Summer Fun

Well folks,

We had a nice, relaxing weekend with friends, food, sand & sun. If you would like to see a few pictures I took, click on over to here.

We arrived at the cabin in the late afternoon, settled in, went shopping, had dinner (Yummy fish tacos that Tom made from fresh cod he just caught out of the San Francisco Bay the day before) then packed up the kids and headed for the lake. By the time we were done swimming, the moonlight glittered across the water, making it almost impossible to see anyone in the lake. The moon was half full.

Saturday MB, Tom & Nick played golf. Me, Denise, Claudia & the kids (all 7 of them!) spent the day at the lake.
I heard one child ask his mother, "what time is it?" she answered "I don't know, we're on vacation!"

And just like that 7 hours were gone!

Dinner was great. I bought MB a T-bone steak which ended up costing more than all the other steaks put together. But that's okay, he's worth it.
Now you're asking...
Why does he get t-bone while everyone else gets sirloin?
Well, if you were going to be on a liquid diet for the next 3 months, you'd be looking for the best meal you could get too!
Jaw surgery.
I'll write so much more about it in the next few posts. Or if you can't wait...read about it on MB's site.

So Saturday we piged out on Steak, potatoes, corn (yummy sweet white corn), salad, bread & wine. Then we were to tired to go back down to the lodge where they were doing Kareoke. Darn...I really wanted to go, but I was voted out. Maybe next time. No biggie. Everyone was pretty tired. The sun has a way of sucking out the energy through your skin.

Sunday we cleaned up. I took Denise to my favorite antique store in Arnold. Lots of old relics and treasures galore. It was closed. The sign on the door said they usually are open on weekends by ten unless they slept in and then it would be later, but if you were famous or drop dead gorgeous just call them and they will come right down and open the store for you!

So I called. Though we are not famous, I did say that we ARE drop dead gorgeous!

We waited for a bit, sipping our iced blended mochas and chatting about mafia family members...until we decided that nobody was coming. Before heading back to the cabin, we noticed a farmers market sign pointing toward the center of town. We strolled around and bought fresh blueberries and greenbeans.

Hey- let's swing back by the store and see if it's open.
It was.

We spent another 45 minutes checking out every square inch of the store and made our purchases.
I bought a small victorian painting of a young lady. The frame is finely detailed with carvings and whitewashed paint. I had seen her the last time I was here but didn't buy it. This time she was coming home with me!
Denise struggled over which glass square serving dish to buy. The larger one with the silver platter or the smaller one with deeper insets?
She went with her first instinct and bought the smaller one. Good choice.

We left the cabin and headed for home in the middle of the afternoon.

These are the days.