CULTURE DAY!

Yes...that's right. On my calendar it said culture day. Just another reason to throw a party :) So...I woke up at 9 and had my trainer at 10:30. And another kick in the butt! I hate it but love it at the same time! After that I went to 3 stores to find brown sugar. Luckily i heard some english speaking person in the second one talking about chocolate chip cookies so she directed me in the right way! I then came home and liz was just getting out of the kitchen! Then the cleaning lady came! AHHH! so i asked her if she could clean the rest of the house while i cooked for a bit. She did and i managed to make some stuff. The liz ran errands...i cooked...cleaning lady cleaned and then chaos began! Liz came home, cleaning lady needed in the kitchen and both liz and i needed to finish baking! So the floor was drying and liz and i finally went in to tackle the rest of the baking/cooking! I made choc chip cookies, rice pudding and pumpkin pie (which failed miserable...i have NO clue why...i used Le Cordon Bleu's recipe?!?! hahahaha!!!!) Anyway...Liz made whoopie pies, chicken bruschetta, and potatoe salad! We finished by 6ish and both showered and then liz finished one of her dishes in the oven at 7:15. People started to arrive at 7:45. The key to this party was you couldnt come in unless you brought a dish from your culture/heritage. So we had TONS of interesting food there! It was GREAT! And i ate SOOO much :) Plus a girl named Tyler made this punch which was literally a punch to your face...it was STRONG! but really good! there were about 30 people there at the high point. Eventually we played that game where you put a post it on your head of a movie star and you have a certain amount of questions to ask and then you have to guess who you are! we played three rounds. It was a good way to get the two groups intertwined. Liz had her friends from church and then I invited all of my friends from school. But we had TONS of different backgrounds from pakistan to india to american to french to new zealand to columbian to taiwan to i have no clue! TONS of different kinds! it was a hit! THEN....our neighbors from below came! We were really happy! Now we have more friends! They said they'd come visit when they could. I told them i needed french help! so they agreed to help me. Anyway...party died down at 2:30ish. However Fernando stayed for a bit since I hadn't seen him for 3 weeks! It was cute. There was a michael buble cd on and he asked me if i wanted to dance. at first i laughed at him and then i said sure. so we danced for a while. then we sat up and talked til 6 am about whats been happening in our lives the past 3 weeks! CRAZY! he left and i went to bed at 6 am! GREAT NITE! here are a couple of pictures. not many, but enjoy!