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The Taste Of Nostalgia

For old times' sake we went to the farmer's market again on Saturday.  I had every intention of getting a gyro and berry lemonade again but the booth wasn't there. Instead I got halibut salad. Holy monkey the halibut was good. Best I've ever had.  But right under the fish were gobs and gobs of the ever-so-nasty Gorgonzola cheese.  pleh. So I ate the fillet and any lettuce not contaminated by the nasty cheese.  Jake gave me a few bites of his pulled pork sandwich... which was delicious and reminded me of the town BBQ's in AZ with my Dad... which made the sandwich even that much better.  Nostalgia never tasted so delicious! The only way we could make our trip to the farmer's market more complete was to stop and get a cupcake. When faced with so many choices we opted for the 1/2 dozen option. We couldn't chose just one!  Mint chocolate chip, snickerdoodle, red velvet w/cream cheese frosting, moose tracks with caramel fros...

Early Anniversary Adventures

We'll celebrate 6 years of marriage on the 10th of August... which happens to be the date my brother and his fiancé picked as their wedding day, too.  P.S. my brother is getting married! So we'll be in Colorado celebrating with him and the rest of the families on our special day... so we took a little pre-anniversary trip (although we'll probably celebrate in CO too) And just as promised, Jake took me to Oregon for our little anniversary adventure.   We aren't really the dress-up-and-eat-fancy-food type of anniversary celebrators... in fact, we had a BBQ and cupcakes for our reception and played a little game of soccer afterwards. Almost every anniversary prior to this one has involved mountain + bike + downhill + adventure. So we are the type of people to spend our money on thrills like glider plane rides.  We drove to my sister's house (in Portland) the night before where I almost died. Of laughter.  My sister and I are as dif...