Pick it up!

Wow, weekends sure do fly by. My lettuce wraps Friday night were a success and were so quick and easy to make they will become a regular! I did not take any photos due to the fact that I was having 'one of those nights' where nothing seems to be going right. Here is the recipe I used for my lettuce wraps. The only modifications I made were to use ground turkey, slightly less hoison sauce, I added mushrooms to mine, and topped with toasted ramen for a little extra crunch. Spicy and delicious!

We only had a total of 4 people show up for our Adopt-a-Highway trash pick up, so that was disappointing. The four of us manage to do just about a mile (of a four lane stretch) in 3 hours. It was a beautiful day to be outside and we managed to pick up 27 bags of garbage. That's correct, 27 bags of garbage in a mile stretch. And believe me, we could have picked up more if we had been willing to brave muddy slopes and forests. I believe I spent majority of my 3 hours thinking very derogatory thoughts about litterers. I mean really! You can't take your styrofoam cup or your McDonald's bag to your house to throw away? I saw so many fast food wrappers, styrofoam cups, wal-mart bags, and bottles! I just really can't understand how people can think it's ok to just throw garbage out of their car windows! ARGH!

Happy Birthday Shout Out to Kent who celebrated his birthday Saturday night. Enjoyed some wonderful food, drinks, and fun friends. The gift theme of the night was vodka. Kent received so many different kinds of vodka, he plans to have a vodka tasting party soon. That should be fun!?

I've told you all I'm taking violin lessons, but I failed to tell you about the class Daniel is taking! Tonight is the first of MANY welding classes. Every monday night for 2 hours from now through the spring he will be learning all about welding. I believe this knowledge will be used primarily for art and around the house projects, but it's a nice skill to have as a backup. He's very excited!

Tonight is Book Club and we will be discussing The Reader. This was a very fast read and was very interesting. I'm anxious to see how the other girls felt about it.

Happy Monday.