Thursday, August 21, 2008

The BBQ

Well, I went to the BBQ and it wasn't a complete disaster. There was an olympic size pool and after about 2 hours of watching other people swim I decided to hell with the taped knee and got in. There were pretty big water slides and they were fun. I didn't get burned but Alex did. I hung out with Ireane and Amanda, discussing things like local produce, stretch marks, and of course, other people. lol Nah but for real they are cool and its nice to have people in the community I can hang with.
The 5 dozen PB cookies and 4 dozen brownies were gone almost within an hour. I literally had people bowing down to me as they walked by, holding as many cookies as their hands could hold. I had originally thought I made too many, but I guess not. If they werent all eaten then someone smuggled them away.
There was a service dog there, a mixed chow Named Jessie. She was very cute, and at one point came and laid on my feet, like Milo used to do. It made me tear up.
husband is pretty much wiped out after hours of swimming, and we all know that sunburn drains energy. So he's napping and I'm waiting for him to get up so he can grill the steaks. I made some potato salad (first ever) to go with, so we'll see how that turns out. Naturally I wasn't satsfied with the original taste and deviated from the recipe. We'll see how that works out for me. :-/


These two get along so well!
Jessie
My hot man before he got scorched.
Marcus chillin in the kiddie pool
Marcus and Teet

By the way my potato salad turned out really good. Go me.

4 comments:

Song of the South said...

Hey Marli, the pictures are great! I just love seeing pictures of your Texas life :) Did anyone take a picture of you? Those are really good pictures of Alex. He is VERY handsome. Those must be some smart people recognizing how good your cookies and browies are. You will have to share your deviation on the potato salad. I am quite intrigued.(or however the heck you spell it) Oh yeah, I bought a 6 gallon bucket of buckwheat for 10 dollars. Yeah! I just love a bargain. God was good to send that right to my front door. I was just going to have to order some. Buckwheat makes really good pancakes. You know the food grade bucket is almost 10 dollars including shipping and that is empty. So it was almost like getting the grain free. :) It makes my heart leap for joy to see you two having so much fun out there! I love you and miss you, Mama

Chuchy said...

cute pic on willy and the little boy! Glad you had fun.
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Sandy said...

Love this post. It's so great that you guys are fitting into the community. FYI when cookies are involved, you can never make too much. lol I love the pic of Willy and the little boy...I miss his beautiful smile (and your giggle) It made me tear up. I love potato salad, I know what I will request from you next time you come and stay. hehe

On a serious note, skin cancer runs in our family. Grandaddy had a terrible case of it. Someone told me that they believe that it comes from the chemicals people put on them, but my grandfather never used anything. He had to have a large chunk of his ear cut off. Every time Willy gets burned, he is at greater risk. You may want to push the sunblock.
Love you much-Gama

Anonymous said...

Oh yum, homemade cookies and potato salad? I'm coming to your house. Potato salad always tastes even better the next day so hopefully there was some left over.

Sounds like you guys are meeting a few people which is always nice. Its a bitch to sit around a pool and not have anyone to vocalize with about the people you see. Jeff and I went to Outback last night and there were some really weird people at the bar so we had good entertainment while we ate. Good times...