Fourth Of July {Build A Boat Race}

July 4, 2012
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Sorry guys but I don’t have any red, white & blue desserts for you this 4th of July. Nor do we have any adventures with surfing today. What we do have for you is the Annual Fourth of July Build a Boat Race. Coach John dreamed up this creative activity a couple of years ago […]

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First Date Night in Four Years {Simon|LA}

July 2, 2012
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What do you get when you take two adults, separate them each year for four years during anniversary’s, birthdays and miscellaneous holidays then toss them randomly back together one year smack dab in the middle of two of those special occasions after such a long stretch? SA-APY! Sprinkle in some SEO addiction and you get […]

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Dole California Cookoff

July 1, 2012
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It never fails whenever we take a trip we always come home to a surprise. This time the surprise happened to be zero internet connection, not a good surprise when you love to gab online. After waiting days for a solution, I am finally able to share my trip to Cali with you. My sunny […]

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In LA LA Land! {Dole Cookoff}

June 23, 2012
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Hi from LA guys! My cute little skull Vans and I boarded a couple of planes this morning, finally we have landed on the West Coast. Now some of you might be thinking that I have flown to LA in order to hang out with DS at the surf contest but you would be wrong. […]

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A Look Back {Happy Anniversary- 17/15}

June 22, 2012
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Seventeen years ago, this man came into my life and changed it for the better, not that my life was bad before I met Surferboy. He simply came along took what was already good and kicked it up a few hundred notches. As you guys know I could go on and on endlessly about my […]

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Chillin’ Berry Ginger Ale

June 20, 2012
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Summertime! Long awaited days promising hours on end of relaxation, our reward from a winter filled with tedious work right. The occasional enjoyment of a good book, followed by a leisurely evening stroll taking in all of life’s little pleasures.

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Chocolate Cream Pie With Banana Whipped Cream

June 20, 2012

As most of you know, I am a wee bit intimidated by pie. So much so that I avoided baking this beauty until nearly midnight last evening. Silly I know but I’m getting there guys. As of today, this will make pie number 3 and I have to say this pie may be the one […]

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Seattle & Back Again!

June 19, 2012
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Truly, time flies guys. It is hard to believe that more than a week has passed since I was jetting across the country. Visiting Seattle for the first time and catching up with some friends that I haven’t seen in a year or two, as well as some gals that I have never had the […]

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Summer Braise ~ BBQ & Beyond {Carolina Vinegar Spare Ribs}

June 6, 2012
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Summer has officially begun! Well, not quite officially but it sure does feel like it. Memorial weekend came and lit the torch for BBQ season to begin. With enthusiasm, covers came off backyard grills, pig cookers lovingly came out of storage and large cast iron pots started bubbling again. You could almost feel the rumbling […]

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Party Boys! {Dancing, PNO & Surfing}

June 4, 2012
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It started with a dance. That sounds familiar does it not. Most leaps from childhood into the bigger and better things of teenagehood seem to start with a dance. That is the way that our weekend began on Friday, with Monkey One’s 8th Grade Formal. M1 was slightly nervous, mostly excited and I was in […]

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