Remember me?? I used to be this food and cooking blogger that wrote every day… yeah, pretty much, this summer is kicking my butt! I’ve been busy and beyond exhausted, but hopefully things will calm down soon.
So, by popular demand…
224: Campers in attendance
10: Campers in my group
2: Campers that put clothing in the lunch cooler
8: Dollars spent on a chopped salad for lunch from Portillo’s
12: Times we ran through our follies dance
9: Times the girls wanted to run through our follies dance
30: dollars per camper in “game bucks” at Safari Land
120: Tokens per camper purchased with game bucks
2: Super balls won per camper in a silly game
3070: Tickets won by myself and campers for prizes
42: minutes waited in line to count said tickets
94: degrees Fahrenheit it was outside
21: Counselors extremely grateful that our field trip was indoors
3: Dollars spent on a Glacier Freeze slushie after camp at the Dairy Bar
10: Minutes late my train ran to go visit my friend downtown
17: Floors up to my friend’s condo
5: Fresh basil leaves picked off her balcony windowbox basil plant
6: Types of veggies put on skewers (eggplant, yellow squash, zucchini, red onion, red pepper, mushrooms)
10: shrimp we each ate
6: Ingredients in shrimp marinade (lemon juice, olive oil, garlic powder, salt, pepper, shredded basil)
15: Minutes veggies grilled
6: Minutes shrimp grilled
2: Very happy friends with a great meal
1: Large glasses of Moscato wine enjoyed
1: Sisters visited at her new restaurant down the street
17: Hours awake on Wednesday
96: Projected Thursday temperature
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96Ëš… ouch. I love the campers that put their clothes in the cooler
Great idea, if you think about it!
Wei-Wei
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Which restaurant does your sister work at now??
Hang in there with the heat!
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I’m in camp madness too!!!!! (see my post, “Pressure Cooker” below) But mine is only one week long. BUT it’s 24/7, with 200 ppl to account for, infants through teens AND their parents AND counselors and and and and and. agggggghhhhhhhhhhhhhhh! but it’s gonna be great. And August 1 I get my life back.
Foodie McBody´s last blog ..Pressure Cooker
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Love these!
And that shrimp is making me reconsider what I had planned for dinner, that looks MUCH better! And what a great view.
(and I’m a bad blogger lately too – new position kicking my ass – once a week, twice if I’m lucky. boo.)
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Wow, so much going on!! Hope things calm down for you soon, I know how it is!
Those shrimp + veggie skewers look GREAT!
Jenn
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I’m tired just reading that! Sounds fun though!!
Jenn@slim-shoppin´s last blog ..Katina
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I love these number roundups! I’m gonna have to try a post like that someday.
Busy day!!
Nikki (Pennies on a Platter)´s last blog ..Welcome Home Cookies with Royal Icing
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