Catch up!

Oh man, so much going on…if I go into any detail about the recent happenings (I make it sound like there have been exciting happenings…nothing overly exciting, just busy), this could turn into a novel. I’ll be brief…

•  Last potluck we went to, I made almond croissants from scratch. From scratch, I said. I had blisters on my hands from the hundreds of hours rolling butter into dough. (okay, not hundreds of hours, but it felt like it)…they were delicious, but not as good at the ones in a bakery…and for the amount of work…won’t be doing that again. Croissants- from scratch!

Tanner up top




• My cousin Tanner won state for his weight class in wrestling! He won last year too, but then was injured during all of football season…still pulled off the victory. Last year in the finals, he pinned the guy in under a minute…this year we were on the edge of our seat the entire 3 rounds…felt like I got my money’s worth. What a stud!

•  I went on a trip last (long) weekend! I went to Berkeley/San Fran/Oakland for my long time pal Rachel’s 30^th birthday. What a treat of a weekend it was! A brief outline…there was wandering down cute college-y streets, window shopping, relaxing and reading (!), discovering that Oakland isn’t scary, making new friends, fancy dress up dinner at Chez Panisse (this gets its own bullet point), and just getting an extended visit with Rachel, who will be off on another exciting adventure soon

Chez Panisse

•   But back to Chez Panisse. Oh my- the food…the service…the ambiance…the company…everything was just unbelievably perfect. We thought we were going to have to sit at two tables (8 of us, small restaurant), but they figured it out and got us all into one. We shared a couple bottles of wine (accompanied by non-pretentious, but smart wine conversation), we shared oysters that were a little bit magical, I got an asparagus appetizer…and then a pork shoulder over some polenta sitting in this sauce/juice stuff that, as Rachel said about pretty much everything she ate, ‘made you believe in love’. We passed around the table one of each of the desserts…I mean, the whole thing was just everything you could have asked for.

• My 4^th/5^th grade basketball season has come to an end…we had our last game last Tuesday and then our banquet on Thursday. Wow, I feel like I learned a lot between the first season I coached and the second. I was/am so proud of the team…they improved so much throughout the season, and I actually think we were one of the top teams in our league. But even if we weren’t, their hustle and heart out on the court made it fun to watch every game. I’m REALLY going to miss coaching! Until next year…

• Sounders season is back! We went to the free game last Wednesday…in the fuh-reeeezing cold. Super fun…we won 2-0, and looked pretty good…definitely a little rusty playing with each other (plus new players), but they were going after everything. Just recently they traded two of my favorite players- Fucito and Neagle…which bummed me out. Big game this week (Wednesday) in the CONCACAF tournament (quarterfinals)…tickets are still available!

•  I got my hair cut this weekend. It is very short. I’m sure I’ll get used to it. And it will grow. But for now…it’s very short.

Okay, I’m going to stop there…