Weekends

Our friends Wayne and Blanca invited us to their house for an authentic Mexican BBQ. First we enjoyed the pool and the beautiful weather that day. Then we hung out on the porch and enjoyed the wonderful smells of carne on the grill. It was some of the best meat I have ever eaten. He is kind of hard to see, but the alligator must have loved the smell as well because he hung out at the bottom on their porch for a long time. We relaxed, ate and learned a lot about Mexican music. Blanca is from a small town in Mexico and her father was the singer in a pretty famous Mexican band that toured around America. Sorry, I have forgotten the name. Anyway it was a fun night with homemade tortillas, carne(beef), arroz(rice) and homemade salsa. One of which was not for the faint of heart. Our weekends are filled with golf and football for the most part. Go Hawks still unbeaten! We went to a chili cook off on Saturday, October 10 and it was hotter then a billy goat in a pepper patch. It was around 85 with no cloud cover and combined with the spicy chili OH MY! We only lasted an hour but it was well worth it.

I have wanted to start baking my own bread for a while now. I actually started with a no yeast bread, which was ok, but this was my first attempt with yeast. I have to say it was nice and crunchy on the outside and soft on the inside. I made sausage sandwiches out on the loaves. I am definitely going to continue to bake bread. Not sure what has inspired my making things from scratch but I make my own pasta as well. Wish I took pictures, but I have made ravioli and linguine. I really enjoy being in the kitchen creating yummy food even if it doesn't always come out right.