Thanks for all of your help and advice yesterday on what I should fix for my students when they come for supper. While I love to cook, I’ve gone ahead and ordered two lasagnas from one of my favorite restaurants in town, a Carnegie Deli cheesecake, and breadsticks. I’ll go ahead and make the salad if I have to!

I’m so excited to share my big wedding album with all of you! Kelly Moore posted pages of it on her blog a few days ago and I am so excited and so pleased with it. The pictures were beautiful on their own, but seeing them so creatively designed brings them back to life. I can’t wait to have it on our coffee table. Now we just need to get a coffee table.

I need help from my friends in the blogosphere. I am fixing supper for my students on Friday night and a couple of months ago I had some really high hopes for this meal. A couple of months ago I was able to smell food without getting sick, too.

I’m pretty sure my students are hoping for mashed potatoes (Katie Lee Joel’s recipe is my new favorite) and other comfort side dishes like macaroni and cheese. I’m fine with making all of the sides, but I don’t feel like making a meat for 16 people. I love meatloaf, but it takes a really long time to make and my pregnant self doesn’t feel like standing in my kitchen for three hours while I prepare it. Are 18 year olds afraid of meatloaf?

I also considered just picking up a couple of huge frozen lasagnas and making that with garlic bread and a salad. I know they won’t be too picky and who doesn’t love lasagna?

So what do y’all think? What should I make for these home cookin’ deprived kids?

Mrs. Newlywed asked in her comment on my previous post if she could see the front of the painting over our mantle. Here it is. Excuse the bad crop job.

This week is going to be crazy. The Junior League Holiday Market kicks off tomorrow with the Preview Party. So Todd’s going to put on his tux, I’m going to put on the only semi-formal that fits right now (my black taffeta DVF wrap dress), and I’m going to work the party while he shops and eats yummy food.

I have another event for work on Thursday night and then I’m hosting all 16 of my students in our home for dinner on Friday night for our end-of-semester supper. I would like for my Christmas tree to be completely decorated by the time the students come on Friday. My dad was in town for a night right before we left to drive to Louisiana for Thanksgiving. He went ahead and put the tree up for me, so it’s standing. All I have to do is put all of the ornaments on it before Friday night.

This is a picture of one side of our living room. The tree (not pictured) is standing in the corner with the two windows. Hopefully I’ll be done decorating the tree tonight and can post a picture of the tree tomorrow.

I had my 12 week visit to the doctor this morning. I’m actually 12 weeks and 6 days pregnant. I had an oh-so-fun exam and got to hear the heartbeat again. This time it was 175. Mr. Bean is working hard in there! I don’t go back to the doctor until December 29 and at that time they’ll do all the scary testing. When that’s over I’m hopeful that my mind will be at ease.

I have to give a shout out to my best friend, Catherine, who just started her blog. She’s been lurking for a while and now she has started her own blog. Visit her at destinesia.

This weekend, while in Louisiana with my family, my pregnant cousin, my aunt, my mom, and I went to the children’s shop where my cousin is registered before her baby shower on Saturday. I had fun looking around at all the little girl and boy things. It’s fun not knowing what we’re having because I can still wonder if we need the pink ruffles or the blue stripes. My cousin also gave me some good pointers on products since she has already done all of the research.