Minnesota Livin'

Here are a few pictures from our days at Jim's family's home in MN. The accommodations at G & G's B & B were excellent. We'd recommend them to anyone. Now that we're gone, they're open for reservations.

Farm Fashionista Lily

Here's a fun snack I made for the girls- Please tell me you can tell what they're supposed to look like! They're vanilla wafers for the "bun", and a Keebler fudge-covered mint cookie for the burger. I wouldn't have thought of buying icing in the store, but since we were away and I was hoping for an easy project in light of the fact I wasn't in my own kitchen, I bought some of the Betty Crocker icing in a tube. Happily, I found the red to look exactly like real ketchup, something I couldn't have created at home. Then the green looks like lettuce...I hope. They were actually really, really good- especially after they sat for a day and the mint flavor infiltrated the entire cookie.
I surfed the web a bit for one Pottery Barn book, and ended up sealing a DEAL on all five of these. All new, in excellent condition, and because the shipper was in the cities, I got them in two days- even with media mail. And the best part? They retail for over $100.00 altogether. After shipping, I paid $38.00 for them. Viva la good deal!
My thoughts about Jim? This kiss pretty much sums it up.
But, when I was feeling especially sad in his absence, all I needed to do was glance at this striking picture of the Man of My Dreams, circa 1998.
Once Daddy got home on the weekends, it was all about horsin' around.