I realize my weekly wrap up is running a bit late this week. So many things to wrap my head around! I have
some pretty exciting news as I write this but you’re going to have to wait until
the end because I’m an OCD girl that’s all about chronological order.
You know those friends that you don’t get to see often enough? You’ve
been through everything together over the last 20 years including college,
boys, friendships, hardships, deaths, laughter and some of the best memories in
the world. And then life happens. People move, get married, have babies,
careers, you name it. But it doesn’t
matter if you see each other once a year or once a week. They will always be a VIP in your heart. Friday night I was blessed to have dinner
with two of my “oldies but goodies” and a new addition. It wasn’t the O.P. on the hill in Cedar Falls
but I did get to meet up with Molly and Sara at Saints Jordan Creek. As well as Sara’s beautiful daughter
Ava. I mean, seriously, how cute is this
kid? She melted my cold, black heart all over the place. I could’ve spent hours watching her and dancing with my little pumpkin. Please
ignore my wrinkles and focus on the ponytailed darling on my lap.
Needless to say Sunday was pretty much a total loss of productivity. But I did cap off the night grilling and
chilling around the firepit with Ben after he made me dinner. Does anyone else go into what I like to call
the “fire trance”? I swear when I’m staring at a fire I lose all functions and just
sit there in a trance, possibly drooling and sleeping with my eyes open. It was relaxation at its finest to end my
weekend.
Tuesday night was the first edition of BeaverCrew Chili Fest 2016. The
name pretty much speaks for itself.
Chili with all the fixings with Mel, Misty, Lukas, Ryan, Brian, Summer
and Ben. Recipes
for the baked grill cheese and chili bar can be found on my Testing Trendy 1,
2, 3 blog. We stuffed our faces, partook
in some adult beverages and played Cards Against Humanity.
Speaking of that other
little blog I write…let me start with my day. I would say it’s safe to say
my face at work today was reminiscent of the now famous Michael Phelps picture
from the Olympics. 99% of the time I love
my job. Today was not one of those days. I had to keep reminding myself to stop scowling or I was going to get more wrinkles.
I was cleared to go back to training tonight which was wonderful! It
was so great to sweat with Trainer Ben and Molly. Well, Trainer Ben couldn’t do much with us as
he flipped his bike Sunday night and has something like 36 stitches all over
his body. Dudes a champ though. I would
still be in the fetal position on the trail crying. Anyway, I get home from training after
working out some much needed aggression and frustration and see that Testing Trendy has hit a major
milestone. This blog I started awhile
back with Pinterest Experiments hit 750,000 VIEWS TONIGHT! That’s right,
people. Three quarter of a MILLION
views. Not gonna lie, I teared up a bit with pride at the accomplishment of
this labor of love and passion of mine. I
want to give a very special and heartfelt thank you to anyone that has followed
the blog, put up with tasting my experiments and supported my crazy ideas. I
realize that Martha Stewart and Rachel Ray are not shaking in their boots
fearing I’m going to take over their world but for a lady from small town Iowa
that just loves to write and cook and share with friends, it’s a pretty big
deal to me. Next stop? A cool ONE
MILLION (said in a terrible Austin Powers voice). #fearless40
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