the HAPs... Cucumbers and Grandmom

  So.
In my family it is tradition, customary, almost law, to cut fresh cucumbers and onions into thin slices, pour sugar and vinegar over them, sprinkle celery seed on top and place them in the refrigerator. A few hours later we eat  pickles.  We do this all year long. But mostly in the summer time. So tonight as I was cutting cucumbers my mind went to my Grandmom humming softly in her kitchen making pickles.
I did not make pickles tonight but I wish she was here anyways because she is the best company a girl could ask for and really, really hilarious.
  I did attempt to use the GRILL.( What was I THINKING!?!) Which is eventually why I ate cucumbers....
SO THERE I WAS standing in the back yard holding a can of lighter fluid, a box of matches, a red pepper and gigantic tongs, standing in front of THE GRILL. And I'm saying I'm probably going to light my self on fire. I should let the husband do this. Seriously. What are you doing out here? Remember you like your hair? You should go back inside...Is that wood? I thought this was charcoal... So then my body just kept moving and completely ignored my mind. So I looked inside and moved some stuff. And then I tried to open the lighter fluid... press the dot? WHAT the heck? Any ways. Finally I got it open. And all over my hands. aghhh...And so... what do you do with that stuff anyhow? I just squirted it on. And lit a match and threw it on the charcoal.. and magic! FIRE!!! FLAMES! COOKING POWAH!
  Well then the fire went out. So I did this small procedure about five times and every time.. FIRE... FLAMES! POWAH! and then nothing.
SO I said FORGET IT MR GRILL! I removed pepper. By this time my it was completely black and not cooked AT ALL.
But that didn't stop me because roasted red pepper hummus was on the menu!

Then I got real crazy and invented some crazy white bean potato salad ! With purple potatoes?! YES! Purple dahhhling. with Parsley. Yes. Parsley I do say!

And then the kitchen that was so wonderfully made beauty-mous by the husband was slightly destroyed ( still is?)

I didn't take any pictures of that one time/earlier tonight when I splattered roasted red pepper hummus all over the white kitchen floor.....
Speaking of the husband! Check out my AMAZING cutest ever surprise!!!

AHHH!!! Love it!!!! and all the babies say " Poons, poons!" 

And then there was that one weekend. Well bike nerd adventure last last weekend. The photo documentary follows:

Blue Berries from the farmers market. 

Magical bridges!

Not so magical hills? Ok still magical because the hill is on a bridge!

Now... trying to rest so I can get rid of my toddleritis. Mostly because MY BEST FRIEND is getting married on Saturday! Steve and I will make the trek to NC to attend. Which is sooo inconvenient.... who am I kidding.... HOORAY! PLUS fun fact our anniversaries will be SO close!  We've almost been married a whole year which is way awesome!
   Now I do believe some dishes are calling my name... SIGH.
<3 ciao!