Today is a national holiday where most people spend their time doing a BBQ, boating, and lighting off fireworks. Your dad and I are lame! We are home at 8:00 pm watching Brian play soccer on the internet and I am forcing your dad to list his 10 things he loves and 10 things he hates. We were looking forward to going to a party at our friend Sandy's house but baby sickness had another plan for me! I woke up feeling really good and was looking forward to going to Farmer's Market. I think you had other plans as out of the blue, I started getting sick. I got myself together and we took the dogs down to the Old Market. Your dad and I love the Old Market. We want to live down there but I think you are going to throw a wrench into that plan! Anyway, we bought a ton of veggies and loaded up our reusable bags.
Sidenote: Your mom is a total geek. I so love it when I use my reusable bags. It makes me feel so good that I am not wasting plastic bags and I am being responsible. I seriously get such a good feeling when I use them and today we even used our produce bags today. I also feel good when I recycle. So, you will be brought up as a green baby! Your dad said he is ok with being green but he just won't be a hippie liberal with radical views. haha.
Anywho, after we loaded up on veggies, we went over Great Gramma Lang's and took her some zucchini. She makes zucchini bread and this is the first year she hasn't done a garden. I took her two big ones but was sad to learn that it will only make two loaves. That isn't even enough for your cousin Brandi to get a fix!! We went to the store and had lunch out. Then, we came home and cooked up a storm. We made spaghetti sauce FROM SCRATCH! We used fresh tomatoes, fresh herbs, ground turkey and fresh onions. Your dad said it was the best sauce we have ever made and I am telling you kiddo, we have made some good sauces. Your dad also made homemade salsa with our finds. I am so proud of us that we used so much of the food that we bought so quickly. We have plenty of veggies to eat this week at dinner and I am going to attempt to make your Great Gramma's Bread & Butter pickles - yummy!
After we cleaned up the kitchen, we were going to head to Sandy's house but you decided differently. I was sick again! So much for fireworks over the lake this year!!
After much arm twisting, here is your dad's list of things he loves and hates!
10 things your dad loves:
1) Starbucks
2) Your mom
3) His family & friends - including our furry ones
4) KC Chiefs & KC Royals
5) Watching Movies
6) Discovery Channel
7) Scuba Diving
8) Traveling
9) Cooking
10) Roller Coasters
10 things your dad hates:
1) Radical left wing Democrats
2) People who don't know how to drive
3) Mushrooms
4) Rude people
5) When the dogs get off the bed and are restless at night
6) Yardwork
7) Cold weather
8) Being sick
9) That he hasn't finished his degree
10) When he is not at his ideal weight & feels JIGGLY!
To leave you on this holiday, I will show you a couple of 4th of July pictures from the past!
2001 at Rosenblatt
2007 celebrating with Grampa Larry & Gramma Debbie