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Posted by Stephanie Meyer on May 27, 2006 at 8:42pm

Glorious day! I had my first official swim in the pool and it was…lovely. So lovely. Two diapers had their first swims too, on the bottoms of babies Cooper and Noah. The ‘rents – Stacey, Bowen, and Rishia – all had their official first swims too! No diapers on them though… Cooper loved the water,…

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Posted by Stephanie Meyer on May 26, 2006 at 11:23am

We will not be huddling outside, freezing our Minnesota asses off, this Memorial Day weekend, no sir. It’s gonna be a hot one, smokin’ hot, and sultry too (my hair HATES humidity, oh well). I’m running over to the store without a specific plan, to pick up steaks, chicken, burgers, buns, chips, fruit, salads, beer….

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Posted by Stephanie Meyer on May 25, 2006 at 11:12am

Generous Grandpa Little League Sponsors Laukka & Rempfer, woo hoo! In uniform, woo hoo again! The grandpas of Tommy and TJ, two cuties on the team, got together to sponsor our team this year. The gramps are long-time friends and winter together in Florida, therefore our team name, the Laukka & Rempfer Floridians. Hilarious. Good…

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Posted by Stephanie Meyer on May 24, 2006 at 9:50am

OMG, this has nothing to do with food but is so goddamn funny that I have to put a link to it. John and I first saw it on a Saturday Night Live episode that featured animated TV Funhouse shorts by the hilarious and more than slightly twisted Robert Smigel. This one was my fav,…

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Posted by Stephanie Meyer on May 23, 2006 at 11:22am

Here’s a funny thing – the shrimp scampi is absolutely delicious today. Go figure, I like it much better cold than hot. In fact, now that I think of it, I do generally like cold shrimp more than hot, unless it’s fried shrimp, of course. (Fried shrimp, ahhhhhh…) Weird! So perhaps I will post the…

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Posted by Stephanie Meyer on May 22, 2006 at 12:49pm

John, Stu, and Rudy are lunching together today, at I Nonni, damn I wish I could have joined them. But…no. Instead I’m here waiting for, I kid you not, the Maytag repairman. BRU-TAL! Sigh. Hopefully John will achieve bringing home a few tasties, as well as the wine he’ll surely be buying (as I said,…

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Posted by Stephanie Meyer on May 21, 2006 at 12:52pm

Cool, crisp salad topped with a warm poached or over-easy egg. Prrr… If you haven’t converted, you MUST, it is truly one of the best dishes on the planet. The greens tossed with a tart vinaigrette cut the richness of the yolk, a bit of minced basil adds a hint of sweetness, crumbled bacon and…

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Posted by Stephanie Meyer on May 20, 2006 at 2:08am

Such fun tonight, oh my. We’re tired, yes, but in a good way, the way you are after hours of laughing and talking with good friends and sipping lots of wineage. The tumble into bed, fall asleep happily kind of tired. I’ll confess, I’ve had LOTS of wine tonight, eek – Falanghina, Barbera, and Port,…

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Posted by Stephanie Meyer on May 19, 2006 at 11:10am

Stu and Debbie and Rudy and Ana, here at the hacienda, for dinner tonight. You know what that means! LOTS of fun and food and wine, woo hoo! I have officially, for my first time, set the table with two wine glasses at each place, with more ready for action in the kitchen. I feel…

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Posted by Stephanie Meyer on May 18, 2006 at 10:38am

Despite paint-generated effluveum effervescing throughout the house (touch-up work on the deck), it’s still all good. Sunshine on my shoulders makes me happy, even when I can’t really be out in it due to almost-ever-present males of the working-on-our-house variety. There’s the pool, sparkling sapphire blue, beckoning… But unless I want to swim/sunbathe with an…

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