Shopping and Whiskey Balls

I went to a shower today for 2 friends of mine that I met on the knot.com, way back in my wedding planning days (seems so long ago now!). I know, I know, it sounds silly to say I have "friends" from the internet, but it's true! I've known them (yes, in real life), for about 2 years now. There's a group of about 25 of us that became really close because most of us were planning weddings in the spring/summer 07, and these people become your security blanket in wedding planning. They're the ones that you go cry to when your dress shop burns down (yes, that actually happened to me), and you bitch to when your fiance is making you upset, etc. They understand, and that's how we all formed such a great bond. It's hard to understand, but I read this article the other day that sums it up PERFECTLY: http://tinyurl.com/3ho8m6

Well now we're all old married hags, and starting to have babies (just to clarify...THEY are having babies...not me....yet).

I was in charge of the big "group gift" from about 8 of us for both of these girls, so Ron and I had our first adventure in Babies R Us last night. It was quite interesting, I can only imagine what it will be like when we register there. I was very confused and basically had an associate attached at my hip to figure out where everything was. We ended up shopping for three people, off three different registries, which made the checkout interesting, but we made it!

I also decided to try a new recipe for this shindig, so I thought I would include it on here. I got the recipe from one of the technicians at school, she made it once for a food day and it was

0-so-yummy!!

Whiskey Balls

Ingredients:

Meatballs (2lb)- You can use frozen or make your own.

1 Medium sized bottle of ketchup (I used a 24oz bottle)
1 cup Brown Sugar
2/3 cup Whiskey

Here's what I used:

Directions:

1. Put meatballs in a crockpot/slow cooker

2. Combine Whiskey, Brown Sugar, and Ketchup in separate bowl

3. Pour mixture over meatballs making sure the meatballs are completely covered.

4. Cook on Low overnight (6-8 hours).

Finished Product:














5. You can freeze or refrigerate them, and then just heat them back up wherever you need them.

Note: When I got up in the morning, the ones on the bottom were a little burned, so it might be a better idea to cook these during the day when you can stir them every few hours, or just get up once in the middle of the night to give them a quick stir. I honestly think they would really only need about 6 hours in the cooker to be done.