Landon at the district 3 office in Iva. This is his award for scoring Advanced in all areas of PACT.
The floor. Why did we pick white?
Time for grilling out and here is a great recipe for baked potatoes. Got this from Food Network's Guy Fiere.
Bomb Bakers
In large mixing bowl dissolve 1 cup kosher salt in 8 cups of water. Add potatoes. Insure that all potatoes are submerged, and brine for 2 to 8 hours.
Preheat the oven to 400 degrees F.
Remove the potatoes from brine and liberally coat with the remaining kosher salt, garlic salt, seasoned salt, and pepper.
Place the potatoes on a wire rack in the center of the oven and bake for 45 minutes. Do not puncture skin with tongs, fork, or tooth picks. Potatoes will be soft to the touch when done.
Let potatoes rest 5 minutes before cutting.
This past Wednesday night, James and Logan attended the Motley Crue, Hinder, and Theory of a Deadman concert a the Bi Lo center. This was their first ever rock concert. James ended up loving it, which surprised me. Of course Logan loved it. He payed 35 bucks for a Crue t-shirt even though he loved Hinder more. They got home around midnight (I know, a school night) and they told me everything. I was proud of Logan because he told me all the groups were good, but the Crue, had some parts that made him uncomfortable and that if he ever went again, it would not be to see them. I was proud of him. People have asked how could I allow for him to go see this type of concert. It's easy. He is a good kid and he now has had the experience. He came away from it with a different look. Point made.
Because those two guys were gone out, Landon and I decided to go out on a date. He wanted to go to Osaka and then to church. We didn't make it to church because we had company and got a late start on going to eat. That should have been our first clue the night was going to turn out as we had hoped. We went to Osaka and sat with this woman who thought everything in the world was funny. We could have shown a movie of starving children in Africa and she would have laughed. Anyway, I found her rude. She wanted this particular chef because she thought he was so funny. Well, her sense of humor should have told me that this was not gonna be good. He comes to the table and calls Landy a girl. Continually. Landy gets his feelings hurt, and I get pissed. He does that whole bit of acting like he is going to spray you with ketchup, I was in the middle of reading a e-mail from my friend (who just found out that she has breast cancer) and he about causes me to drop my blackberry in my soup. He is rapidly decreasing his tip. Then he tries to scare Landy. The woman is laughing and me and Landon just look at her. The other couple there was celebrating a birthday with the guy's parents. This cook made the comment to the guy's date (she looked asian) about where she was from. Then he went on to say she shouldn't be with that guy because he is white. Then he made some sexual remarks to the guy about the girl. Meanwhile the lady with the stupid humor is laughing. The girl is dying and the boy is embarrassed and upset. He tries to smooth it over by flipping shrimp into the boys mouth, but he isn't into it. He does this to Landy as well. landon catches his shrimp but is still not happy with the guy. Finally, the chef, getting the picture that he is really upsetting everyone but this lady decides to be nice. He asks me if me and Landy are ok. I calmly say we are fine. Landon says it was said with the blank look on my face that means I am upset. He was proud that I didn't say something else to the man. Landon and I ate and then asked for our bill. Landon was really upset about how the guy acted (taking God's name in vain as well) and left the table a couple of times (I think he was about to cry). I told him I would speak to the manager and Landon said no, just let it go. He said the man knew we were upset and that was enough. We paid our bill, no tip. When we got in the car, Landon reached over and grabbed my hand and told me he was sorry our date didn't go well. But it did. I have such an amazing little man. He didn't give in to his anger and that made me proud. I told him all dates with him were awesome, even if people around us weren't the best.
Ok, here goes another fantabulous recipe and this one is for dessert; I think is the best part of any meal...:). Try it out and if you like it or love it, leave me a comment.
Better Than Sex Cake
Preheat oven to 350 degrees F.
Prepare yellow cake mix as directed using a greased 13 by 9 by 2-inch pan and bake for 30 to 35 minutes. While cake is baking, combine the pineapple and 1 cup of sugar in a saucepan, and bring to a boil over medium heat stirring constantly. Remove from heat and allow to cool slightly.
Remove cake from oven and using a fork, pierce holes into cake. Pour pineapple mixture over hot cake and set aside.
Prepare pudding according to package directions. Spread pudding over cake and refrigerate until thoroughly chilled. Whip heavy cream and remaining sugar until stiff. Cover top of cake with whipped cream and sprinkle toasted coconut on top.
Noah Christian Bersaglia (our great nephew)
Mom and Dad- Malorie Israel Bersaglia and Scott Bersaglia
Little brother to Jackson Bersaglia
Noah was born on January 29th, 2008 and weighed in at 9 pounds. He is so cute as you can tell.
