TOO MUCH FOOD

The week before christmas, my Bible Study group got together at the Acropolis for lunch. The night before, my friend Kyle said that I should try the "name your own price" meal. So I asked about it. Oh, my gosh, talk about alot of food. Here's the description from their menu:

"Name your own price and enjoy an combination of dishes consisting of cold and hot appetizers, salad, assorted entrees and dessert. Remember to take your time to finish this and let us tell you that it is ok with the chef if you do not finish it. He knows that towards the end you will be begging for no more food.(minimum 2 people)"

Well let me tell you, we were begging for NO MORE food. Actually, one course that was brought out was immediately taken away and boxed-to-go.

Our Meal:
Platter of pita bread & various sauces including: Hummus; Melitzanosalata – blended eggplant with humus, tahini and olive oil; & Tzatziki – homemade creamy greek yogurt/cucumber dip with garlic and virgin olive oil

Dolmades – grapevine leaves stuffed with lean spiced ground beef, rice, & herbs

Greek Salad

Stifado – beef cubes cooked with onions red wine and red wine vinegar, served with rice pilaf

Gyros Platter – seasoned blended beef and lamb served w/tzatziki sauce & pita bread

Baklava

If you live in Evansville, then you really need to give the Acropolis a try

Holiday Edition

1. Egg Nog or Hot Chocolate? Hot Chocolate
2. Does Santa wrap presents or just sit them under the tree? Growing up the presents under the tree (wrapped) were from Family, and then on Christmas day the present "from Santa" were (unwrapped) in a pile. Each kid had their own pile.
3. Colored lights on tree/house or white? white
4. Do you hang mistletoe? No
5. When do you put your decorations up? Day after Thanksgiving
6. What is your favorite holiday dish (excluding dessert)? Cranberry--with the mold of the can.
7. Favorite Holiday memory as a child: Christmas when I was twelve. I had really wanted a phone. Being the snoop that I am, I had found all my presents and knew that I was getting a phone. YEAH!! but that morning, it wasn't in my pile. my mom saw that I looked confused and asked if something was wrong, I said I was supposed to get a phone. she replied that I was too young. so I said no, I found it and I took the whole family up to the hiding place and opened the lid, and there was the phone box. I picked it up and it was empty. my parents started laughing and told me to look under my bed. Sure enough, for the last week the phone had been plugged in, in my room, but the ringer was off.
8. When and how did you learn the truth about Santa? I'm not sure
9. Do you open a gift on Christmas Eve? when I was young we opened a small gift every weekend of December, then the rest on Christmas day. Since we have got older we started doing all our opening on Christmas Eve. But this year, we are doing it on Christmas Day.
10. How do you decorate your Christmas tree? Lights and ornaments (is there another way)
11. Snow! Love it or Dread it? Let it snow, let it snow, let in snow!
12. Can you ice skate? Ugh, NO!!! I have enough trouble on my own two feet, why would I put any thing like a skate under them and then try and walk on ice.
13. Do you remember your favorite gift? No, I have had many favorites over the year
14. What's the most important thing about the Holidays for you? The birth of Jesus
15. What is your favorite Holiday Dessert? Fudge
16. What is your favorite holiday tradition? Fondue
17. What tops your tree? A Big Bow
18. Which do you prefer Giving or Receiving? Giving
19. What is your favorite Christmas Song? don't know that i have a favorite, but I do really like to hear Karen Carpenter sing them.
20. Candy Canes? Love them

Say Thank you

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Pass this on to everyone that you know.

Another one

I told you I'm a sucker for these questionaires. So here is another one. I did try to edit it for any duplicate questions.
1. What is your occupation? Teacher
2. What color are your socks right now? Red with red and black fish and a separate place for your big toe (like mittens)
3. What are you listening to right now? The hum of the computer
4. What is the last thing you ate? Peanut butter balls
5. Can you drive a stick shift? No
6. If you were a crayon, what color would you be? Green, even though my favorite color is pink
7. How old are you today? 32
8. Have you ever dyed your hair? yes, but always "normal colors"
9. favorite day of the year? My Birthday
10. What do you do to vent anger? Complain to my mom
11. What was your favorite toy as a child? cabbage patch kids
12. What is your favorite season? Fall
13. Hugs or kisses? It depends who from...ha..just kidding!
14. Cherries or Blueberries? Blueberries
15. Living arrangements? with the parental unit
16. When was the last time you cried? probably not recently enough
17. What is on the floor of your closet? shoes...lots of them
18. What did you do last night? Ate, laughed, played games..had a good time with friends!
19. Favorite smells? food
20. What inspires you? Love
21. What are you afraid of? Losing a loved one
22. Plain, cheese or spicy hamburgers? Cheese
23. Number of keys on your key ring? 5
24. How many years at your current job? 1 1/2years
25. How many states have you lived in? 7 Pennsylvania, Indiana, Illinois, Colorado, Tennessee, Maryland
26. Favorite holiday? Christmas
27. Who's your favorite NFL team? Steelers
28. Do you have a house phone that is NOT cordless? yes
29. 10 inches of snow or 100 degree weather? 10 inches snow

Stupid Questionnaire

Ok, so I'm a sucker for these stupid question and answer things and I don't know why! Ok, here's what you're supposed to do... and please don't spoil the fun :) Copy the questions below and paste them into the comment section,then delete my answers, and type in your answers.
1. What time is it? 9:45 pm
2. What is your name? Katie
3. Nickname? Kate
4. Any piercings? ears
5. What is the most recent movie you've seen in the theater? Happy Feet
6. Eye color? Blue
7. Place of birth? Pittsburgh, PA
8. Favorite food? Pretty much anything ethnic
9. Ever been to Africa? not yet
10. Ever been toilet papering? yes
11. Love someone so much it made you cry? yeah
12. Been in a car accident? yeah,
13. Croutons or bacon bits? Croutons
14. Favorite day of week? Friday
15. Favorite restaurant? Taco Loco in Hong Kong
16. Favorite flower? Gerber Daisy
17. Favorite sport to watch? Football
18. Favorite drink? Cosmo
19. Favorite ice cream? Chubby Hubby or Phish Food by Ben & Jerry's
20. Disney or Warner Brothers? disney
21. What kind or car do you have? Daewoo Leganza
22. Color of bedroom carpet? beige.
23. How many times you failed your driver's test? never, I got a waiver
24. From whom did you get your last e-mail? Nikki
25. Which store would you choose to max out your credit card? Bombay Company
26. What do you do most often when you are bored? Online games
27. What's your bedtime? should be 10:30 but lately it's been around 1am
28. Favorite season? the fall, perfect weather and the trees are so beautiful
29. Favorite TV shows? Law & Order (all of them)
30. Last person you went to dinner with? Julie
31. Ford or Chevy? chevy Ford was a Nazi
32. What are you listening to right now? I'm watching TV.
33. What is your favorite color? Pink
34. How many tattoos do you have? NONE!!
35. How many pets do you have? NONE!!
36. Which came first the chicken or the egg? the chicken
37. What time is it now? 9:55