June 30, 2009


super smoothie, originally uploaded by Ladygirl.

So this has been my new “thing” lately. I had seen several posts about green monster smoothies and I decided I should give it a try. And I really like them. So does Ethan. Shane and Tegan, not so much.

Here is how I do it:

some frozen chopped spinach
a banana
chopped up strawberries
some blueberries if I have them
some dannon light & fit vanilla yogurt (110 calories per cup)

Blend. Suck. Yum.

I took the picture here to also share with you one of Shane’s latest projects. Stacking our CDs by year. I think it is totally awesome.

Also, we sold our Jetta today. It was totally time and needed to happen and I am relieved it is done, but a little sentimental as well. It was a sweet little car.

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June 29, 2009


sweet peas, originally uploaded by Ladygirl.

Isn’t this just so lovely? I wish I had one of the “caterpillar” snap peas to open up, but we ate them all. The pearls in those were enormous and delicious! I just thought they were so dainty and beautiful, I had to share.

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garden goodies, originally uploaded by Ladygirl.

Some of our garden splendor. Aren’t they so pretty and… green? They make me think of the Emerald City. Delicious!

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June 27, 2009


cookies, originally uploaded by Ladygirl.

My dear friend Mandy passed a recipe my way and I thought I would share. These lovely lemon cookies are de-licious! And seem like they might not be too bad for you. Unless you eat all of them. Which is hard for me not to do… I must admit, I am a cookie monster.

So, here goes!

Lovely lemon cookies

1 box lemon cake
1 egg
1- 8 ounce tub of cool whip (I haven’t tried lite, but I have to think the regular is best…)

Let the cool whip defrost a bit, till you can just scoop it out of the container (too defrosted and you will have a hard time forming balls with the mix and will end up having to refrigerate your dough). Mix everything together. Form the dough into balls as best you can (it is kinda messy, but worth it!) Roll the balls in powdered sugar. They will probably be more like lumps, but don’t worry, they will end up cookie shaped. Bake at 350 for 10-12 minutes. Enjoy!

(I will be passing a few of these on to a couple dear friends… my excuse for making them this time.)

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June 23, 2009


mom and I, originally uploaded by Ladygirl.

Today is my lovely mother’s birthday. We spent the morning together at a lovely little hidden treasure of a place where we sipped tea and cappuccino’s, munched on muffins, and visited with a few very sweet loved ones.

My mom is a treasure of a mother and considering she celebrates her birthday for the entire month of June, I am very happy she chose to spend part of the actual day with me.

I am so thankful for you, mom and for our relationship. Thank you for being my mother and my friend!

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