Back to work=puke!

This is my last day of freedom. I have to go back to work tomorrow. Someone please say a prayer for me! Help! Well my July was great! Fun, friends, food, fires! Loved it all! Not so happy about going back to work. I think I am destined to make food for a living, I can't escape this intense desire to work in a kitchen. Maybe? Maybe!

Crazy Cousin Cabin weekend

This was the weekend for memories... Kelly, Kyle, Erin and I headed up to Hickory Lake early Saturday morning. Kelly's dad has a cabin there, along with his wife's family. As soon as we got to the lake we quickly unloaded our stuff and headed out to the lake. We all swam for awhile and us girls wore our trucker hats. Kyle referred to us as "trailer trash mermaids". Later, both Kyle and Kelly tried water skiing for the first time! Kyle even made it around the lake a few times! After skiing, the cousins took the boat out for a little tubing excursion. The tubing part was fun, but the best part was trying to get into the tube. We all had our various methods of getting in, which mostly entailed all of us at one point falling off the tube before we even started moving! The second best part was trying to get back into the boat. This was no easy task and we all on various parts of our body got pretty beat up! It was painful but very humorous, kinda like life is in general. Needless to say, we still had a blast! Sunday we got up early for some fishin'... Kelly's dad really cleaned up, and Kyle didn't do so bad either bringing in the slabs, but Kelly, Erin and I didn't fare so well. But it was a beautiful morning to be out on the boat! It's been awhile since I've been fishing for sunfish, and it brought back lots of memories of fishing from the dock as little girls at our grandparent's home on Granite Lake! Later that night we made this awesome fish dinner with our freshly caught sunnies. I threw together some tomatoes, shallots and parsley with some olive oil and baked the fish over lemons. It was soooo good! There was not a bite left!

We also decided to stay another night, and enjoy the peacefulness of the lake. Monday morning we packed up and headed out... What a great family memory weekend! I'm so lucky to have such fun, wonderful and crazy cousins!

Magic Bullet Party '07

The Magic Bullet party was a hit! Jaime, Shannon and Cindy came over, along with Cindy's friends Mike & Brian. We had a great time chillin' outside enjoy the beautiful weather. I found a bunch of old pictures from high school and we had some great laughs because of them. I even dug up a picture of Jaime and I at my 2nd grade birthday party! I looked like Dorthy Hamel on pixie stick crack, Jaime of course, looked as cute as she always does! Eventually we brought the party inside and made some delicious snacks with the Magic Bullet. And although we didn't completely re-inact the MB commercial, we did have a lots of fun making the food! Besides the MB snacks, as promised I made yummy Peanut Butter Brownies and Thai Chicken Pizza that everyone enjoyed! Fun times! We will now have to make this an annual event!

The Personal Versatile Countertop Magician!

"Here's an idea for a Magic Bullet recipe: Blend together some garlic, gin, and stale cigarette ash, and you'll have a good idea of what it's like to French kiss Hazel." http://www.infomercial-hell.com/magic-bullet/

I have been cleaning to get my place in tip top shape for the Magic Bullet party on Friday night. I'm trying to stay in the habit of keeping my place nice and tidy, because in the past I have majorly slacked! My ex boyfriend used to say "You need a maid!" No, I just needed to stop being so lazy! All I have left is the bathroom and taking out the garbage. SOrry this post is totally trivial...
Anyway if that wasn't trivial enough... Besides making all the foods shown in the MB infomerical, I will be making a delicious Thai Pizza and Peanut Butter Brownies! YuM! Saturday I will be leaving bright and early for a little trip up north... more details to come.


Sunday night I will be back in action with a full report of the weekend's fun and frivolity!


Ciao

Preach it!

Rachel is 30!!!

Happy Birthday to my best friend Rachel!! I'm so bummed I couldn't be with her on her birthday, but my love and good wishes go out to her!

Rachel and I met when we were young & naive 20 year olds working in New Hampshire. Rachel was from Massachusetts and I was from Minnesota and we both had broken hearts from dumb boys! We instantly bonded and shared a crazy year of laughter, tears, friends and community.

Over the past 10 years a lot has changed in our lives... Beginning and ending of relationships, many moves, marriage and now Rachel has a beautiful baby boy! Through it all, through distance and life changes, we remained dear friends. We are kindred spirits and I am so thankful for Rachel! Best wishes to you Rach, I love you girl!

Paul turns 60!!!

Today my dad turned 60! Which is hard to beleive, because he doesn't seem that old to me! The family met at Maynard's in Excelsior and had a great celebration. Afterwards Uncle Todd took us out on his boat on Lake Minnetonka. I love being on the lake, it is one of my favorite things to do. Both my parents grew up on Lake Minnetonka, and I have always been a bit envious of that. So I live vicariously through them and the lovely boat rides Todd takes us on...

Happy Birthday Dad! I love you!