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My town's favorite holiday has come and gone, and aside from a stabbing in my neighborhood (yikes), it went off without a hitch. We celebrated with our annual family/friend BBQ -- which gets bigger every year. New and old friends shared drinks, food and games all day. Even Dexter had some doggy friends to spend the day with.
Labor Day is undoubtedly the fastest day of the year -- I get up and go to the parade in the morning, and in the blink of an eye, we're all gathered around the lake for the fireworks.
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I'm settling into a fairly pleasant routine. I have plenty to look forward to, which makes the monotony of the work week not so bad. This weekend, we're getting decked out in plaid and picking apples. Afterwards, we will hopefully make a pie (pictures and recipe to be posted here, if all is successful). The weekend after we'll be heading out to the woods for some camping. I'll have photos, even if it means layering my D60 in Ziplock bags for protection.
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I'd like to end this post with a summer treat that Robert and I made, and will surely make again with different, more Autumn-y ingredients. We love smoothies, and decided to make them into a dessert of sorts. We purchased pre-made, little cakes -- I presume intended for strawberry shortcakes. We blended a banana with strawberries, yogurt and mashmallows (to thicken it a little) and poured the mix into the cakes -- topped off with a blackberry.
I wish I had some sort of whipping contraption, because the first few were a bit runny. We put the remaining cakes into the fridge, which made them thicken up and easier to eat. However, the cake wasn't as tastey. So all in all, an interesting treat -- but not yet perfected. I think I'll try again in a few weeks, with peanut butter, apples and vanilla cream cheese.
