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This photo says Happy Friday, and since my Monday was not exactly awesome (think red flashing lights on computer thingies, and tiny irritations buzzing around the office) I've decided to flash back to my Friday when I had the whole weekend before me.

My weekend was lovely and far too short (as weekends often are). I made two folders of recipes (full color, two sided that I had pulled from "Five Easy Meals" in Real Simple). I watched my new favorite television addiction, Downton Abbey. I went skiing with two pros who were kind enough to wait on me as I skied in a non-pro fashion all over the mountain (we even did a black diamond run!).

This evening invites a bath and some couch time. I'll walk the dog a little farther in the pattering rain, and think ahead to next weekend. I hope it feels longer, but it prolly* won't.

*yes, I mis-spelled probably on purpose. don't worry.

photo courtesy DesignLoveFest

sascha the boy

Some friends watched Pup for the weekend while we were off adventuring. They took a few photos along the way, and I couldn't help but post a few. Our own photos of Pup are, well, pretty bad. They're blurry or dark, and often shot at extremely close proximity. He thinks he's a lapdog, and any time you're looking at him (i.e. trying to get him to look at you so you can take a photo) he thinks it means, "Jump around, get excited! Better yet, jump on me!"

I don't know how they did it, but they got him to stand still and the photos are great!

Here he is with his friend, Coffee.

sweet thing

Mine was a weekend filled with shenanigans, Easter-related candy consumption and entertaining people who I adore. So it was pretty much great.

I had a lovely 48 hours in sunny San Diego, and filled nearly every minute with food and beverage adventures. Other adventures ensued, but I think we all agreed that the blue peeps with their cute little baby carrot-parts were our favorite. They're just so cute, and so are baby carrots. It's like two times the cuteness! Somewhere along the way cute met cute and something else entirely was created. I'd blame boys, but I was a witness and yes, there were girls involved, too.

I'm happy to be home, but not as happy with the drizzling, dropping, pouring rain that's cascading from the sky. I think I'd started to believe that the whole world was a wonderfully bright, warm place. It's not.

And so we continue our patient longing as we shuffle toward July.

Here's hoping you had a great weekend, filled with adventures of the culinary kind, or just the regular weekend adventure kind. Either way, I hope it was great.