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Wednesday, October 29, 2008

Fall Fun

Finally got to carve a pumpkin!

Yeah, that's totally pumpkin seeds roasting in the oven! So domesticated!

How could I forget?! Until I was uploading the Bears pics - we totally saw another BEAR the week before! A POLAR Bear!...where you might wonder?!

Let me tell you!

My parents are back in the USofA! and living in Indiana. Well, while searching for housing my dad was offered a nice lake-side cabin to sleep at (my mom has to overnight w/ Grandma)...SO, when Bobby and I went to visit them, WE got to stay at the cabin too!

There was enough taxadermy action to fill a LODGE - a LODGE! - but this was a small 1-bedroom cabin! - Luckily dad offered to sleep on the couch under the Polar Bear and Bobby and I got the single beds, I Love Lucy & Ricky Ricardo style!

Bears game

So we went to our 2nd Bears game and had amazing seats!!! 18 rows off the field - but out of the sun, which was a bummer, I love me some sun!

(We TOTALLY got that touch down in the above picture btw, of course we fumbled it, but recovered it in the end zone! PHEW!) Trying to sneak into an old hospital, Michael Reeves:

Wednesday, October 1, 2008

The BLACKOUT

Bobby and I got tickets for the tiebreaker between the Minnesota Twins and the Whitesox last night! It was a FANtastic game! Everyone wore black - Jim Thome HOM-IE, won it for us w/ the only score of the game - a homerun right after the 7th inning stretch! Seriously it was such a tense game, so much energy. Sold out crowd, we were up cheering for every 2-count strike or 3-count ball. Johnny Danks pitched AMAZING! Pierzynski saved the game at the plate w/ a throw from Ken Griffey JR!...Couldn't ask for more!

So I think I've recruited Bobby over to the dark side!, or SOUTH side that is!

Ok so I KNOW this is overkill but here's a lot of videos/pics to give you a feel for the night - and the amount of cheering we did!

4th inning:

7th inning Jim Thome-Hom-E:

Game WIN:

30min AFTER the game - still cheering!

Thursday, August 28, 2008

A couple weeks ago...the country

So a couple weeks ago we got to visit Aaron and Elisabeth in Streator, it was fantastic! We hiked in the morning, went apple/pear picking and then they cooked pulled pork for us, side of sweet corn, coleslaw AND peach cobbler for dessert hot out of the oven w/ vanilla ice cream!

Bobby and I knew we wore them out when they, Definitely - Maybe, went to sleep to the rented movie!

Here's a few pics - oh and actually Liz gave me the zuchinni's for the recipe below!:

Just stuff laying around in the fridge...

So seriously, I had all this stuff in my fridge except green onions and bought some on the way home...well after I stopped to shoe shop first! This recipe is amazing and low in points (1 pt/fritter)! I didn't even use oil...just PAM. And I was wondering what they'd taste like, it might be the first time i've had zucchini, and it tastes like potatoe pancakes/hashbrowns/french fries, but a WAY healthier alternative. You can't beat that!

Zucchini Fritters

Ingredients:
1 small zucchini (grated)
1/2 cup flour
1 egg
1 green onion (chopped)
1 tablespoon cilantro (chopped, or parsley)
salt and pepper to taste
2 tablespoons oil

Directions:
1. Mix the zucchini, flour, egg, green onions, cilantro, salt and pepper in a bowl.
2. Heat the oil in a pan.
3. Spoon the zucchini mixture into the pan and cook until golden brown on both sides, about 4 minutes per side.