The Buerglers

I had a bunch of spinach from our CSA last week that was about to take a turn for the worse.  We'd kind of forgotten it was in the fridge.  I had made spinach pasta before from the frozen block of spinach, but figured using fresh wouldn't be too hard.  So, I gave my dad a call last night to see if he'd be up for teaching me how to make raviolis and spinach raviolis.  Sure enough, Dad was excited to do so!  I cooked down and dried out the spinach last night.  It takes a good half hour or more, plus almost a half a roll of paper towels.  It's rather laborious. This morning I was packing up for my parents' house...and um...my spinach is no where to be found.  Eric had accidentally thrown it away (and took the trash to the dumpster!).  Sad. I had to start over. Oh well. My dad and I had a blast making the pasta.  It's really a hit or miss venture.  Some days you just make a bad batch of dough.  My spinach batch came...

This post was taken from my personal blog on 9.18.2010 This last week my sister and I went to  Dayton to surprise my cousin for her birthday .  It was so incredible being back on my old stomping ground.  It was a bit different than being there for  my 5 year reunion .  I was there while school was in session. I hung out in 20 Woodland (though this time it was my cousin's house and NOT my boyfriends. Weird.) I had breakfast in KU with one of my former youth group teens (not my roommates).   I had guys by me drinks (law students, not guys with teen-staches).   You get the point.  At 2:15 am when we were kicked out of the bar, something dawned on me.  The lyrics of the "great" Corey Smith started playing in my head.  And I realized, "If I could do it again I would  not  do it the same." Yes, I'd probably have dated the guys I dated. Roomed with the girls.  Partied with the same frat guys (don't get too excited,...

A few weeks ago my sister called to ask what I was doing on Sept 14 and 15. She said she was going to tag along with my grandparents to go visit our cousin, Jackie, for her 21st birthday. Jackie goes to University of Dayton, where I attended school as well. My grandparents, though they live in Atlanta, are purebred Daytonians. My grandfather was even UD class of '56, his two brothers were class of '60 and my great grandfather was class of '22. Needless to say, UD has a big place in our hearts. Enough family history. Turns out, my grandparents were going to spend more time in Dayton than Katie has time for vacations, so I agreed to accompany her on this surprise visit. A trip to UD, heeeelllll yeah! Jackie's birthday was on a Tuesday, which is perfect since that is my day off from work. I took a vacation day Wednesday and off we went! Our trip was quick: a 7am departure, 3pm arrival. Showers. Surprise. Dinner at Francos in Oregon District. The Fieldhouse. Be...

Last night my mom, sister, and aunt headed to the Braves game for Ladies Night.  There was a technical ticket that included boas, hats, and seats in a particular section, but for $18 cheaper, my friend Colin got us tickets in section 408.  I love sitting in the low 400s, and you're high enough to see the whole game, and behind home plate enough to get the game in perspective. Great pitching last night. Lots of strike outs One of the better crowds this season My favorite! The tool race :) Chairs. The Friday Night Fireworks. Hands down, one of the best games I've been to all season!  Competitive game, cheerful fans, and the hammer didn't will the tool race (have I mentioned that'd my favorite part of the game?)  The Friday night fireworks were so fun. :)

I have officially deemed Labor Day as my favorite holiday.  No big meals, no gifts, no lengthy liturgies, no traditions and no special outfits.  It's just a three days of "the last weekend of summer" attitudes, fun in the sun, and r-e-l-a-x.  Eric and I purposefully don't make plans on Labor Day each year so we can do whatever we want as the mood strikes.   Saturday morning we hit our usual farmer's market for fresh veggies, meats and eggs.  And then we went out on a rafting/kayaking adventure.  Dan, Leeann, their friend Anna, Lance, Eric and I spent about 6 hours floating down the river.  This was quite the accomplishment since we signed up for the 2 hour trip!  56 beers and a sunburn later, we went to Don Pablos for a Mexican feast. Eric, Lance, Leeann, Anna, Dan After dinner Eric and I drove up to the cabin so we could wake up in time for Mass and my family's boating adventure.  My grandparents rented a boat on Lake Glenvi...

Last week, Eric TOTALLY surprised me by presenting me with my birthday gift a month early.  Talk about a surprise!  Not only did his timing catch me off guard, but the present itself did too.  It was definitely not in the budget.  Some how (and he won't tell me) he pulled this off.  Ah, love. Okay, enough cheesiness.  Here are some pictures from my new camera: