peace on the river

The Haller Sister Reunion Tour is underway! SJ and I decided that we'd do some dual-blogging to keep things fun. We took some great pictures last night for the inaugural post but unfortunately we can't get her Vaio to read our memory stick. I feel completely responsible because I gave her this piece of crap when I upgraded my laptop:) I'll probably just add in the pics when I get back to Texas . . .

We'll play catch-up later but for now, we're off: Peace River here we come!

i need a vacation

It's been a weird couple of days.

Earlier this afternoon I felt that I deserved a treat. Luckily, last week a package arrived for me from the big MO. This package contained pretty much the cutest Valentine's Day cards a niece-doting aunt could ask for as well as - here's the lucky part - two boxes of cookies. Not just any cookies. Girl Scout cookies. The boxes went straight into the freezer and I managed to forget about them until today. So, a treat. A few - ok, 9 - thin mints later and I was a happy girl. While still chewing the last cookie I felt a sneeze coming on. You know that sneeze. The kind of sneeze that will not be waylayed. The kind of sneeze that spells trouble. That sneeze that says "Hey, couldn't care less that you've got tasty thin mint mush in your mouth. Here I come." I don't have to tell you what comes next, do I? Picture clear? Good. But that's not the weird part. Because that happens to everybody, right? (Please tell me that happens to everybody!) The weird part: Two hours later, while getting dressed for tonight's kickball game, I found some residual thin mint in my left eyebrow. And I actually felt sad as I washed it away in the sink. Thinking, what a waste. Told ya. Weird.

fun with fondue

Combined our fifth cooking challenge with a birthday party for Gigi on Sunday. Very successful. Very messy. Very exhausting.

i think i see some silver peaking through somewhere

Wasn't having a good day today. Hoping it's just the typical Monday beat down and not an indicator of a hellish week to come. There was one bright star: stopped by the little Baylor cafe to get a mid-morning pick-me-up latte. There was a very long line - so not helping the day. But when I got up to the cashier they plopped down my preferred caffeine vessel with a smile. I didn't even have to say a word. Nice, huh?

happy birthday gigi!

So, maybe you can't say you spent your 28th birthday somewhere exotic. Maybe Dave Matthews isn't going to sing to you. And maybe it won't be as exciting to have your own birthday party as it was to crash someone elses. But, I'm pretty sure I can get you to reenact the above drunken serenade. Wanna bet?:)

how could you not love these little girls?!?

super, super

Took it easy this week in regards to cooking experiment number 4. Had to work, was really tired, blah, blah, blah. So decided to concentrate instead on the actual presentation of the food. Was invited to a Super Bowl party in my neighborhood (thanks Alicia and Paul!) and this cheese ball was Autumn's and my contribution:

Pretty cheesy, huh? :)