House = Warmed

 

Last weekend… ok before I start with the House Warming thing, let me say just how freakin’ busy we’ve been these past ten days or so.  I’ve been in training all day at work and then coming home to deal with whatever you deal with at home.  It’s been super hot and sticky and just miserable.  Plus, this little website is getting spam-bombed again (156 spam comments since 7:00p last night alone) so my blackberry’s battery has been going faster due to the excessive e-mails…  ok enough.  Just had to get that off my chest.

So last weekend!  Saturday, July 12th, we warmed the house.  Sent out an evite several weeks ago to everyone we could remember to invite (and encouraged friends to fill in the blanks by inviting more).  I planned out a spread of food, we finished cleaning up and unpacking the house, and begged for good weather.

Above is what I set out on the table.  Fresh baguettes from the Mill City Farmer’s Market that morning, three kinds of hummus, crackers, cheese, berries and that super nice cream cheese spread, salsa, chips, venison beer stick, carrots, celery…  plus we made Spicy Ginger Chicken & Pepper kabobs and fresh sweet corn on the grill and other folks brought over brats, beef kabobs, and more.

I had taken some video and photos during the party.  Apparently my little point & shoot Canon A85 digital camera is starting to die after several years of hard abuse because the photos and video turned out more than a little whacked.  Or I could blame Ms. Quiana for ruining my camera after she got hold of it late in the night… but I won’t since the video before she got her little paws on it was cracked out too.

The party was a huge success in our eyes.  The Big Guy was so happy to finally have a place where he could sit outside at dusk drinking beers and discussing the world with his friends.  I am impressed that we had something like thirty people in the house and it didn’t feel crowded.  We both wanted a home we could entertain in - pretty sure that we found it.

 

If you really loved me…

 

you would run out to the nearest Barnes & Noble and buy me this record.  Really.

While taking a quick break here at work, I discovered that Lisa Loeb finally released the record.  Yes yes yes - I’m a month behind.  (look at what I’ve done in the past month and that’s the excuse I’m sticking to!)  Nina Gordon (love her!) joins in as well as Jill Sobule (love her too!) on a few tracks.  Plus, the last track… with a banjo…

Mmmm I want to linger
Mmmm a little longer
Mmmm a little longer here with you

Mmmm it’s such a perfect night…

So yeah, if you love me, you’ll buy this for me.  And if I get no love, I’ll probably get it for myself soon.  Yay camp songs!  Yay folk music!

 

Busy Busy Week

 

We’ve been so busy these last three weeks. Yes, I’ve slacked with the photo updates. Doesn’t mean I didn’t take them though! So let’s try to go through some up of the events, updates, and crazy stuff that’s gone on in the little world of me, that red girl.

We bought some yard tools, including a mower, and got to working. No major changes yet, just cleaned up. The big guy even picked some roses off our rose bushes for me. They made it to the mantle - looks great other than being surrounded by construction stuff and tools!

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A Quickie Update

 

Last night was our first night sleeping at the house.  So much has happened in the past few days and yes, I have been taking photos to document it all.  My computer has been in pieces for about a week now and as such, I’m unable to post the photos.  We hooked the internet up last night and the big guy finished wiring the basement, so we should be back on line soon. (yes I’m updating from work - the only place I have a working computer at the moment)

It got super hot here in Minneapolis yesterday.  Something like 88 F with crazy high humidity.  So sleep last night was difficult to say the least.  We do have a few window air conditioners, so I think we’ll put one in the bedroom tonight (if we have that sort of energy).

We’ll be officially out of the apartment tomorrow, Thursday, at 5:30 p.m.  That’s it.  98% of our belongings are somewhere in the house/garage.  The other 2% will be brought over in the car tonight.  Then comes the real fun of trying to arrange our stuff so that it feels like “home” again.

Enough for now - just wanted to state that we finally spent the night in the house.  If my computer is hooked up tonight, I’ll start editing photos.  If not, well, then you wait.

 

Ice Cream + Summer + Girl Scouts = Awesome

 

This just in from the Girl Scouts of Minnesota & Wisconsin River Valleys e-newsletter Connections:

Try a Girl Scouts’ Thin Mint Blizzard at Dairy Queen

Are you craving Girl Scout Thin Mints – America’s favorite Girl Scout cookie? You’re in luck. Girl Scouts of the USA and International Dairy Queen have created a national partnership, including a Girl Scouts’ Thin Mint Blizzard, which will be the featured blizzard of the month for July.

Dairy Queen will also have a special “Dairy Queens’ Girl Scouts Appreciation Week” July 7-13, in which local Girl Scout service units and troops can host informational booths about Girl Scouts, the new Girl Scout Leadership Experience, camps, and all the other great Girl Scout programs and activities for all girls in kindergarten through grade 12.

So when you head to DQ in July, grab a Thin Mint Blizzard and enjoy the legacy and importance of Girl Scouts! To be honest, this just makes me hungry right now…