just because

i miss this little face

Favorites from the 4th

Tina's Cucumber Salad

• 3-4 cucumbers, peeled and sliced
• 1 C. mayo
• 1/4 C. sugar
• 4 T. vinegar
• 1/4-1/2 t. dill (to taste)
• 1/4-1/2 salt (to taste)

Place sliced cucumbers in a bowl.  Mix up remaining ingredients and pour over cucumbers. Refrigerate until ready to serve,

It was simple and delish!

Leg Wrestling

( or whatever it is called) 

( i don't really care what it is called because I stink at it.)

(but whatever it is called, it was highly entertaining)

Beautiful Cake

(to my chagrin, it looked better than it tasted.  darn, maybe next year i'll get it all right.)

Quote

"Oh, beautiful for heroes proved In liberating strife,                      

Who more than self their country loved, and mercy more than life! "

orthodontia round #3

whenever i notice how quickly our money floats away from us, i do one of two things:

1. i think to myself the line from Hello Dolly, "Money is like manure.  It ain't worth a thing unless it's spread around encouraging young things to grow."

(in this case, my orthodontist is probably a much bigger tree than we are, so i pull out my second feel-better tactic)

2. find brian, wherever he is, and sing to him in my best twang,"even though we ain't got money, I'm so in love with you honey..."

works every time.