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Sunday, May 29, 2011
May. 29th, 2011 11:00 pm( Avatar:TLA S3E10-11 )
Today started with a bit of clouds and I was worried since I had guests coming who I wanted to take to the beach but the weather got nice, hot and sunny in the afternoon. In the morning, I walked to the grocery store to pick up some fresh vegetables for the evening stir fry. Bear came over just on time at noon and I did a bit of appetizer prep – some cold cuts, cheese, celery and baby carrots and then I got the text with the train time and we drove to pick my friends, Tjamke and Frederik, up at the train station. The whole day was nice and relaxing even with cooking and hosting. And since Bear got to grill, it felt like a birthday party too since in the past few years I would have a barbeque for that (can’t have one this year because of my friend and due-any-day-baby). My friends even got me “Revolutionary Road” book as an early present. Their birthdays were in the last two weeks too.
So we had burgers and turkey sausages for lunch for a proper Memorial Day grill – my friends are from Europe so we were making sure to give them a proper American celebration. Then we looked at the awesome pictures of their trip to California/Grand Canyon/Las Vegas/Yosemite Park on their iPad. I never really played with iPad before - it is a nice toy and very easy to use.
Then we went to the beach. It was nice and windy by the water which was perfect for a hot day. It is too cold for swimming but it was nice to lie there and read my book. I did go rollerblading for a little too since we were right there. I do love living close to the beach. I don’t really sunbathe but it is nice once in a while. And it was very relaxing.
( beach picture )
At six we went home since I had to cook dinner. I cut up eggplant, zucchini, pepper and onion and did a stir fry with Thai Red Curry sauce from Trader Joe’s. All that on rice. It came out really well. And then we had tea and banana bread. Overall, cooking was a success. Bear and I even managed to do the clean-up while chatting with our guests before we drove them back to the train after 9. It was really good to see them – they are heading back to Europe on Tuesday.
Bear and I planned to watch the second Pirate movie before going to sleep and we started it but I was too tired and my eyes were just closing. Since I really wanted to pay attention to it (I forget most of the plot points although it was coming back as we were watching it), we turned the movie off and will finish it tomorrow.
Today started with a bit of clouds and I was worried since I had guests coming who I wanted to take to the beach but the weather got nice, hot and sunny in the afternoon. In the morning, I walked to the grocery store to pick up some fresh vegetables for the evening stir fry. Bear came over just on time at noon and I did a bit of appetizer prep – some cold cuts, cheese, celery and baby carrots and then I got the text with the train time and we drove to pick my friends, Tjamke and Frederik, up at the train station. The whole day was nice and relaxing even with cooking and hosting. And since Bear got to grill, it felt like a birthday party too since in the past few years I would have a barbeque for that (can’t have one this year because of my friend and due-any-day-baby). My friends even got me “Revolutionary Road” book as an early present. Their birthdays were in the last two weeks too.
So we had burgers and turkey sausages for lunch for a proper Memorial Day grill – my friends are from Europe so we were making sure to give them a proper American celebration. Then we looked at the awesome pictures of their trip to California/Grand Canyon/Las Vegas/Yosemite Park on their iPad. I never really played with iPad before - it is a nice toy and very easy to use.
Then we went to the beach. It was nice and windy by the water which was perfect for a hot day. It is too cold for swimming but it was nice to lie there and read my book. I did go rollerblading for a little too since we were right there. I do love living close to the beach. I don’t really sunbathe but it is nice once in a while. And it was very relaxing.
( beach picture )
At six we went home since I had to cook dinner. I cut up eggplant, zucchini, pepper and onion and did a stir fry with Thai Red Curry sauce from Trader Joe’s. All that on rice. It came out really well. And then we had tea and banana bread. Overall, cooking was a success. Bear and I even managed to do the clean-up while chatting with our guests before we drove them back to the train after 9. It was really good to see them – they are heading back to Europe on Tuesday.
Bear and I planned to watch the second Pirate movie before going to sleep and we started it but I was too tired and my eyes were just closing. Since I really wanted to pay attention to it (I forget most of the plot points although it was coming back as we were watching it), we turned the movie off and will finish it tomorrow.
