photos of the summer

this was the $14 omelette steve ordered for breakfast.  my macro lens couldn't capture the whole thing in one frame.  it was epic, and smothered in easily the greatest sausage gravy i've ever eaten in my life.

steve is away in texas on business, so i've finally gotten around to dealing with photos from our summer.  i'm extremely happy to be getting a bit of a record put together to make note of everything we've done the past few months.  hopefully you'll be seeing more of our adventures!  i have to say i was surprised how backed up i let my memory card get.  we've got the cottage, chicago, san diego... it's been such a blast looking back on the memories and the fun we've had!

noms on wheels

so i have vacation on the brain... because, well, remember?  i live here:

this means i'll have lots to share about the trip over the next week.  i'm putting together a road trip mix so you can listen to some of the jams steve and i will be playing on our 13 hour drive south (though i hate to break it to you, it will not be a 13 hour mix).

we are leaving crazy early in the morning and are really trying to get through the nasty winter weather when the roads are quiet which means we'll need some tasty snacks in the car with us!  if you are planning on road tripping anytime soon here are a few things we are planning on packin' for snackin'!

1.  a big thermos of homemade frappucino!

we'll need caffeine, obviously, but those starbucks bottles are such a rip-off!  

1 cup extra strong black coffee cooled 

3/4 cup 2% milk cold

3 tbsp sugar (or however much to taste)

1/2 tbsp vanilla

combine shake and be awake!

2.  breakfast bagels

while sitting in a car, we will clearly need to carbo-load.  i'm picking us up at half dozen asiago cheese bagels from panera and keeping some onion chive cream cheese in the cooler!  yum and yummier!

3.  crusty baguette sandwiches

arugula, honey mustard, chicken, and muenster anyone?

here's a pro-tip: the best honey mustard your money can buy

4.  snackables:

pitted kalamata olives

and in case you mistook me for somebody classy:

fruit roll ups // gushers // fruit by the foot

doritos (cool ranch for steve, nacho cheese for me)

photo recap