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tonight we went to the wedding rehearsal for Travis and Alexis.  (Matt is a groomsman)

I plan to blog more about these fine people after their wedding on Friday, but anyone who knows Travis knows that he likes "Nightmare Before Christmas" more than whatever the normal amount would be.

so I thought their little cake they served after the rehearsal dinner was adorable and perfect for them

 oh and it was delicious too...and sort of reminded me of Hostess cupcakes (in a good way.)

no A/C

every day when I get home from work:

celebrating moo

tonight I took Moo and Dad to dinner for Moo's birthday.

she chose Mimi's

she opened her gift while they told me about their recent trip to visit Shellie (& family).

and I told them about my ancestry.com exploring and my Dad suggested I name our future kids after our just-discovered distant relatives, Harney & Dudley.

after dinner I took her to Sweet Tooth Fairy to choose a couple birthday cupcakes.

I like dinners with them and I like celebrating Moo.

what I learned tonight

while making shredded pork tacos with salsa verde (with photos*):

*I forgot to take pictures of the food when we were eating... so I had to get out leftovers for photos.

re: making shredded pork

-it takes a long time (3.5 hours at 350 degrees while sitting in a mixture of delicious things)

-it's called "pulled pork" because you pull it apart with forks when it's done.

re: salsa verde

-tomatillos come with husks and can be found near the peppers (not near the tomatoes).

-fresh cilantro is really cheap.

-it's best if you don't rub your eyes after de-seeding jalapenos.

-and if peppers somehow make their way under your fingernails... it burns.

re: corn tortillas

-no matter how hungry you are, these are best when warmed and filled with things, and not good for pre-dinner snacking straight out of the bag.  (I knew this one, but tested it.  gross.)

re: avocados

-nothing.  I already knew what I needed to know about avocados tonight.

these turned out pretty good, but not at all as spicy as I was anticipating (which was just fine with me.. I was just hoping for more spice for Matt and Molly.)

old food.

so... when you get married you're supposed to have cake.  I don't know why. 

probably because it's cake.

and then you're supposed to save the top layer to eat on your one-year anniversary.

my two minutes of google research taught me that the tradition was born when people were supposed to serve it at the party for their anniversary/christening of their first baby (oops).

anyway, my lovely parents saved the top layer of our cake and carefully wrapped it in twelve layers of foil and plastic, and kept it in their freezer for a year.  They delivered it to me on our aniversary, and it was all very romantic to unwrap it and defrost it and display it for when Matt came home from work.

 

 

and then we cut into it... and then I had 1.5 bites, and Matt ate one piece... it was sort of cute, and sort of gross, and then we looked at the other ten pounds of leftovers and then looked at each other and said
"now what?"

I saved a little because I felt bad throwing it away... but the rest of it went where one year-old food should go.

sad.  what a weird tradition.

gluttony

last night we had a most delicious/way too filling evening.

first we went to Settebello, and I ate this whole thing:

(matt was 50% proud of me, and 50% sadface because I usually give him my leftovers to finish)

then we gave ourselves a 26 minute break before we went to sub zero ice cream where you choose  your "base"( cream, yogurt, soy milk etc...), your flavor and your mix-ins, and then they use liquid nitrogen to freeze it right in front of you.

 totally gimmicky and totally delicious. 

the texture was really really good because the instant-freeze eliminates any icy-ness that traditional ice cream or yogurt would have, so it was really creamy and almost fluffy....? 

matt chose peanut butter in a waffle bowl, I chose amaretto in a naked bowl.  we were both happy.

(also the one on the right is a "small", so they give you a billion)

and then I laid on the couch and whined all night about my full tummy.

worth it.

but seriously

so now I'm going to make the impossible promise to blog something every day until August

go.