A Walk and some Stats

Hubby and I, along with our gaggle of Goldens, started off the day with a nice long walk around the lake. We didn't get the early morning start we'd hoped for, and got a bit warm, but we all made it around the whole lake just fine.

On the home stretch
Only a 1/2 mile more to go!

Pooped after 5 miles!

I brought my pedometer along with me and thought it would be fun to share some statistics with you.

It was a total of 11509 steps,

and of those 11509 steps, 10571 were aerobic steps...meaning my heart was pumping nice and hard. It took me one minute shy of an hour and a half to walk 5 miles.

During that 89 minutes I burned 511 calories, the equivalent of 31.4 grams of fat.

And then I went to McDonalds and had a Frappe. But only a medium.

The end.

(I hope you had a great weekend.)

Triple Pack

It was a busy, busy kind of day today...some community service, house cleaning, catch-up work on the computer for me to get done, and a graduation party for one of our neighbor's daughters.

Hubby is a sweetheart and doesn't mind helping to pitch in with the housework. While I was getting some work done on the computer, he mopped the floors for me. With all of the tile we have, we have to get it done in stages....we block off part of the house, mop it, let it dry, then switch off.

The poor pups feel like they are in puppy jail when they are blocked off from part of the house. They finally got tired of whining about it, and took a nap.

Harley, Jack and Kona make up this triple pack. Jill was laying on her bed in front of the fireplace, enjoying the peace and quiet. Smart girl!

Super Cool

Don't we wish!

Talented Pickle

Today was the last day of school for Pickle and AJ....AJ's class spent the day at the beach (rough, isn't it?) and Pickle's school held a variety show at the end of the day. Although I wasn't able to go, Bear was able to attend, and take this video for me. It's Pickle, on guitar, with a friend, singing a song called "On the Bright Side" by Never Shout Never. It's a shame you can't hear the guitar very well, and the students were loud and acting, well, they were acting like a bunch of high-schoolers getting ready to be out of school for the summer. But anyway, I am very proud of Pickle for having the guts to get up in front of everyone like this, I certainly could not have done it!

When the Folks are Away, Bear and the Pups will Play

...in the pool, that is.

This is what happens when I leave the house for a couple of hours and leave my water proof camera laying around. Who's complaining though, I love to come home to tired, happy dogs! Thanks Bear!
Harley playing "underwater fetch!"

The nose knows...

Suggestions Please!

Where in the world should Hubby and I go to spend out 20th anniversary? It is rapidly approaching - (October 20th) and we've been giving it a lot of thought, but we haven't locked in to any certain place yet. We are leaning towards one place, but I don't want to mention it yet.

I'll fill you in on a couple of things from our past...we honeymooned in Hawaii and have been back a couple of times since then. Although we love it there, we would like to go someplace new....

For our 15th anniversary we spent a week in London and Paris. We actually dined on the Eiffel tower on our anniversary day! That will be hard to top! So, although we love both London and Paris, we've been to both places several times, so we don't want to go back to either of them right now.....

We were trying to decide between a tropical, relaxing, snorkeling type vacation (and giving some serious thought to the Great Barrier Reef) but, I think we are probably only going to have a week, and we both agree that when we make that long of a trip to Australia and New Zealand (yes Chris, eventually, we really want to come and see you!), we are going to need longer than a week....so that is out. SO....we are giving up on the relaxing, tropical destination, and we are going more for a sightseeing destination.

So....where do we go? Germany? Been there, spent two weeks traveling all over...loved it, but again...we are ready for someplace new. I've been to Ireland and Scotland, but Hubby hasn't. I'd jump at the chance to go back. Egypt? Maybe...dining under the stars in front the pyramids for our anniversary sounds pretty awesome, but we are a bit concerned with the politics and how welcome Americans are over there right now....Tuscany? Rome? Hong Kong? Venice? Barcelona? Seville?

Here's where you come in. We need suggestions!

A-Z Mondays - the Foodie Version, "V" is for Very...

Very late, and very good. Ok, so sue me. I couldn't come up with anything fantastic to write about for "V" and frankly, I felt like cheating and telling you about the VERY awesome dinner we had this past Saturday in honor of my Mom's birthday and Father's Day. It was a perfect evening, other than we were missing Pickle. She's been fighting a horrible head cold, and didn't feel well enough to join us.


We went to our all-time favorite restaurant, Morton's. Morton's specializes in steak, and my, oh my, what a job they do.


Here are all of the very delicious menu items we gorged ourselves on.


We started with a loaf of freshly baked onion something or other bread.
I had a crab cake to start...
Hubby had some jumbo stuffed shrimp. (Jumbo-shrimp, I love a good oxi-moron!)

Next came the house special salad-full of fresh bacon bits, heart of palm, tomatoes, artichokes, etc. and topped off with a house special bleu cheese dressing. I don't even like bleu cheese dressing, but I LOVE Morton's bleu cheese!

The girls - taking a break from the feast for a minute.

The birthday girl with the best waiter ever! We love Rudy-he always takes the very best care of us!

Mom and Pops!

Pops and A.J.

Rudy listening to one of Pops' stories...(no, AJ is not praying for it to be over, ha ha! He was closing his eyes to the flash.)

Hubby and Bear
Ah, the perfectly cooked fillet

and some of the side dishes - garlic green beans, grilled asparagus, hash browned potatoes, and creamed spinach

Oh, it just doesn't get much better than this.

Rudy sent the Maitre'D over to offer us some after dinner drinks.

Yum! Have you ever tried Sambuca and Bailey's over ice? Give it a try, you'll thank me. Seriously.

Last, but not least, came a little birthday celebration.

Freshly baked chocolate lava cake.

with the melty chocolate oozing out of it. YUM! VERY good indeed!

It was an absolutely vantastic dinner!

If you'd like to see what other bloggers are drooling over for A-Z Mondays, please be sure to stop by Jen's blog here.