The One With Craig, Megan and the Randomalia

This morning, true confessions.

First of all, I just have to get this out. I have never been able to distinguish properly between Craig’s List and Megan’s List. I realize now (don’t ask me how) that it is an important distinction. But it is not totally my fault. I know a Craig and a Megan, and they are married to each other. They probably each have their own lists, as well. Be that as it may, I was a little horrified when some nice lady from church mentioned that she had a current listing on Craig’s List. She always seemed so nice. I suppose they usually do. I saw a similar look of horror when I showed someone the studio monitor speakers I had bought from a guy in Irvine I found on Megan’s List. Even as I am typing this, I am not positive I remember which is which, so for now I think it is probably safer that I stick with eBay.

This one is not my confession, but Dillon’s. Apparently yesterday in Seminary, he whipped out a pair of underwear. Not his own. Also not really his fault. Dillon, who is 17, is the nicest big brother in the world, and still shares a room with Skippy even though he doesn’t have to… mainly because Skippy wants to. Dillon even does Skippy’s laundry along with his own, and when he pulled his clean sweatshirt out of his backpack at Seminary, a pair of 6x Spiderman boxer briefs fell out of it, right onto the floor. Dillon says he jumped on them so fast, he doesn’t think anyone else saw. (So I thought I would share it just in case.)

Last but not least, I had a really weird beach experience last week, which I have been pondering ever since. I think that the next time I go, I am going to take my own “PROHIBITED” sign. The sign would include, but not be limited to, the following:

No old men in thongs
No public urination (ten feet from where I park my towel)
No asking for bongs. Bring your own, or do without.
No reenactments of “Endless Love” with girls under 14
No wearing your nasty briefs instead of swim trunks
No lying on top of each other, especially if you are unattractive to begin with (sorry if that one sounds discriminatory)
No No NO lying on top of each other if you are the aforementioned guy wearing the briefs instead of a swimsuit. I’m serious, Fruit of the Loom... give it a rest.
No playing of guitar and singing after consuming too much alcohol, or if you are tone-deaf, or both

That’s pretty much it. I am not that hard to please. Thank you for helping to keep the beach happy for all of us.

The One With the Good, the Bad and Ugly

Today we went to the beach with two of our favorite (ex) missionaries and Elder H’s family. It was beautiful, dirty, perfect… and shocking. Opposition.

I got to take some engagement photos for these two. The big one is Elder H’s brother Clint. The cute one is Natasha. I’ll post all their photos on the photo blog in a couple of days.


We roasted our corn as usual:



The friends were fun, the food yummy.







The water, still pretty cold, even in July.

Oh, and in case I forgot to mention, the sunset: Amazing.

The One Where We Just Ran From One Thing to the Next

I’ve been under the gun. Last week of school. Visit from my mom. Beach party. Graduate party. Eagle Scout Board of Review. Packing for scout camp. And the list goes on… but it’s all good.










The ocean was beautiful:




At least someone still finds time to have fun: Felkner, Murray, Dillon, Skippy


And here are my lime cookies I took to the grad party. (The recipe for the lime cookies is the “Citrus Variation” of my best sugar cookies. Here are all my favorite variations: Sugar Cookie Variations. You gotta try these… I’m serious. They are cool and tangy:


And check out the creative cupcakes Michon and Kerstin made:


I think I’m going to have to start getting up in the middle of the night to get my songs done! Somebody save me…

The One Where She Was Just Too Tired to Fry

I am soooo tired. I am about to take a couple of aspirin and talk DK into giving me a footrub and taking me to a movie. But first this little goodie. Since Tyler asked for it, AND Jessi asked for it, here it is. It really is so very yummy. Since I don’t have a picture of it, and there is no possible way I am making it tonight, I perused the internet to find a picture that most closely resembles it. I love this coconut shrimp, and most often serve it as an appetizer, for people I really love. I have seen a couple of recipes online that make coconut shrimp into a salad. There is also this awesome little restaurant right on the ocean near Aliso Creek Beach called the Coyote Grill where I love to eat coconut shrimp. They serve it with black beans and some chopped fruit salsa. Someone posted a yummy fruit salsa recipe recently... Our Best Bites. Check it out. Anyway, I don't need anything else to go with it. I could just sit and dip and eat all night.

Enjoy!

Fried Coconut Shrimp With Orange Dipping Sauce