it's been a while....

but since our last post Norm is back from China and it has been raining A LOT. Friday night I made a new halibut recipe and cooked swiss chard. It was quite yummy, recipe to follow soon. I think that swiss chard may be a regular dish for us as it was really yummy, way better than cooked spinach or anything similar! I also made a "crustini" appetizer (you want this recipe!) which was quite good as well. I will make that for our guest this week, Kay!
We got a later than normal start on Saturday, I will blame that on the 'jet lag'. We set our around 9am or so, headed south on the Coast to Torrey Pines, after about 3+hours I had some nutritional issues (related to the fact that I did not eat quite enough), and Norm had to come pick me up in the FJ about 4 miles from the house. Yes. I know. But the caloric deficit did not last long as we went immediately to Islands and had huge burgers, endless tortilla soup and endless chips/salsa (we had a coupon!). I am all better now and am eating cake, no it is not Thursday. Since Norm was in China Thursday, I planned to make a cake this weekend. Guess what? Norm beat me to it. YES, Norm baked a cake. And I bet LJ wishes she was still here because he baked her favorite, yellow cake with butter on top!!! Hot out of the oven with a big glass of milk!!! Yummy! It was not without some minor destruction to the kitchen of course which I have yet to assess the total damages. Bailee got to eat at least one raw egg, dropped on the floor......We went to spin class this morning cause it was raining and it was supposed to rain all day - -
Kay comes to visit us tomorrow and we are very excited! The weather is supposed to clear and we will be able to run at the coast and get in some good long bike rides. Norm says "we walked the dogs today, then I bribed DeeAnn with a Starbuck's coffee to make salsa for me. It was yummy. It was also quite hot and caused DeeAnn to sweat again." That's all for now, I will have to catch up more tomorrow as my laptop battery is LOW.....
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