mary's 40th birthday party

september bunco

SEPTEMBER BUNCO was at DARLENE's house. WILMA was out of town so SHELLY, a friend of darlene's, subbed. comfort food was on the menu -- pot roast with potatoes and carrots -- along with salad and a pumpkin pie trifle for dessert. Highlights of the night were MARY rolling 14 3's in a row and STEPHANIE rolling 3 buncos in 1 round. we enjoyed MENAGE A TROIS and MIDDLE SISTER wines as well as LAND SHARK, SHINER and BUD LIGHT beer. we must have had a lot of fun because we drank all the liquor. LAURA won last bunco of the night and took home two pretty fall candles.

most buncos > SHELLY {tied with STEPHANIE}
most wins > BROOKE
2nd most wins > SHERRY
most losses > MARLENE {tied with GINNY and STEPHANIE}
last bunco > LAURA

october bunco will be a wilma's. see you there!

august bunco

july bunco

JULY BUNCO took place at TRICIA's home in tomball. the night started off with some delicious sausage stars and chips with white queso. we also enjoyed a mexican casserole and a pretty bundt cake for dessert. the wine and landsharks were plentiful. then it was time to get our game on! BROOKE couldn't make it so trish's sister-in-law ANITA subbed.

most buncos > MICHELE/DARLENE (split)
most wins > SHERRY (16)
2nd most wins > STEPHANIE (13)
most losses > MARY (12)
last bunco > MARLENE (2 in a row)

the prize for the LAST BUNCO of the night was a pretty magnetic necklace. lots of good music -- michael jackson and justin timberlake ("get your BUNCO back!") just to name a couple. we also called WILMA's husband to wish him a happy birthday -- twice! as always, it was a fun night filled with lots of chatting and silliness -- props to TRICIA on hosting her very first bunco! next month's bunco will be at GINNY's. :)

june bunco

june bunco was at JULIE's house and as always, a good time was had by all. lots of good stuff to eat and drink including homemade sour cream CHICKEN ENCHILADAS and blue margaritas! MICHELE couldn't play so we had one sub, THERESA.

most buncos > LAURA - 3 ($25)
most wins > MARLENE - 13 ($20)
2nd most wins > JULIE ($10)
most losses > MARY ($5)
last bunco > GINNY

GINNY rolled the last bunco of the night and took home a HOBBY LOBBY gift card and a bar of hershey's chocolate. yum!

two members recently retired from the best bunco group ever so we inducted two new members — MARLENE and PATRICIA. both were officially initiated with the SECRET HANDSHAKE.

JULY BUNCO will be held at PATRICIA's house.

may bunco

the BEST BUNCO GROUP EVER played at STEPHANIE S's house. we enjoyed homemade CHICKEN SALAD, fresh vegetables, salad, sweet potato chips, HUMMUS with chips and two desserts: OREO cookies with cool whip and LEMON bars. both were yummy. and WINE. lots and lots of wine. :)

we had two subs: PATRICIA (aka: "PAT") for liz and MARLENE for stephanie c. we had so much fun we almost forgot to play. here were the big winners of the night:

most buncos > LAURA
most wins > JULIE
2nd most wins > SHERRY
most losses > MARLENE (subs always win)
last bunco > WILMA

WILMA rolled the last bunco of the night as the bell was RINGING. lucky for her because the prize was a goodie bag filled with all kinds of treats like a chocolate truffle scented CUPCAKE CANDLE, a FIZZY ball, and a pretty smelling bar of SOAP.

we talked about having next month's bunco at STEPHANIE S's house again and it being an over-nighter — a bunco-over / sleep-over / drunk-over / hang-over on FRIDAY, JUNE 11th. but plans are still up in the air so stay tuned for details. :)

april bunco

april bunco was at STEPHANIE C's house. she made a delicious, authentic KOREAN meal for us. everyone enjoyed the MISO SOUP and tasty dumplings with sesame dipping sauces along with big bowls of NOODLES, pork, fried egg, spinach, carrots and spicy sauces while using CHOP STICKS and sitting at low tables. NOT YO MAMA'S banana pudding was for dessert — yum!

here is the list of winners...

GINNY > most buncos, 4 ($25)
DARLENE > most wins, 14 ($20)
STEPHANIE C > 2nd most wins, 12 ($10)
BROOKE > most losses, 14 ($5)
SHERRY > last bunco (prize)

the prize for LAST BUNCO was a pretty bag with bride + groom magnets and money from KOREA.

may bunco will be at STEPHANIE S's house. see you there! :)

march bunco

the BEST BUNCO GROUP EVER met at BUNCO-BUSTIN' BROOKE's for MARCH BUNCO. all twelve girls came decked out in their best WESTERN WEAR. for supper we enjoyed some mighty tasty barbecue with all the fixin's, green bean casserole and a potato dish plus freshmints which included wine and good ol' beer. we had APPLE PIE with ice cream for dessert.

WILMA > most buncos (3)
GINNY > most wins
STEPH C > 2nd most wins
MICHELE > last bunco (cash)
LAURA > most losses

SMACK N' ROLL SHERRY and HEE-HAW STEPH C had a heap of wins at the HEAD TABLE until they were BUCKED OFF by GIDDY-UP GINNY and darlin' darlene. SIDE-WINDIN' WILMA won most buncos and LASSO LAURA had the most losses. a hog-killin' good time was had by all including JINGLE-JANGLE JULIE, good ol' mar-e and LONE-STAR LIZ. we had a TOWN HALL meetin' to discuss a new PROPOSITION that would allow us to re-roll whenever the three dice rolled equaled whatever we were rollin' for in that particular round. we decided to see how it goes next month when we gather at steph c's.

february bunco recipe: chicken spaghetti

MIX TOGETHER:
1-1/2 cups thin spaghetti, cooked
2 cups cooked shredded chicken (rotisserie chicken)
1/4 cup pimento (optional)
1 small green pepper, chopped
1 small onion, chopped
1 can cream of mushroom soup
1/2 cup chicken broth
1-1/2 cups grated cheese (monterey jack)
salt and pepper

TOPPING:
mix together 1 cup bread crumbs, garlic powder (to taste), and 3+ tsp melted butter

DIRECTIONS:
preheat oven to 325 degrees. mix everything up together and cover with bread crumb topping. cover with foil and bake for about 30-minutes and then remove foil for the remaining 15-minutes being careful not to let the top burn.

february bunco

february means LOVE but it also means COUPLES BUNCO! this year we played at laura's house — she and DEREK did a great job hosting. it was a fun night having the handsome husbands in attendance. we missed STEPH C and PETER but we had TRICIA and DENNIS there to take their places. we enjoyed CHICKEN SPAGHETTI, two giant salads, GARLIC bread, cheese and crackers, FRUIT, veggies and three DESSERTS — mmm! and we all came wearing our cute VALENTINE outfits. :)

taking home the cash were...

JULIE — most buncos, $35 (4)
GINNY — 2nd most buncos, $20 (3)
MARK P (darlene's hubby) — most wins, $30 (15)
ROGER (mary's hubby)— 2nd most wins, $15 (13)
DARLENE — 3rd most wins, $10 (11)
DENNIS (tricia's hubby) — most losses, $10 (12)
BROOKE — last bunco, mardi gras theme prize

there was a roll-off for 2nd most buncos that included LIZ, michele, ginny, LAURA, sherry and MARK S (michele's hubby) who all rolled THREE BUNCOS — and GINNY came out on top. darlene and michele rolled off for 3rd most wins with DARLENE taking home the prize. and the prize for LAST BUNCO was a mardi gras mask, some wine, a BEIGNET mix, a hurricane cocktail mix, PRALINE fudge, a POMEGRANATE candle and some colorful MARDI GRAS BEADS!

congratulations to all the winners! see you next month at BROOKE'S for march bunco.

january bunco

JANUARY BUNCO was at SHERRY's house. we ate SPINACH SALAD, VENISON/GOOSE/SHRIMP GUMBO, and amish FRIENDSHIP bread ~ it was all DELISH! no liz, steph c, or julie so we had THREE SUBS ~ marlene, debra and kathy. we listened to JOHN MAYER... we drank lots of water... we watched GEORGIE do tricks... we talked about the two hour lines at RANDALLS store at jones and west roads ~ they were closing and are having a 50% off sale. and somewhere in there we managed to roll some DICE. here's a quick run down of the WINNERS... like i always say, SUBS always win... :)

most buncos > LAURA, 4 ($25)
most wins > DEBRA ($20)
2nd most wins > KATHY ($10)
most losses > GINNY ($5)
last bunco > STEPH S (amarylis bulb)

NEXT BUNCO will be saturday, february 13th at LAURA's house in coles crossing. it'll be COUPLES BUNCO so that means the HUSBANDS are invited... or we can bring a DATE. hehe! and speaking of what to bring, we are each to bring a SIDE DISH and it's also BYOB.