KTMusings

Last night Christine and I met to begin planning our trip to Spain. We met at Madison's Concerts on the Square, which is a spectacular excuse to sit on the lawn of the capitol and snack, drink wine, and listen to the Madison Symphony Orchestra - love it! After catching up and chatting with other friends we didn't leave ourselves much time to plan, but we picked our route ... and that's the most important starting point: 

I've discovered a fantastic new summer drink. I love Tazo's Passion tea - it's quite strong with hibiscus flavor, but it's great hot or cold. My new favorite way to drink it is cold with some fizz: Brew Passion tea and chill. Poor over ice. Top with seltzer water. Enjoy! I brought some to work today ... it's making Monday more bearable.

I've read some great articles about Maurice Sendak since his death this week, but thought this was especially funny: 

I thought this was a cool video showing many amazing things for just a second at a time: http://www.wimp.com/beautysecond/

Mego and her 4 wee ones visited me last weekend. We had so much fun playing Legos, using our imaginations to become pirates, visiting the zoo, and doing lots of climbing at the parks. My favorite comment of the weekend was when we left the park Sunday to head back to my house for lunch and Meg told them after lunch it was time to get in the car to go home - Quinn said "Mommy, instead of 2 days and 2 nights at Aunt Kelly's I think we should stay for 5 days and 5 nights." Awww. I agree it went too fast, Q! More pics and Mego's recounting of activities: http://theweerude.blogspot.com/2012/04/aunt-kelly.html

It's National Grilled Cheese Day. So what does one eat after a run on such a day? A grilled cheese and a chocolate banana smoothie, of course! Yum!

My parents visited me in Madison this weekend. While I was at work on Friday, they tackled a project at my house for me. A few weeks ago I decided a better way to utilize the closet right outside my kitchen would be to remove the coats and hanging rack and add several shelves. So Friday my handy parents did just that ... and here are the results! I now have a place for small appliances I don't use very often, extra paper products, serving trays, shopping bags, and a bunch of other miscellaneous stuff. And the best news is, I can now get at things I use every week (like measuring cups and cookie sheets) without having to move a bunch of other stuff out of the way. Thanks, Mom and Dad!