The Weekend in a Nutshell

As you have probably read the previous post you know what a needed weekend this was for me. As I received some concerned calls over my last post I felt it necessary to clear some things up. First, there was no particular incident(s) that caused my day to be bad - it was just one of those days. Second, my patience was already in reserve when my day started and, well, it was on empty by 9:30 in the morning. I appreciate the concern but I felt important to post it. The reason: I've been doing a lot of blog stalking lately (yes, I'm admitting it) - I found some old college classmates and many complete strangers. Well, I began to see a pattern: They either had perfect fairy tale lives or were completely depressed, and I just wanted to write about my experience - my REAL life - because I want people to know it is normal to have an off day and more importantly it is OKAY.

With that being said, this weekend went by quick but I had a lot of fun and more importantly I'm rejuvenated, refreshed and I am ready to start a new week. My patience is full, my smile is on, and I'm looking forward to it (even if I'm a tad bit more happy for lunch on the "veranda").

This weekend we had our company picnic and I really enjoyed it. It's nice to socialize with co-workers/friends in a relaxed atmosphere AND two of us went home with prizes (I, however, was not one of them but I loved cheering for my friends when their names were called anyway).

Also I have been inspired by the movie "Julie and Julia". I saw this as a matinee when Brad and I were in Colorado and Brad was in the office. Yes, I did like the movie; however, I think it is a better rental than one you pay $7.00 to see, but it left me inspired... to cook. No, I'm not much of a chef. It's not the cooking part I mind it's the clean up I hate, so I avoid it. I decided I wanted to branch out; try new things and learn some techniques. Today, I made chicken cordon on bleu - and not the frozen stuff I actually made it. Flattened the chicken and rolled it myself.

Here is my proof:

Then for dessert I made raspberry bars with white chocolate chips in them. However...

The only real thing I did on this one was add the white chocolate chips, but they were delicious.