tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6556880501741770382024-02-07T11:44:45.296-08:00Obsessive Game of Thrones Party Planning GuideThis blog outlines the party. As a huge celebration that is held when the Game of Thrones comes back into our lives - we will eat, drink, and wonder who the next one is to die. Here, I'll post some great ideas for food, decor and resources as we prepare for the most epic of days. Valar Morghulis! And Happy Throning!LadybugJessehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01136866028326923050noreply@blogger.comBlogger39125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-655688050174177038.post-83294161893828664722017-06-05T11:27:00.003-07:002017-06-06T11:16:07.178-07:00LorishForrest - An Etsy Store!<h2 style="height: 0px;">
After a fair amount of husbandly pestering...</h2>
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I have decided to try and sell my creative projects on Etsy. It's takes a lot of time and love to make these things a reality but lucky for me I have a figdity disposition and have a hard time sitting still!</div>
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I want to show you all what I have been making and of course gets your thoughts on anything that's needed in your collections as well! This will be a constantly changing post with updates all the time so feel free to check back often! And of course, if you see something you must have please visit my Etsy store by searching for <b><u>LorishForrest.</u></b></h4>
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"He Was No Dragon. Fire Cannot Kill A Dragon."</h2>
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I've opened up an Etsy shop in case you don't want to do this yourself - we've kind of perfected the process so why mess with all that stupid glue!?! (IT'S HOT, YO!) </div>
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S7 Premier Party: Thumb Tack Dragon Eggs (so pretty!)</h2>
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<li>Nail polish - lots and lots and lots of it.</li>
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It's pretty simple, it just takes a bunch of time. You'll want to start by putting your tacks in your trivets or cardboard so that you can painstakingly paint each and every one. I highly suggest that you paint them first with a base coat of either black or white depending on your color scheme - I am going to try a hack tonight and see how well spray paint holds up to these for our base coat since it's cheaper and faster. Seems like a win/win. This is also where you'll need to utilize your open window and/or fan and your alcoholic beverage of choice.</div>
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This year we will have the more people attending our little swa-ray than we ever have before so we are going to have to pull out all of the stops. I have an oven, 2 bbq's, a smoker, and a fire pit and my goal is to have meat cooking on all of them. Here is the plan<br />
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I just purchased the perfect plate for these to go on too! I could even add the Scottish deviled eggs- The more I think about those though, the more I am certain I'll have to search for some quail eggs instead of doing the regular sized chicken eggs... smaller... more bite sized... better.....<br />
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These are so neat... I saw THIS picture here and thought "You know, I am a pretty craft savvy person, I could make those IN MY SLEEP!." So I broke out my paints and my markers and my trusty little crafting board - I picked a few different colored eggs and painted them very carefully doing my very best to get as much paint on my fingers as humanly possible. </div>
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So... I went back to the <a href="http://ournerdhome.com/diy-game-of-thrones-dragon-eggs/" target="_blank">tutorial</a> and discovered that they didn't just jump into the burning water with no bathing suit - they actually spray painted them with a white primer that sticks well to plastic before painting them. That might have made things easier....<br />
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I went on Amazon today to look for some amazing things to stuff into these eggs and I came across some 7" jumbo eggs... so I bought them! I had to come up with some fun things to put in them though so I got some stuff to blow my tax return on this year... Here are some of the things I got for these -<br />
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I'll break up the sets as much as possible - the little skeleton warriors, dragon, and the armed men come in a bundle - think little green army men for cool people. I really want to paint the skeleton dudes grey and give them blue eyes but we'll see how ambitious I am here... I'll also have some extra candies, chocolate coins and other goodies to throw in as needed. I think the hubs is going to get a little blind box for each egg too - all told, each egg will probably end up costing me about $10/each but I am only doing 12. (TWELVE THAT'S ONE HUNDRED AND TWENTY SMACKEROOS, JES YOWZA!) I know... I know... but guys, this is the second to the last time we will be able to do this and I want to make it AMAZEBALLS. Most of my posse has been drooling over my hand made dragon eggs for years and it's only fair that I send them home with one at SOME POINT. I'll toss in some of the kazoos of winter that I have from S3 - still have tons of those for some reason....<br />
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Last night my ex-mother-in-law passed away suddenly... and although there was no love lost between the two of us, it was still a gut wrenching evening as I tried to console my 8 year old who, as horrible as she was, loved her dearly. We spent some time together last night crying together and holding each other - I told him that in times like these sometimes it makes me feel better to keep my hands busy and he agreed so on a whim, and IN THE HOUSE (bad idea, bad idea, bad idea...) we spray painted eggs! There were lots of hugging breaks but he did a great job wielding the can and was smiling while making a huge mess - even if it was just for a moment we could get him to feel better... before the fumes created a toxic cloud in my craft room and we had to evacuate... more to come...<br />
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What a crazy weekend! My poor deaf, blind and seizure-prone senior dog escaped from the back yard and we lost him for a few days... I was a WRECK! So in a feeble attempt to keep some sanity about me as I frantically checked the lost and found section of Craigslist and with the local animal shelters, I worked on my eggs. When you're crafting while you're extremely stressed, it's called "STRAFTING." I did much strafting this weekend. I started a new project but got to work on these a bit too - and I have some tips for you - here is what I have:</div>
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<li>Fill your eggs BEFORE you draw your scales! I didn't do this the first time and ended up spending way more time than I needed to trying to line the scales back up...</li>
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I found them at <a href="http://www.brit.co/game-of-thrones-party-ideas/" target="_blank">this</a> amazing website - they have lots of other tempting ideas too - maybe something else will jump out at you? Like that beautiful and surely delicious Nights Watch cocktail? Mmmmmmm huminah. <br />
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They mention the Game of Thrones board game - which we have - and I have to say, if you love board games, you'll love this one, it's worth picking up. It takes a long time to play and don't play with someone who is a strategy ho - like House Lee. They win every time, EVERY TIME! <br />
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This year we will have the more people attending our little swa-ray than we ever have before so we are going to have to pull out all of the stops. I have an oven, 2 bbq's, a smoker, and a fire pit and my goal is to have meat cooking on all of them. Here is the plan<br />
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This season is going to be the second to the last - and a shorter one at that so of course we know that the dead and the realms of men are headed for an epic clash. Naturally, we need able bodied soldiers to protect us. Our evening will be centered around the battle - "War Is Coming"....<br />
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This is just the preliminary graphic - I haven't decided what to do with them yet.... I could mail them... I could tie them with some string to a crow and land them on their cars.... I could take the easy way out and just post it on Facebook (not my style but alas....) Still brainstorming this... more updates will be forthcoming.. ideas ideas so many ideas.....<br />
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In the mean time, you need one you can customize - here is one that's ready to go - just have to come up with a snazy name for your venue!<br />
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<b>3.15.17: </b>I worked on these a bit last night and I gotta say, this was fun! It was a little scary, though, as I was playing with the ax while my toddler was next to me incredibly interested in everything I was doing. (Don't worry, I didn't start swinging until I was absolutely sure daddy had a hold of her on the other side of the room...)<br />
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I took my small stacks of invites and my ax and whacked away! I banged on them with both sides of the hammer and hit them with some nails and really just beat the crap out of them. <br />
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<br />LadybugJessehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01136866028326923050noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-655688050174177038.post-33950170659652274102017-03-14T15:22:00.002-07:002017-04-05T16:18:53.471-07:00Season 7, Premier party! Let the planning insanity begin! (oh boy...)Well.... The awesome thing is that my best friends will be driving down from Washington to spend the week with us and will just happen to be with us for their first taste of allll the hooplah.<br />
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The stressful thing is that since they will be here, and since it's the second to the last time we will ever be able to host this event, my husband wants to invite freaking everybody. <b>*deep breath deep breath, deep breath!*</b><br />
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<b>So the planning begins. </b>July 16th is not that far away and we have lots of work to do if we want to host an amazing party for .... 17 people..... <b>*deep breath deep breath, deep breath!*</b><br />
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I know, it doesn't seem like a lot... and I already have some great ideas, plus I'll have 2 extra sets of hands to help us with the preparations. The thing that bothers me the most is the logisticals... I don't have enough plates... I don't have enough chairs... I don't have enough butt space on my couch. .. *sigh* most of these things can be solved with some shopping but we can't be going nuts like we did that one year... Lets see how much of this we can do on a budget! Thrift stores, here we come! Of course, I will be sharing my findings here.<br />
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<li>Update the Death Pool board (OOOOOO!!!!! Hodor, nooo!)</li>
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As always, I hope this blog can serve as a guide to help you create an amazing party too! Feel free to snag any images you like for your own party and let me know if you have other ideas you'd like me to add.<br />
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It has begun....LadybugJessehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01136866028326923050noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-655688050174177038.post-16139029697299783952016-05-17T15:02:00.003-07:002016-05-17T15:17:08.540-07:00The Hermit's Game of Thrones Party<h2 style="text-align: center;">
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For those of us who love to party but hate the people part of it..</h3>
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It's very easy for me to imagine a kick-ass Game of Thrones party for just myself. As much as I love to wow my guests with these amazing treats (and I really do) a lot of the things I put together are things I intend to keep at home for just me. Hello, Dragon eggs. Hello, Wall of Sigils. Hello Apothecary set. I figure if my husband can nerd-out over Amiibos then I can have my collection of quirky awesomeness as well. Throwing a party for just yourself is not anything to be ashamed of - or embarrassed by at all! It just takes a little prep and legwork to have yourself a fine feast and a show. </div>
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The first thing you'll need for your party is a fancy invite - depending of course on how far into this you want to go. You can skip this part if you don't want a memento of your amazing evening. </div>
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Over the years, I have come up with several that have been a big hit but yours doesn't need to be so fancy. This one here is from Innatthecrossroads.com and is available for you to download and customize. Simply print it out, roll it up, and tie it to the foot of one of <a href="http://www.amazon.com/Touch-Nature-Feather-Black-10-Inch/dp/B00LI1DZ02/ref=sr_1_12?ie=UTF8&qid=1463519373&sr=8-12&keywords=black+crow+decor" target="_blank">these</a> to perch on your microwave. Now your invite has been sent and you just have to wait for a response.</div>
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Now, we need to settle on a menu. The possibilities here are as endless as the yellow sea but I've put together some ideas that will leave you with some leftovers but not completely drowning in food. </div>
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Roasted leeks and root vegetables</h4>
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Next, we have to take care of dishes and decor. For this, I hope you don't turn your nose up at the idea of a thrift store but they are your friends in times like these unless you want to spend an arm and a leg on new stuff from Etsy/Amazon/Ebay. I always hit the thrift store first, you can find some amazing things there. For example, a few weeks ago I had to hit one on the way home to find some old cake pans my son and I could destroy by making sun catches and I happened upon some pretty awesome candle holders, several silver trays, and an old cast-iron serving dish that was, like, $3.00. I had to talk myself out of the glass goblets - they were incredible but alas, we already have some pretty stellar metal ones. And my husband would have killed me. </div>
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The cool thing about the thrift stores is that you're not committed to buying things as a set. A lot of the time they will price things by the piece and you'll be free to put together your own special table setting for your own amazing party. Here is a list of things you'll want to consider:</div>
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Next take a gander though the blog here and see if you are ambitious enough to take any of the larger projects on. Even a door sign will help transport you to Westeros on GoT day. These will also help with your decor.</div>
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Now that it's Game of Thrones day, and you're just about ready to start your food adventure. If you're sticking to my menu above, you'll need some things from the grocery store unless they're already laying around your house. </div>
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A little different from the Inn's version - in this version you're going to get yourself either 1 or 2 cornish game hens - depending on how much food you want to eat tomorrow... Before you do anything to them, make sure they are rinsed and dried and there are no presents sitting in the cavities of them. The link above will walk you through the needs of your recipe but since you're only stuffing itty bitty birds, you can easily half the list of ingredients. </div>
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A staple in our house and REALLY (REALLY) easy to make - you'll need 1 leek, 2 carrots, a parsnip and a smallish yellow potato. The leek prep is a little tricky and you have to rinse them after you cut them to get all the dirt off. To accomplish this, simply cut the leek diagonally into slices and drop them into a bowl full of water - separate the rings as best you can and give them a good jooge - the dirt sinks while the leeks (Rhymes with Reek..) floats to the top. Dry them off on a paper towel while you're chopping up the rest of your veg. <br />
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All of your veggies should be chopped to about the same size so that they roast evenly and they don't have to be chopped up super small in order to accomplish this. Big rough cuts on all of your washed veggies will work just wonderfully. Toss them all (leeks too!) into a bowl with some olive oil and your favorite herbs (thyme is wonderful with these...) and coat them all well. Then transfer your coated veggies to your roasting dish and put them in a 300 degree oven for 30 minutes. After they've had some time to roast, take them out and NOW they are ready for your birds. These hens don't take long to roast and if you do a pre-roasting they'll be finished with your hens and all will be well in your kingdom. Turn the temp up on your oven to 350 and roast until the internal temp is at least 165.<br />
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Remember that large serving platter you got at the thrift store? Put your veggies on it, stuffing, bird(s) and appetizers on it and take it to your living room. Pour yourself your favorite wine or (AND!) ale in your pretty cups. Set yourself up a little picnic with your new plate and some silverware in front of your TV (don't forget to light some candles!) and kick up your feet! Winter is coming but at least you won't go hungry. </div>
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I always love sending my guests home with something from the party. For the premier party everyone took home a direwolf, the finale party before that they got vials of Himalayan salt and some fresh bread, the premier party before that Kazoos of Winter and House Clegane doggy bags. The finale party this year won't be any different - although I'm going to kill everyone, at least they'll go home with something nice to remember our evening. </div>
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First thing is first, lets bounce around some ideas for the winner of the Death Pool. Currently House Courtade is in the lead and if Dave and DB don't pick up their game, she's going to win the whole thing <b>(Come on, Hodor, you got this, buddy!) <span style="font-size: x-small;"><i>Post eps 5: I didn't know! I take it back! NO NO PLEASE NO!!!! **sobbing..**</i></span></b></div>
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So you are sitting in a clearing on a cliff overlooking the Twins in the distance with your lover, in your hands a dragon goblet full of deliciousness but the sun is bright. You try to gaze into the loveliness of your ladies eyes but all you can see is the sun assaulting your eye sockets. You squint in the general direction of your lady and you see she has a lovely headpiece with which to shield her from the suns brutality while your head is bare. You need something to shield out the sun, yes? Well, my friends, I have you covered. *snicker*</div>
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You take in a deep breath and fill your lungs with the crisp clean air when... What's that in the distance? Some of the Boltons scouts have ridden upon you and take offense to your headgear! Your lady shrieks! (ahhhh!) You clammer to your feet and reach for - </div>
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Oh, my pretties.... the time is upon us to talk about the finale party - and what better occasion then to host another wedding... (fictional, of course...)</div>
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We start today with the finalization of the invitation - a task that I can't take 100% credit for but was still equally challenged by its development. I found an image very similar to this one online (Where everything can be found...) and was able to adapt it for our specific group of roughians. In this endeavor, I came to the sad realization that one of our newest houses has no sigil... this must be remedied immediately! In sticking with our "mythical creature" theme, House Courtades sigil is now the majestic and mysterious UNICORN! Not just any unicorn, no, the happiest and luckiest unicorn I was able to conjure up from Google images - <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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In keeping true to my usual shinanigans, I also must include a menu for our - - occasion... This menu was fun to make We will see if my posse picks on all of the subtleties in this and fears for their lives with every delicious fork full of awesome...</div>
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Some of the recipes were going to be a challenge and I didn't want to bite off more than I could chew like I normally do. The main course, Lannisters Land and Sea, is a take on the traditional Roman Tenderloin (recipe <a href="http://www.innatthecrossroads.com/2014/02/10/roman-style-tenderloin-bacon-sage/" target="_blank">here</a><span id="goog_123640078"></span><span id="goog_123640079"></span><a href="https://www.blogger.com/"></a>! Thanks, Innatthecrossroads.com!) I will, however, also be adding shrimp to the grill as well which I will prepare the same way (sans bacon) for House Courtade, which does not partake in red meat like a bunch of weirdos. This recipe will be pretty quick as the majority of the time it takes is chill time in the marinade. </div>
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I also found this delicious looking soup (gotta use those soup crocks!) <a href="http://www.takingonmagazines.com/tortellini-with-basil-and-parsley/" target="_blank">here</a> that I will make with a vegetable stock instead of a chicken stock. It looks simple enough but also packed with flavor so it's a no-brainer. I could probably even create the tortellinis the day before and just chill them overnight as to not overwhelm myself the day of.</div>
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We love making things from scratch where we can but in an endevor such as this we have to cut a few corners as well - the biscuits will be your regular Bisquick variety with cheese and chives chopped into the dough and topped with a little seasoning which should pair nicely with the soup. Under the biscuit will be a wonderfully flaky <a href="http://www.innatthecrossroads.com/2012/05/23/cod-cakes/" target="_blank">fish cake</a> - yay for more protein! </div>
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Lastly - ahh yes... This is my own special creation. When I was little, my incredibly Irish mom would make the most incredible mexican food you've ever had. It was quite the conundrum to our neighbors and friends in New Mexico how she could pull this off - she was Irish. But her food was nothing short of amazing. As kids, and only every once in a great while, she would make Sopapillas for us - which is basically a sweetened bread dough rolled out flat, cut into squares and deep fried so they popped up like little pillows of awesome. We'd bite off a corner and drizzle honey on the inside and... nom.... I have to stop now, I'm drooling. </div>
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So I will be making moms sopapillas, or the closest thing to it I can muster - and filling them with a mix of vanilla sweetened whipped cream, possibly a banana (haven't decided...) and sprinkling with cinnamon and sugar and a little drizzle of honey to make it even more messy and amazing. </div>
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There was much debate among our band of thieves about this during the premier party - who will meet their end? Here is how our board turned out:</div>
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After much thought and discussion we decided that each of the five of us would get 7 guesses. On the back of their unique "flag" they had to write the order that they chose each character, the name of the character and the episode in which they met their demise. Whoever gets the most right wins! The order and episode are only used in the event of a tie breaker. This was the easiest way we could come up with it and avoids the whole points mess. </div>
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So far, no one dead yet but - we are only on episode 1, after all... I feel a little morbid saying this but.... here's to hoping it's a blood bath!</div>
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SEASON 6 EPISODE 2 UPDATE: DEATH TO ROOSE! </h2>
What the bloody hell kind of a name is Roose anyway? Oh well, who cares, he got killed by a bastard. House Courtade is in the lead!<br />
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I have to also mention that where as most of us put a lot of thought into our choices, House Courtade just chose people at random and as a result, you know she's going to win the whole thing... Murphy is an ass.<br />
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Seriously you guys, I WAS JUST KIDDING! I didn't mean for him to... I didn't want him to.... STUPID GEORGE! STUPID BRAN! STUPID CHILDREN OF THE FOREST! STUPID MIRA! I HATE YOU ALL! WHY? WHY HODOR WHY!?!?!?</div>
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Ok, my tantrum is over for the moment. No guarantees for later though when someone asks me to hold the door in the elevator... I just might start sobbing uncontrollably again like everyone else did last night.</div>
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Hodor hodor hodor, Hodor hodor, hodor hodor hodor. Hodor hodor hodor hodor hodor hodor hodor - HODOR. </div>
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Part of the joy of moving is that even 6 months after you've moved you're still plagued by random boxes of stuff you don't use everyday. In my case, it's boxes full of Game of Thrones party supplies that I scarcely use and now, ironically, I can't find anywhere. I've already filled my swear words quota for the day so maybe the Lord of the house will have better luck in the box-jungle that is our garage when he gets home. </div>
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My regular table ware is... well... it's colorful. I have square plates that have retro flowers on them and this will not do at all for a medieval feast. In 2013 I had this problem and with 13 people to feed I was forced to settle for plain square black plastic plates - I HATED them. On the plus side, it did make clean-up easy, but they were not at all in keeping with the theme. I can legitimately say I have had a dish problem FOR YEARS. It's not acceptable.<br />
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It does not escape our tribe of bandits that this season will be the first time that we have no flippin clue what is going to happen. We've all read the books and watched the podcasts - we are nerds, after all, and have to maintain our delicate reputation on these things...</div>
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That being said, we are going to have to up our game a little. Before the start of every episode last season, (and the season before) we took a "Nipple Bet." There are, of course, rules to the nipple bet. Man nipples did not count unless accompanied by woman nipples. Nipples are also counted independently. Groups of 10 or more independent nipples did not count (angry mobs of slaves, for example). The person who guesses the correct amount of nipples without going over wins. Bets are placed before the show starts and a winner is announced when the credits are over.</div>
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I won't lie, the nipple bet is fun. It may be a tradition we carry into the completion of the series - it's a lot of fun during a tense moment of the show when everyone is silent on edge for some random member of your posse to suddenly shout out "NIPPLE!" It's good times....</div>
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This year, however, we are in the dark! Just as all other masses who have not taken on George's task and picked up the books. We know it's going to be awesome, just as we did before but we also knew when key characters were going to lose their heads... we don't know <b>anything</b> now. That being said, I'm playing around with a dangerous idea...</div>
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The Game Of Thrones Death Pool</h3>
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During dinner we will all have an opportunity to place our bets on who is going to die this season. You get 10 points for guessing the correct person and 5 points additional if you correctly guess the episode. You do not lose points if you incorrectly guess the episode. You get minus 10 points if you incorrectly guess a person (so you can't bet on EVERYONE, k?) but you can never go below 0 points.<br />
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The person who has the most points at the end of the season will win something effing amazing at the finale party. More details on that as soon as my brain births it...</div>
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I bounced this around in my head for a long time before settling on simple. I could get a big piece of plywood and modge-podge everyone's pictures on it with a map of Westeros in the background and a hand-painted title and little metal cocktail swords but... WE ONLY HAVE 6 DAYS LEFT. So lets settle on something a little more manageable here...<br />
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I printed pictures of all of my living characters on some parchment paper and will cut them out. I'm going to pin these to a cork-board. Yup! That's it, nothing fancy, just a cork board. I was able to find some super cute weapon thumb tacks that I'll use for my guests - get to that in a minute. <br />
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The pictures will be pinned to the cork board with regular boring pins, title and decorations at the top, of course. Each guest will have a pile of little flags at their plate - each one is a different color labeled with their name. They will also have a pen - on the back of their flag they will write the name of the person they are choosing to die and an episode number (if they wish) then will use a weapon to pin their flag to the character. Betting is CLOSED once the show starts and will remain that way for the entire season. As people die, they will be marked with a red skull and crossbones and each guest will be updated of the stats via text.<br />
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I have room on my board for 7 more people and suddenly names start flying from my husbands lips like he's an auctioneer... Eventually we found ourselves having the John Snow discussion. He is NOT ON THE BOARD.<br />
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<b><i><span style="color: #cc0000;">SPOILERS!?!? Ok, seriously, you haven't read the books and you haven't watched the series yet, what are you doing here?? Don't get all huffy over spoilers when we are going into season 6 and you haven't done your homework! At this point, if you aren't caught up yet that's on you. </span></i></b><br />
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I digress. John Snow is not on our board because he is "dead." A LOT of people are going to be disappointed when they set his body on fire, that's all I'm sayin. (Not saying that's a certainty but all this talk about him being alive means he's dead and he's not coming back..... my guess - I mean, who doesn't live and breathe for the moment that Game of Thrones dashes our hopes and ruins our dreams?) <br />
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The seven we must consider are, according to the Lord of the house, are as follows:<br />
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<b>What do you think? Is there anyone who is more worthy? </b></div>
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<b>Here are all of the images I chose for the board - if you want to make your own, feel free to copy+paste away! OR you can just save this post and I will update as the season progresses. Don't be too shy to put your own best bets in the comments- If the hype is any indication, this season will be BRUTAL.</b></div>
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Death comes for us all... can't wait to see what this thing looks like when the season is over!!!</div>
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After all of that work we poured into 2013 it occurs to me that there isn't a single record of the results anywhere for the masses to see. Well, in case you are curious, here it is. It was A LOT of work and I can tell you that I don't think I will be biting off that much again any time soon....</div>
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Made with hot Italian sausage - YUM! "Stick em with the pointy end!"<br />
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Fellow blogger and Game of Thrones guru Phoenix posted a fantastic place for all of your premier party needs - <a href="http://www.designgenesstudio.com/blogs/news/93985283-game-of-thrones-season-6-party-planning-guide">here</a> you'll find all kinds of amazing stuff ready for you to download and share to make your party BANG. </div>
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On this site there are a lot of great finds but one in particular I grabbed like a dog with a bone - <a href="http://www.designgenesstudio.com/blogs/news/93985283-game-of-thrones-season-6-party-planning-guide#startofform">the popcorn bags.</a> They are so cute!! And of course, I could grab this genius and print it up and it would be super easy and un-complicated but... that's not my style! I have to reinvent the wheel. I have to make it my own version of awesome. I love a challenge so I have taken this amazing idea that I can in no way take credit for, and gave it a good twist. </div>
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I love finding other resources to make our Game of Thrones experience that much more amazing. Thank you so much to Phoenix for posting that planning guide for us and making us oogle even more! Your hard work is something we can all benefit from! (I mean seriously, have you seen these <a href="http://www.designgenesstudio.com/collections/game-of-thrones-inspired-gifts/products/printable-game-wine">wine labels</a>???) </div>
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Good intentions are all good unless you completely drop the ball and get caught up in baby-land thus letting your awesome party plans crash down in a fiery inferno. As fun as it is to come up with all of these wonderful ideas to wow the masses it's kind of pointless unless you can actually pull it off, right? <br />
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The great thing about doing these every year is that I always have left over stuff from the year before. Let's start with the invitations (posted above).<br />
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I had to do some digging since in the recent move, my <a href="http://gameofthronesparty.blogspot.com/2013/03/s3pp-maesters-apothecary-kit-i-have.html">apothecary kit from 2013</a> was buried in the garage somewhere but luckily, my amazing husband was able to find it so I could pull out the wax sealing set stored inside. Unfortunately in the move, the Basilisk Venom jar leaked and drenched the inside of my box with thick green goo... That was a fun mess to clean up...<br />
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The other thing I will do to make our adoption day a success is print pamphlets for each persons plate so they can learn about the good our amazing made-up foundation is doing to help the direwolves. I used all the ones I made up from last year but had to make one more.... (sadface..)<br />
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My amazing and loving husband has brought to my attention that some of these files have some spelling errors. I very gently told him that the WSPVBMCD is a non-profit organization, and thus, is currently looking for educated scholars to assist in creating our propaganda. Sadly, the bakers wife has only the most minimal of grammatical education and thus, is not keen to pick up such remedial mistakes such as these. I appreciated his feedback, however, and will be looking for a new writing wench after I clean up the blood from the direwolf pen... </div>
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Sounds yummy, don't it? Thank you again to my homies at InnAtTheCrossroads.com for providing the inspiration to this dish, you can find that recipe for this <a href="http://www.innatthecrossroads.com/2014/02/03/cookbook-cover-crown-roast/">here</a>.</div>
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I have linked the Wildling Cider recipe for you but you'll have to fork over some dough to the ladies at the Inn for their <a href="http://www.innatthecrossroads.com/a-feast-of-ice-and-fire/">amazing cookbook</a> as the recipe for iced milk with honey can be found there. You can also buy it on <a href="http://www.amazon.com/Feast-Ice-Fire-Official-Companion/dp/0345534492/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1460565471&sr=8-1&keywords=Game+of+Thrones+cook+book">Amazon</a>.<br />
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Reading about plans for the season finale... WHAT THE HELL GUISE. Didn't the season just start?? In a word, Yes. It did. This is how HBO retains your loyalty... they give you just enough to make you think you're getting something good before they drop the shoe and say something ridiculous like "Just wait until next season..." ... .. . . . Bullox.</div>
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Times like this I am really jealous of my sister who doesn't have HBO and only gets the very rare opportunity to binge watch like a boss so she doesn't have that agonizing week of "WHAT'S HAPPENING NEXT?!?!?" .... I equate this feeling to waiting in line to use the restroom when you really really have to go. </div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">The season 3 premier party that I had dumped so much time and meticulous energy into resulted in my engagement! What an amazing night, and that all of our beloved friends and family were there means the world to me. I didn't get to plan much of a premier party last year because we were busy planning a wedding - and then shortly after that discovered that we were going to have a baby! Talk about BUSY BUSY THREE TIMES BUSY!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">None the less, I have been feeling as though my addiction has not been satiated... even with the series coming out and things being different than in the books (Yes, for all of you who have not read the books, DO EET. Things are different, characters are in the books that are no longer in the show, things happen in the books that don't happen in the show, so much more FOOD - you just have to read em, no getting around it..) I am still not fully satisfied in my Game of Thrones life..</span></span></span><div style="text-align: left;">
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">We settled for a much lower key ceremony this year with the addition of this little bean- it's hard to spend any amount of time in the kitchen without her making a fuss about mommy time. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">The jist of what we did was pretty amazing, none-the-less, as effortless as possible. We made some mini honeyed hens of the wall with the prune and oatmeal stuffing, and roasted veggies for the main course. We served olive bread, hummus, prosciutto wrapped cheese, and bacon wrapped meat balls (That's right, ya'all - I said BACON.WRAPPED.MEAT.BALLS.) for a snack while we tackled the Game of Thrones board game and white walkers for a evening refreshment. I didn't get to go all out like I usually do but the bacon wrapped meat balls were something to awe at - by themselves, they need a completely separate post of yum. Here is how I did it:</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">(Called Dothraki Bacon Wrapped Goat Balls on our menu...)</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">These could be a meal all by themselves in our house. Serve with some roasted carrots and some mashed potatoes and this is surely the way to any mans heart... or woman's for that matter... Hell, I would venture to say that if you want to rule the world, this is how you do it.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">1 lb of Italian sausage (Hot as you like...)</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">1 tbs of yellow mustard</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Put everything except the last 2 ingredients in a bowl and mix well together until the consistency is even. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Here's a tip: Don't want to roll out a million little bite sized balls of goodness? Pat this sucker into a loaf shape and lay your bacon on the top. Viola - Meatloaf.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Roll your meat mixture into balls about the size of a quarter and wrap the bacon around them. Set them seam side down on a baking sheet (Preferably covered in foil to make clean up super easy) </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Then try not to choke as you inhale them. Serve with beer and a smile and listen to everyone ooh and ahh and beg you for the recipe while you plot to take over the world.</span></div>
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<strong>Season 3 Premiere Party:</strong></div>
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<strong>Almost time to get groceries... UGH.</strong></div>
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I hate grocery shopping so I am going to start out this post with a major gripe. UGH GROCERY SHOPPING! I hate it. You spend hundreds of dollars and then in a few weeks you have to do it again and you have nothing to show or it... (except life but that doesn't really count...) Plus you wonder up and down the isles looking at 42 different kinds of everything that are all made in the same factory but with different labels on the stuff. THEN, you have to balance out organic, sugar free, no trans fat, no cholesterol, now made with 100% pure motor oil, etc etc... Things used to be so simple. You would need spaghetti sauce so you went to the store and bought tomatoes to make spaghetti sauce. Now you stand in the isle of spaghetti sauce like a dumb ass staring at the 75 different varieties of spaghetti sauce from tomato/basil to ham and cheese to vanilla pudding flavored spaghetti sauce. Why not just have "Spaghetti flavored spaghetti sauce"?? Want to add olives and honey? That stuff is on isle 9. I hate grocery shopping and one day I will have my revenge... one day... who am I kidding? If I can just get in and get out then I don't have time to gripe about it. It's the little blue haired lady in front of me paying her $247 bill in nickels and pennies. But hey, she got the .20 cent gas reward so she's happy, right?<o:p></o:p><br />
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Looking at this list I'm sure it doesn't look too incredibly daunting but quantity is the key here and more then likely, I'll end up with a very full cart and no room in my truck.<o:p></o:p><br />
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This list covers the jist but I did leave out the things at home I already know I have - like dates and honey. Those I got covered. I'm also posting this on here so that I will have a quick reference when I am at the store and make sure I didn't forget anything. This will also give you an insight on what throwing a party of this magnitude will cost you. (Arm+Leg.) Total costs will be forthcoming.<o:p></o:p><br />
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<strong>EGGTIP: I mentioned this yesterday but it's worth mentioning again - If you are planning to hard boil eggs for Sunday - whether it be for Game of Thrones to make Scotch eggs or to color them for Easter, buy your eggs ahead of time! (Like NOW.) If they're too fresh when you boil them they will not separate from the shell and you'll have a crazy mess trying to peel them!</strong><o:p></o:p><br />
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<span style="font-family: Calibri;">5 lbs ground pork<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri;">2 lbs ground beef<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri;">3 whole chickens<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri;">4 lbs Italian sausage<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri;">Little smokies (2 packages)<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri;">Lipton Onion Soup<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri;">2¾ cups roasted chestnuts<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri;">Raw apple cider (1 gallon)<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri;">Currants – 2 cups (Apricots will sub as well)<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri;">Smuttynose Star Island Single (2 bottle)<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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