PLAYING CATCH-UP

Well, now that I've sullied my blog...let's clean it up a bit!
(and again, thanks for seeing me through yesterday's BS.)

BREATHE

We had the pleasure of spending some time on a couple lakes over the 4th weekend. On the 4th we went to a rather surreal party thrown by one of Huz's clients. Really nice people with a house on Horseshoe Lake-a very strange group of party goers, though(the Client's employees). For a "Family Party" there was a lot of cussin', drinkin', folks missing teeth, and big gals showing more soiled brazziere then tank-top. Didn't stay long! We enjoyed a canoe trip to explore the lake and for a Forth of July weekend it was surprisingly calm! Huz's client mentioned having some other property on the lake though, so we may be talking about purchasing some. I would love to spend some weekends on WATER.

We are here up in the gorgeous mountains but I do miss the water. Especially the ocean. Mountains and ocean are in my SOUL... but few places to find them together! I was thrilled to see that the lake was filled with lilly pads! Always been one of my favorite things to photograph...

That Sunday's dinner party was a complete 180! One of Huz's peers in food service- a wonderful restaurateur served up a yummy storm on their deck. Right on another lake! More lily pads, ducklings and canoe rides.

There was lots of tie-dying going on last week! Dea and Lo dyed up some tees for a friend's birthday and then we tried a cool craft that I found on Crafty Crow. Tie dying with sharpies. That was a lot of fun! I put a new twist on it by outlining the main circle with black. Lo thought it looked like a flower, outlined the rest and drew stems. One could take this project in a lot of directions! I'll post a pic of the finished product later...




I took Dea out to celebrate that "special" time ;) in an adolescent girls life... We went to the salon for a little waxing fun! Yet NOT fun! She was pleased with the results and I'm glad I'm not the one ripping wax strips off her face anymore! Then off with her to the fabulous MODERN DWELLERS chocolate DEN!!! Drinking chocolate and truffles-what more could a girl want? Dea had the Mint Breezy truffle and I boldly ordered the Salmon Surprise.



Yes, you read and see correctly. Salmon. Chocolate. Close your mind to what each one IS and just let the FLAVORS marry on your tongue. Hey, it's chocolate! Of course it was GOOD! Just...different with that bit of gold power covered salmon on top. Next time I'm going for the Tokyo Tango: Ginger and wasabi ganache with nori and ginger on top! Yes indeed!