Fondu

Ok, this is the SECOND time I have tried posting this blog....figures I would have it all written out and done...go to hit "post" and lose electricity. ANNOYING! Anyway, fondu is one of my favorite things. I love to eat, make it and eat it some more. So, for my birthday we went to a fondu restaurant in Albany. So yummy. However, a couple of my friends have never been and they were wondering how it worked. So simple...but so good. There a bazillion options, but this is what I went with.

First round is a cheese, bread and fruit. I went with a beer-batter cheddar cheese. The waiter (or waitress) melts and cooks up your cheese for you at your own table and you get to dip away. Awesome start.

Then you get to have some salad and choose your meat platter (another bazillion choices) We went with shrimp, beef, chicken and Salmon. Waiter dude comes back and cooks up your broth. Once its hot you dump your veggie and potatoes in so they can cook for awhile. THEN...fork up some meat and cook away. Each piece takes about a minute or two to cook... and you are given several dipping sauces.

And let's face it...the dessert is the best part. I chose milk chocolate and peanut butter for the pot. I'm not sure if it gets much better!!


Seriously - does that plate just say LOVE!!!

Mom Jeans!

I saw this and had to giggle...I know shocker. But for moms and non-moms alike...you'll have to appreciate this little tid-bit. And if you don't. um. sorry? But you know the jeans!!

http://www.nbc.com/Saturday_Night_Live/video/clips/mom-jeans/229048/

JUST DO IT!

Ok, no - not promoting Nike ;) However, sometimes if you want to do something...ya just gotta do it. I had been wanting to head out to Mass. and visit the beloved Norman Rockwell Museum for forever!!! Just like millions of other Americans, I have really come to appreciate and embrace Rockwell's interpretations of American life. My mom had been wanting to see a college friend and visit the Sturbridge Village..so in one phone call (maybe two) we planned a two-day event in which we got to do it.So, OF COURSE I took pictures :) and loved doing something a little different, hangin' with the mom, going off-course to find a good cup of coffee and even finding out God cares when you get a flat tire :)
So... if there is something you wanna do (within reason.....or not!) do it. Read the novel, go see a friend you miss, send that email, have a girls night out, jump in the pool at 11 p.m. at night, go for a midnight drive, eat somewhere you haven't eaten before, go sky diving, pull an all nighter with some friends ;) whatever...just do it :)

Um. it's art :-)

hee hee - i know....i'm a dork... text messaging -hahahaha

If I had to write for the paper this way - I am guessing it would give procrastinating a whole new perspective.

Yup. YOU KNOW YA NEED A GOOD CUP O' COFFEEEEEEE!!

All excited to see some Norm.

Outside the studio he worked in just before he died. Totally cool :)

Why Are We So Surprised

These past two days were fantastic. I spent them in Mass. visiting the Norman Rockwell museum and Sturbridge Village with my mom. It's a short drive from here (3 hours to the village) and we were able to see one of my mom's college friends. It was a great couple of days, but of course, can anyone take a road trip without just one mishap? No.

So, about a half hour from home we blew a tire. We pulled into a LITTLE gas station that I had actually never noticed before and quickly realized we had no idea how to release the spare tire from under the car ( i know now!). Within five minutes a family whose daughter plays for me on the soccer team I coach, pulled into the gas station. They use that very gas station because he gets discounts there. My first thought is "what a coincidence!"

Why should I be so surprised that the timing was so perfect? God knew exactly where we were going to be and what was going to happen. It was not just perfect timing, it was God's perfect timing.

So my player's father stayed and helped us and eventually got back home in time to have a bunch of family over for dinner. phew! However, mom and I were discussing... "why are we so surprised when God works so directly or so overtly?" If we believe He is the same God in our Bible and the same God that was in every Sunday School lesson we ever learned ... we should be thankful for his incredible timing....not surprised.

To be six-years-old again....

It's common to get that nostalgic feeling; you know...when you wish you were a kid again. So, the other day I took in what my six year old does from morning to night and realized...perhaps, just for a day...I want to be six...and here is why.

1. My biggest concern this morning would have been which camo shirt I wanted to wear.

2. Breakfast was brought to my little table while I chose what cartoon I wanted to watch.

3. I come. I eat. I leave.

4. My dad would give me $$$ for helping with a chore.

5. People randomly tell me how cute I am.

6. Clothes mysteriously appear clean and folded when I want them.

7. Kisses usually make my boo boos stop hurting.

8. I am asked to take naps.

9. I am asked to go to bed early and to please sleep in.

10. I burn more calories in a day than anyone else I know.

11. I can't wait to turn another year older.

12. When I fall asleep in the car, I get carried in and put to bed.

13. I laugh when I am happy

14. I cry when I am sad, I can't hide either emotion.

15. I don't yet understand what makes people act badly.

16. As far as I am concerned...everyone thinks I'm great!

Just a few good reasons to be a kid again for a day...funny thing - of course we all had those days...we just can only appreciate them now looking back.