Monday, March 18, 2013

mud on the tires

This weekend, Lynsey invited me to a bbq at her friend's house who happens to live in my little town of Gig Harbor.  I've lived in Gig for about a year and a half now, but sadly don't know anyone in the area since I still work in Seattle.  So I was stoked to meet some of Lynsey's friends that live near me.  

Their home was huge and was on about 10 acres.  A house with this much property only meant one thing:  Off-roading.


Scared for our impending doom, Lynsey and I tried to guzzle as much wine as possible out of our fancy-schmancy mason jar wine glasses before hopping in the truck with Cindy, the homeowner and our death-defying driver.  I'd only done this once before in high school and slightly recall being scared for my life at the time.


And now the action begins!


By this time I was squeezing Lynsey's arm so tight that I'm sure I left imprints!  Sorry, Lyns.


Well I'm happy to report that we barely survived to live another day.  And I was finally able to give Lyns her deer silhouette painting that I finished last week.  Looks great in their camper!


The rest of the night was spent eating yummy food, warming up by a bonfire and mingling with new people.  Oh, and there may or may not have been a dance party.


On Sunday morning, Tony and I celebrated St. Patrick's Day by eating breakfast at one of our favorite places, Kelly's Cafe, which just happens to be Irish.  I even splurged and ordered the Lucky Charm Latte!  Which, from what I could tell, was just a regular latte.  I was hoping for some green sprinkles at least!

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We did some grocery shopping later in the day and found some more fun St. Patrick's Day treats.  Double Rainbow Beer and Double Rainbow Soy Cream!  I don't usually buy soy cream but I just had to, it matched our beer!  It was really good, and almost tasted like cookie dough.  The beer was okay, too.


I hope you had a lovely weekend and a safe St. Paddy's Day!  Anyone get pinched??

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22 comments:

  1. I may or may not have a bruise on my pubic bone from doing the worm.

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    1. I'm going to go with, you DO have a bruise on your pubic bone. I guess next time just stick to rooms with carpet??

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    2. To be fair, it's not the worm if you don't accidentally hurt yourself while attempting it. ;)

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  2. Okay, you guys are fun. Off-roading scares me a lot. And I am sooo jealous of the beautiful place you live! So, so jealous. Makes me miss the west. A lot.

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    1. It scared me too! Lol. I love Gig Harbor too. It was strange at first, coming from Seattle, but I love it now!

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  3. My husband would be SO jealous right now. He always watches Buckwild and Duck Dynasty and talks about how he wants to go "muddin." I need to visit you and hang with your crew for a weekend or so. Let's make this happen.

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    1. That's so funny because I kept saying, "I feel like I'm on Buckwild!" And no-one knew what I was talking about. That would be so fun if you came to the west coast!

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  4. I live less than an hour away from Gig Harbor!! We haven't been mudding this year, but hopefully will go before too long.

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    1. That's so cool!! I love finding out that other bloggers live close by. :)

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    2. Me too!! I've found quite a few PNW bloggers, we need to have a meet up soon :D

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  5. looks fun! I forgot to wear green on st. pattys but no one pinched me!!

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    1. Haha I'm surprised you forgot!! You love holidays. :)

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  6. whoa.. never been off roading before..
    the painting looks great.

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    1. It was scary/fun. :) Fun because Cindy knew what she was doing. Glad you liked the painting!

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  7. I have never been off roading and am pretty sure I would be scared out of my mind, I am sure its like that pepsi commercial with the race car driver pretending to try to buy a car... have you seen that video? thats how I would feel for sure! xo Lauren of www.cornwellfam.com

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    1. Haha, yes I have seen that video. I'm pretty sure Cindy took it easy on us. If it would have been one of the guys driving, I'm sure I would have screamed my head off. :) Thanks for the comment!

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  8. UHHHH HOW DID I MISS THESE MANSON JAR WINE GLASSES. i need these in my life pronto!

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    1. I've seen them before, probably on Pinterest. You should find some!! :)

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  9. Sounds like a fantastic st paddys day! xo

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    1. It was full of double rainbows. ;) Thanks for the comment!

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