The End con brownies

Well, with the end of summer (beginning of school) it is only natural for someone like me to lament all the things we didn't have the time to get around to doing. Seriously, it's a character flaw...I have come to accept it as my internal Debbie downer. I casually gloss over all of the amazing things we did all summer. I am going to blame it on the heat, it has fried my brain and my short term memory.

We have just completed (mostly) the remodeling project, praise sweet baby Jesus! I am so excited to have it done in time for school. So, yesterday I found the right dishes, utensils, pantry supplies and made a crazy dessert...Oreo, chocolate chip cookie, mint milano Brownies, it was sick. I showed the kids the recipe and they thought it was imaginary.

Kellis said, "No way, that can't be healthy!"

I showed Pat the recipe and he thought it was necessary to at least attempt (he added the mint milanos).

To commemorate the last weekend of summer break, I let them have the brownies for dinner and we went bowling. I am an amazing mother because I did make them brush their teeth. It's all about balance, right?

Greece photos

I would love to post more Greece photos, however, there is one hitch in that plan...I left my camera in Greece. Silly me. Lucky for me the boat captain, George, called and is going to mail it to me! My friend, Kelly, had posted many on Facebook so you can see some on my Facebook page. Of course, I wouldn't put any on there's myself because of my fear of Facebooking...don't worry, I am in search of a counselor for this ridiculous phobia.

Anyway, I digress. Since I have a shortage of Greece photos, I will show you a (not very good) photo of another type of island. My kitchen island was installed while I was out of town. Apparently, the contractor was nervous about what I would think about it. He has these two hilarious tile sub-contractors that happen to have known our contractor since he was a little boy and they love to mess with him. So they talked me into "giving him a little hell", a challenge which I gladly accepted.

Travis sent me a text the day we got back asking if I had any feedback on the island. I responded that there was something off about it...like maybe it was too thick. I tried to think of something that he wouldn't even really understand. FYI, the island top weighs about 700 lbs and took 6 guys to bring into the house. I waited approximately 2 minutes before calling him to tell him I was kidding, I felt so mean, but it was too late. His head had already spun around! Luckily, I was on my way to get my kiddos in West Texas and it gave him a whole day to calm down. So his 2 buddies got a kick out of it and I definitely got one over on him!