an Anne party, Bekah! How fun! And I agree about the 3rd movie. Thumbs down from me. :)
I highly recommend the Anne party - or any party. I just love an excuse to have friends over and EAT!! :)
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