Not invited

Not invited, a photo by lovestotravel:) on Flickr.

Grrrrr, these guys drive me crazy!

Oh, they're pink

Yaaay!  After almost a decade of teasing me every year, these tulips finally bloomed this year.
I have no idea how they got here. If I was going to plant bulbs, I'd would've planted a whole whack of them, not just 2.
These 2 show up every year and they get nice juicy looking buds on them, but then they mysteriously shrivel up and die.   I didn't even know what colour they were until this year.

Word games and cookies

I know, I know, it's been a long time between posts.  I'd like to say that I've been SO busy doing fun and interesting stuff that I just haven't had time, but sadly, that's not the case.

My life in a nutshell:

Play Scrabble on Facebook.  Yes, Dan & I were sitting in the same room playing Scrabble with eachother online.  And texting eachother to say "hurry up" because the game lets you do that.  Technology rocks!

Go to work.  Make cookies.  These ones are oatmeal/raisin/chocolate chip.

Go to work.  Play Lexulous on Facebook.  But look - I beat Melody!  It's fun playing a game with someone in Mexico.  (Or Canmore or Westlock - hi Cari-Ann and Marina)

Go to work.  Go to Spanish meetup.  Make cookies.  These ones are called Angel Pillows and I love 'em!  Apricot jam in the batter and in the icing gives them a nice fruity tang.  Some have hemp seeds sprinkled on top because somebody gave Dan a baggie of them and I didn't know what else to do with them.  Any ideas?  I mean besides rolling and smoking them...

Play Lexulous with Lex the computer robot.  He usually beats me by a margin of about 200 points, but sometimes I get lucky.  (Okay, so once I got lucky!)   Good way to broaden the vocabulary.  Zoons?  Did you know that a zoon is an animal developed from a fertized egg?  I didn't.

And because Mother's Day was a week or so ago, here's Mom.  This was taken in Playa del Carmen, Mexico when we were on vacation with Mom & Dad in 1998.  We were sitting in a tree-house bar over-looking the main drag obviously enjoying a frosty beverage.  Great vacation, great memories!

Cheers, Mom!