Happy July

On this 4th of July we had my parents and a couple friends over for supper. We served portobello mushroom "burgers" topped with guacamole, tomato, lettuce, onions, ketchup, and mustard. They were so good! We also had corn on the cob, baked beans, chips, squash/zucchini, and mommy-made cole slaw. :) for dessert we had grilled bananas stuffed with chocolate chips. Mmmmm!

We sat around the table and played a round of Mucca, a dice game (instructions forthcoming). We then gathered around the laptop and watched an interesting mix of YouTube videos. My favorite is the hamster playing dead. So funny ( and it makes me want to have another hamster ).






True story: We had several hamsters growing up. I know there was a Bob, Teddy Bear, and my sisters twin hamsters named French and Fry. My most memorable was a little gray dwarf hamster named Pebbles. And rightly named because she looked just like a pebble. She got to roll around in her ball quite often and even had her own little "castle" - one of my old doll houses sitting in her cage. I think she was also my longest living hamster clocking in at 4 years. Our hamsters always seemed to die pretty fast, and I would cry every single time.

Tony and I ended the night with the final episode of Downtown Abbey Season 1 and were so ready to press play on Season 2 only to discover that it has not yet been released to Netflix. So patience we are practicing. ;)

Tony got off work at noon today and we went to the beach. :) He surfed while I took a long walk in the sand. Then we laid out in the sunshine for a bit. We stopped by Harris Teeter for a snack of sourdough bread, fresh salsa, a variety of olives, and coconut water. I think we ate enough to suffice for dinner. ;)

Now we're home sweet home, enjoying the privacy of our fenced in backyard. Tony's cleaning the wax from his surfboard, I'm writing a blog post. ;)
Pandora is singing the Tristeza channel to us.