Five on Friday

Reader participation required since I am at the beach. So tell me your favorites.

1- Beach or Mountains?
2- Heels or flats?
3- Chick flicks or Dramas?
4- More kids or no more kids?
5- SUV or minivan?

My answers:
1- Beach, of course.
2- I love wearing heels, just don't have enough opportunities to do so!
3- Tough one. Probably chick flicks so I can cry my makeup off in public while trying to act like I'm not.
4- No.more.kids.
5- SUV. If I ever want a minivan, it's time for me to check myself in for evaluation. Sorry, you minivan drivers. Just can't do it. It's not me.

Have a great weekend! I know I will.

Ahh. Thought this day would never get here!

In a few hours I am going to Myrtle Beach for our 3rd annual girls' beach weekend (that we start on Thursdays). Don't hate me as you think of me sitting in the sand reading instead of supervising kids. Don't hate me because I won't be making a single PB&J or handing out a thousand and one juice boxes. Don't hate me because the restaurants we go to won't ask "do you need a kid's menu?" Don't hate me as you think of me outlet shopping without a time limit and disgruntled kids. Just love me and work on getting your own girls' beach trip started! Every mom needs one! Be back soon!

Sweet love.

I'm so happy she chose Ed. Aren't you? They look so happy. Could this actually be another one (of the very few) that works? I hope so. They're so stinkin' cute together. Thank you Jason for letting her go!!!

And, what started out as sweet love (at least I hope), Charles and Diana, were married on this day 28 years ago! I was 10 and I watched the wedding of the century in a hotel room before I attended a family wedding. Did you watch it? Royalty has facinated me ever since.

Tasty Tuesday

By request, here is the recipe I posted about Monday.

ICE CREAM SANDWICH DESSERT

19 ice cream sandwiches (I used about 22)
1 12-oz tub cool whip (use lite!)
1 jar Hershey's Hot Fudge Sauce
2 Snickers bars, frozen and crushed

Lightly spray a 13x9 glass pan with cooking spray. Unwrap and arrange sandwiches in pan. Line one vertically, then cut one in half and put a half just below the vertical one. Then arrange 8 horizontally (4 in one row, 4 in another). Make sense? I then cut one more sandwich lengthwise to put at the bottom of the pan just so the entire pan is full. Spread hot fudge right out of jar, and not heated, over the sandwiches. Carefully, spread cool whip over the hot fudge and then top with half of Snickers. Repeat layers: sandwiches, hot fudge, cool whip, snickers and drizzle any remaining hot fudge over top. Cover and freeze until time to serve. Allow to sit at least 15 mins before cutting. Very good. You could also use salted peanuts, Heath bar or mini chocolate chips instead of the Snickers.

Wash your hands!

Please continue to wash your hands like crazy. My very good friend has a cousin in Tampa, FL that is paralyzed and on life support right now (since last Thurs) and it was confirmed today by the CDC that she has swine flu. 46 in that area have died from swine flu. It is not being reported as much anymore, but definitely still out there. I'm thinking of starting a business selling monogrammed face masks! Seriously, it's a scary thing and this girl is a mother of 2 young children. If she pulls through, and she may, she will most likely be brain damaged due to the high fevers she suffered. Very, very sad situation. This concludes my free blog advice and public service announcement. Now go wash your hands!

It's Monday, again....

What a fun-filled weekend! Dinner with friends on Friday night was super fun. Yummy paella, sangria, dessert. The kids entertained each other, albeit a little loudly. So now R, if you're reading, I'm ready for another girl's dinner and movie night, leaving all of our boys behind!

Saturday we headed out to the lake with 2 boats and had a great time. We always find a secluded cove to swim in and lunch. I had to pull Mr. Pink so he could ski, which always makes me nervous. Something about a boat not having brakes maybe??? Back home by 3:30 where we quickly showered, changed and went to a neighbor's house to cookout. Don't ask what time we got home. I'm embarrassed to say, BUT we did make it to church the next morning. I took a dessert. It was good and simple made with ice cream sandwiches, reduced fat cool whip, hot fudge sauce and crushed frozen Snickers. Yummy. You're loving that I threw in reduced fat cool whip aren't you? Every bit helps I always say! My friend made something similar the night before with Andes mints and Oreo crumbs. Also very yummy. I love refreshing, summer desserts don't you?

Fast forward to today. I'm making dinner for a family with a new baby, cleaning house, doing laundry, going to drop off some books at the library, and throwing an impromptu Bachelorette Finale party with two neighbors. We always talk about the shows via Facebook or email afterwards each week so I thought it would be fun to have them over tonight for the big ending where Jillian is SURE to find TRUE LOVE. Whatever.

So I must leave this computer and get back to work! And did I mention, I leave in 3 days for Mommy's Beach weekend with 10 other slightly haggard moms who magically all pep up once we hit the beach sans minis!

Friday Fluff

Happy Friday. Here's some filler fluff.

Last night was fun and lasted until 12:30, but we had a calm night. Not wild and crazy like some of the book club nights. We did have a discussion of the first adult beverages we ever had. Mine was California Coolers out of a 2-liter bottle. Remember that? What was yours? Boone's Farm??

Made a delicious caprese salad for lunch with some tomatoes I bought this morning at our city's tiny farmer's market. So yummy!! Gotta use sea salt.

I changed my profile pic after blogging for over a year and a half. You like? The gerbera daisy was boring me.

Went to the pool with mini#2 for a quick hour today before mini#1 got home because he was a good boy running errands with me this morning. I got in the water and enjoyed playing with my "baby" boy.

All of us are going to dinner at my friend's house tonight. She's a very good cook so I'm looking forward to it. My boys love playing with her two year old son, too. He's precious.

Tomorrow off to the lake with our neighbors. 3 boats and 7 kids. We'll swim, tube and eat lunch on the lake. I'm just not a lake person (unless it's in the middle of Paris or New York City!), but going with friends is fun.

Have a nice weekend. Stay out of trouble!