Showing posts with label Memorial Day. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Memorial Day. Show all posts

Wednesday, June 1, 2011

So What Wednesdays....

I hope you all had a wonderful Memorial Day, and you were able to take time out of your busy day and reflect on all of our armed forces who are serving currently and those who have previously served to make the United States what it is today. I am very proud and fortunate to have family members who have fought for our country, and not just yesterday but every day I am proud of them!

Thank you to everyone in our armed forces!

I will hopefully have a recap up of our memorial day weekend before the end of the week!

Until then.. I am saying
"So what" to the following things


...If I road back from Cleveland Monday [a 2 hour car ride] with my right arm out the window, and my left arm positioned right underneath the sunroof.. i was missing out on valuable sun and I needed to make sure that I got a little sun this weekend

...If Stacey, Ryan, Justin and I went through a slide show of all of our cruise pictures again this weekend, it made me want to go back on vacation immediately

...If this weekend is my MOST favorite weekend of the summer! The memorial tournament is here. I have passes for Sunday, and I can't wait!!

...If I called my parents to share the news about Jimmy T leaving OSU, and when my dad answered, I said "have you heard the news?" and his response was "yes, I know Luke Donald is the #1 golfer in the world" ha! Needless to say he was a little more shocked when I told him about Tressel's resignation

....If I'm indifferent about Jim Tressel leaving OSU. Yes, I am very sad that he is leaving, and it had to go down the way he did, because I truly believe deep down inside that he is a good man, he just got himself stuck in a situation of lies, however, I also think it will be good to start fresh next year. [and to also be able to go for it on 4th and 1]

...If I follow @oldmansearch on twitter. It is a kid who has linked his dad's google account up with twitter and he googles the most RANDOM stuff ever. Justin and I play a game to see who can get to his latest tweets the fastest! [ex. of tweets - recipe for one porkchop, famous whales, eggs give me a headache.... ] go follow him, i know you want to! ha!

...If during the summer and Justin plays softball 3 nights a week, I rarely cook. Its hard when he is sponsored by 2 local pizza shops, and sometimes they go after they play and other weeks they don't. There is nothing that I hate more than throwing away food...

...If i have watched this video probably 198722 times, and shown it off about 198721 times of Molly. Its hilarious, her dad and her are carrying on a conversation about her not being able to kiss boys until she is 22 years old!



...If these are the longest, "so what" responses ever!

So what are you saying
"so what" to on this abbreviated work week?

Head on over to Mama Dew's blog and link up!

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Monday, May 31, 2010

Happy Memorial Day and Make Me a Meal Monday


I hope you had a wonderful Memorial Day... and I hope you had a chance to think and reflect what this day is about! i appreciate every man and woman who has ever and who is currently serving for our country... they go every day and protect us so we can live freely... so thank you for anyone who has ever served.

this weekend has been quiet eventful... cookouts, friends, spending time in the sun

friday at work we had a cookout... its so nice to have something other than cafeteria food or frozen meals for lunch - and what better way to start Memorial Day weekend. we are all asked to sign up for a dish to make, and this time Nancy made smores - however i couldn't resist taking a picture of this kodak moment... roasting marshmallows over a charcoal grill
We had two cookouts this weekend - one on Friday at work and the other tonight with my parents next door neighbors - both times I brought the same dish (pretty convenient). I made cowboy caviar (trust me it sounds much more fancy than what it is)

Start by spreading cream cheese on the bottom your dish

Black Bean Mixture
1 can rinsed black beans
1 can black olives
1 small red onion
1 fresh squeezed lime
2 cloves of garlic
2 tablespoons of EVOO
3 tablespoons of fresh cilantro
3 dashes of cumin
1 tsp of salt
1 tsp of black pepper

Top with hard boiled eggs

Top with Green Onions

Serve with Tortilla Chips
(You can also just serve the black bean mixture as a dip without the cream cheese, green onions and hard boiled eggs)

I hope you had an enjoyable weekend. We had lots of fun with friends and family and enjoyed our time in the sun!

Like Justin told me on our way home tonight from our cookout - its the unofficial start of the summer!