Golf and gardening

Me and the girls at the Old Course on the right.

My daughter always has her eyes closed or is making a face in all photos. Ugh. This is us on our way to the Byron Nelson last Friday and her holding my pink flamingo birthday present.



















I am loving my garden. Last night I grilled up squash, broccoli, and tomatoes straight from my garden. This morning I picked jalapenos and had stuffed jalapenos for breakfast with a fresh tomato.

Moms

My kids both had to work on Mother's Day. They had left  me chocolate covered strawberries in the fridge from Rocky Mountain Chocolate Factory. Yum!!!

I drove to Ft. Worth to take my mom out to lunch. We went to Joe's Crab Shack and had a steampot of goodies on the patio. Lovely day. My mom finished radiation treatments a few weeks ago and she said that she is feeling so good. She said her energy is back and she's raring to go.

After my long drive home, I was ready to relax and just watch some TV. My kids were home from work and they forced me to go out for my mother's day dinner to Olive Garden. They are on a budget so they had the meal picked out before we got there: bruschetta, bread sticks, pizza, salad, and chocolate cheesecake....I had to pay for my own wine because they didn't include it in the budget :) I love that they can plan things out like that. We had a great time. I will post pictures of our dinner out once I upload them from my camera.

So everyone has heard the story about the big fish that got away. Well it is true. I threw a Senko worm in at a point on Saturday morning. Never felt a nudge or nibble. Went to reel it in and thought I was stuck on a log. My line wasn't moving....and then all the sudden it was swimming off. I reeled and reeled and my pole was in a complete circle with the tip right over the edge of the boat. This fish was so big I thought my pole was going to snap. The fish went under the boat and I managed to pull it away and then it took off to the motor and snapped my line. Darn it.

So later, I'm waiting for my boyfriend to bring the boat up to the parking area and some guys ask me if I had caught anything....(oh and I did catch fish Saturday). It was my day for catching them for a change. I told them about the big one. My boyfriend comes up and says to them. "Did she try to tell you about the big one that got away? She tells that story every week."

Canned Escargot

I love me some Texas sun. Golf has been great, the convertible top is down every day. Wish it would stay like this.

I bought canned escargot (last year) with a lot of other good French items when Hayley barely passed advanced placement French. She only took AP because a boy talked her into it so they'd be in the same class.....and then his family moved out of state before school started. Sigh. So tonight, I'm going to cook those bad boys up, and see if the kids will try them. I'm sure my son would for cash. I'm also making stuffed jalapenos on the grill. I guess its a no-meat kind of night...unless snail is considered meat?????

http://allrecipes.com/recipe/easy-garlic-escargots/detail.aspx?event8=1&prop24=SR_Title&e11=escargot&e8=Quick%20Search&event10=1&e7=Home%20Page

So I decided I need to start walking/jogging to the park again. I took Zena (Ryan's Rottweiler) with me. I tried to jog and I jog slow. I was dragging her. Seriously, on the back half I thought she was going to just stop, lie down, and have a heart attack. I didn't bring my cell and I was way back in the park trails. All I could think was what do I do? She weighs 92 lbs.  So the good news is that at least I'm in better shape than the dog. My goal is to get us both in even better shape.

So my garden is awesome. I have made it a personal vendetta to pull every green caterpillar off my broccoli plants on a daily basis. Oh, and my mystery plant is broccoli.