it's tuesday. but it feels like monday. i'll be mixed up all week.
it was a great long weekend. sticky and summery and good; and pretty much all i have to show for it are a few table shots. and a few bits that i don't want to forget.
* we have been planning to cook an "asian food extravaganza" (those words belong to b. - he's been asking for months) for a really long time. including make-your-own-sushi. this was the weekend. in the end, the kids didn't love the sushi - something about the texture of the seaweed being different from what they're used to - but it was fun to plan and fun to make and everything else was delicious.
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sesame noodles supreme was on the menu, of course. thank goodness i blogged about it way back when, so i was able to find the recipe. (though it turns out that i have been, ahem, neglecting my blog categories, and i had to search google to find it! which worked like a charm. that was pretty funny.)
* everybody had a dish (or two) to make as part of the "extravaganza." i made fortune cookies. i had done it once before, a long time ago. it was fun, and easy. and writing up the fortunes was the best part. i will admit that i used the internet when writing the fortunes (and i'd love to link to the site, but now i can't find it. sorry.), and they were a hit. the cookies were tasty, too.
* we ate outside three nights in a row. the weather was perfect. (now it's cold and rainy. oh well.)
* we planted our vegetable garden, and our herb pots on the deck. last summer (when we were renovating) we didn't plant the garden, and i really missed it. not just the growing of our own herbs and veggies, but the act of tending the garden. monday morning, after breakfast, b. asked if he could go out and water the plants. of course.
* d. built a fire pit in our back yard. he scoured the woods behind our house for rocks, brought them to a little corner of the yard with the wheelbarrow, and set them up in a circle. the pit needs a few things still (like some digging, and a grate), but we had our first fire saturday night and it was delightful. friends. s'mores. a guitar. perfection.
* sunday night my friend naomi brought homemade ice cream sandwiches. chocolate cookies with peanut butter ice cream. monday night was my brownies
a la mode. those were highlights.
* i remembered that i do have another tablecloth. it doesn't match anything anymore, but it was perfect for throwing over the card table on the deck. we've had it for years and years, and i do love it. i'm thinking of turning into a picnic blanket at some point. (after i deal with my sewing machine issues, but that's another blog post entirely.)
* what else? there were morning walks. and playdates. a sleepover at bubbie's. there was sunscreen. and sawing. our outside speakers are fantastic. my friend julie made a delicious gazpacho. i started a new book. we had brunch with dear friends visiting from out of town and it was as if they had never left. there was (half of) a game of harry potter clue. and there was lots and lots of pandora.
it seems like there was so much more. and nothing else at all, really. which is the sign of an excellent long weekend, in my opinion.
now, it's tuesday. and tomorrow will be wednesday. and then it will be the weekend again before you know it. also excellent.
Tuesday, May 26, 2009 at 12:44PM 
Reader Comments (17)
and harry potter clue? who knew?
Your weekend sounds very well-lived.
And now I'm craving smores.
i am coveting your deserts, however. i had a milkshake and a snow cone, but fortune cookies and brownies ala mode are now calling to me.