Robots, Skateboards + Disgusting Bread [#28][#8]

This week was as normal – random, HOT [as in temperature, not as in sexiness], and strange.  So as usual, this post…will be random…and strange.

On a side note:  I caught my THIRD summer cold.  Three times in three months.  I’m hoping that this means that I won’t get sick in the winter months, but a girl can only dream.  To deal with my sickness and the fact that my workplace doesn’t have a fully functioning air conditioning system [only the conference room and lobby area have cold air flow] I have been buying frozen water jugs from the nearby Chevron.  This means I have become real buddy buddy with the illegal immigrants that hang out in front of Home Depot waiting for work.  They have the same strategy to stay cool.  We’re all friends, no biggie.  64 ounces of frozen friendship, right there…

I got my hair did.  Whit hooked me up – not only with a much needed trim, but with a whole basket full of vegetables from her garden.  Zucchinis, cucumbers, and yellow squash.

My niece, Lola, has a birthday coming up and she asked her parents for a skateboard.  My sister-in-law asked me to design a skateboard for her with three requirements –  a picture of her, the color blue, and her latest obsession:  spiders.  Here is what Zach and I came up with…we hope she likes it!  I’ve never designed a skate deck before…

Speaking of something I have never done before.  I was asked to design a robot at work for a client.  Totally out of my comfort zone, but it’s forcing me to be super creative.  All of his parts and pieces are supposed to be out of recycled objects [for example his eyes are camera lenses and his biceps are made of car mufflers] and he is going to teach kids about recycling.  We’ll see how this goes.

I met Zach for our weekly lunch date – this time at 9th Delicatessen.  They are now serving black and white cookies, for all you NYC fanatics.

We had an awesome date night – sushi and a movie at the Broadway Theater.

Please notice Zach’s new pants – turquoise skinny jeans…yes we officially have the same pants now.  It’s was tripping me out the whole night.  And yes, he may weigh more than me…but he still has skinnier legs.  I’m so freaking jealous of his skinny legs.

Some girls in our neighborhood threw a shower for a friend.  Tiffany is having TWIN girls.  We did an Anthropologie theme with fruit parfaits.  I had fun making the invites and signage.

Zach and I are planning a trip over Labor Day coming up.  Zach has been wanting to go to this location for almost five years – we’re counting it as his birthday trip because his birthday is in September.  We are both really excited, and have both never been here.  One requirement is ski clothing, and I was desperately in need of some new gear.  We spent Saturday shopping for ski goggles and other winter accessories for our journey.

We also stopped at the gateway to run a few errands.  We can’t go to the gateway without Zach getting one or two cheese sticks from Hot Dog on a Stick.  The joy that this man child gets from fried cheese…

That night we decided to treat ourselves to dinner at Market Street.  Sitting two tables away from us was my boss.  What are the odds?  I seem to be unable to escape work.

After dinner we stopped at our favorite grocery store – the downtown Harmon’s.  We stocked up on essentials and bought supplies for Sunday Dinner the next day.  I also really wanted to try out a new recipe for “healthy zucchini bread”.  Besides, one of the items on our summer list was #28 – Make something with ingredients from the garden.  We were originally planning on making salsa, but this idea prevailed.  When we got home and unloaded our groceries we got to baking.  This recipe called for coconut oil, whole wheat flour, and honey as a sweetener.  It sounded great – and smelt better than expected while baking in the oven.  I pulled it from the oven, let it cool, and then cut two generous slices for the two of us.  We both took a bite at the same time.  It was HORRIBLE.  By far the worst thing I had ever baked.  We both were laughing until we had tears streaming down our faces.  I made a vow to myself that I would kill that recipe for life – it is now permanently retired.  All well, we had a good laugh and a reality check – not ALL healthy food is tolerable.  I am going to stick to white sugar when baking from now on.

After church and my Relief Society visits we made our long awaited tin foil dinners.  #8 – Tin foil dinners.  We call them “Hobo Dinners” in the Fotheringham household.  Fires are still prohibited in most of the canyons, so we improvised and a made them at home.  I have to say, there were zero complaints.  Just as good as up Millcreek Canyon.  We used the zucchini and yellow squash as well – Thanks Whit!  And because we were still scarred from the night before, we made a delicious batch of box mix brownies…the kind with regular old vegetable oil.  They were divine.

And on that note…our week couldn’t have been better.

2 Comments
  • Angie
    August 16, 2012

    Miss you guys

    • K + Z
      August 22, 2012

      We miss you guys, Ang. Can we please see each other soon?