Sunday, July 3, 2011

Weekend Ramblings

While my parents are taking part in what sounds like the wedding of a century in Boca Grande, FL (even the name sounds grandiose), I am in the midst of another thrifty weekend.

Friday: 100+ degrees - hot, hot, hot. The perfect day for a pool party at our family friends. I brought Raspberry Pretzel Dessert , which was reportedly the "perfect dessert for a hot day!" ...but I think that was just an excuse for people to eat multiple servings.

In the evening I "kidnapped" Abbey from her parents' and we went and saw another $2 musical, H.M.S. Pinafore. It was excellent and we were in the 2nd row - close enough to see the actors' sweat and spit, both of which were plentiful.

On the way to the play we drove through what looked like a tornado but what turned out to be just very, very strong winds. There were even some people who took shelter underneath an overpass. I think it was probably because the MN Government shut down Friday so between that, the "dark" sky at 6:30pm and the strong winds, they were probably preparing for the end of the world.

Saturday: Explored a new Farmer's Market, went to a free Yoga by the lake class (GORGEOUS! My arms hurt today.), had lunch with my new Wish Granting partner, and signed up for a Minneapolis library card! When they guy asked if I'd ever had a card before I answered no, I realized I probably should have specified I hadn't had a card in *Minneapolis* before. Fortunately, he didn't start explaining, "Here we have lots of books you can borrow..." I did try to look as intelligent as possible for the remainder of the encounter to defer any thoughts of illiteracy.

This morning I had made/eaten/cleaned up Whole Wheat Oatmeal Banana Pancakes and fairly-deeply cleaned my apartment by... 8:15am. I spent a good chunk of the remainder of the morning/afternoon walking around my adopted neighborhood(s), choosing which house(s) I wanted to crash for 4th of July BBQs.

Tomorrow is set to be the quietest, dullest 4th of July in the history of Senia's life. We'll see what unfolds!

Happy Fourth of July!

3 comments:

Afton said...

When you say Raspberry Pretzel Dessert, are you referring to JELLO? Yum, that sounds delish. Maybe I should make that for the 4th. It's red, so it counts as patriotic, right?

Senia said...

YES, I am referring to Jell-o! (Did you see your shout-out?! I worked so hard to figure out how to make it a link, but I see it doesn't show up because it's the same color. Check it out!)

Afton said...

Well, that's just perfect since I've got a Senia shout-out in my post. It was the same color thing that must have made me miss it the first time over. Sweet! Literally!