Mushroomin

Went on the annual memorial day morel mushroom hunt with my parents, mister and piper this weekend. my brother is usually always with us...but alas he was off baking himself on the beaches of maui. rough. the mushrooms were tougher to find this year, but we managed to find a gallon or so between the four of us (piper wasn't much help although i did stick her nose by the bag of morels in hopes of training her to detect them...didn't work). we fired up the bbq and cooked up some burgers and morels when we got home. oh yum.

we got to see our great friends, rachel and sennett while we were home as well. they are just the best. i love hanging out with those two. we ended up randomly playing darts at barley hoppers, then mister and sennett got in a face off with these total dark sharks. they got hosed 3rd game into it. we sat by and laughed while sennett took down a diet coke that he thought was a long island. oh the simple pleasures in life. you might wonder how a person could mistake a dc for a long island. the only explanation is very simple. it was late and we were drunk. his taste buds could no longer decifer i guess...

i got to go on a few long runs while i was home, which may sound odd, but it's hands down my favorite thing to do when i'm visiting there. i love to run the bridges over the snake river. it's so beautiful and peaceful! we took piper on her first swim as well and she was hesitant until i rolled my pants up and hopped around in the river with her. she's a funny dog. i think she's going to be an absolute monster (huge). her paws are off the charts.

mister played in a golf tourney with my pops all weekend. it came down to the wire and out of over 100 teams they ended up in 3rd place! we didn't get out of town until 6pm on monday night so that was a long drive home. not too terrible though. we rolled in around 12.

So...back to portland. i have to preface this by saying we've had some beautiful weather in the past month (not so much this past week). now, I know I'm suppose to hate the rain. But, when you think about the major upside of not having to water your garden, yard or flowers...well, it's kind of nice. At least it's not cold out today. Wow, am I in an optimistic mood or what? Hold on to your hats folks! This good attitude is bound to come and go on a whim.

mister had a baseball game last night and they won yet again. Games are so much more fun when you are winning or on a winning team. There is nothing worse than playing your ass off and the rest of the team either a) sucks or b) doesn't give a crap. i know games are "just for fun" and all, but personally I think they are much more fun when you are winning! he plays tomorrow and saturday as well. ever since i got a "warning" for bringing little miss piper i'm pissed at the guy and don't want to go as much since i have to leave my dog at home. poor little thing spends too much time inside anyway. it's just wrong to go spend a couple hours at a park without her.

anyway, mister's sister is having a baby and her baby shower was today. she looks so dang cute with the belly out there. i love weddings, birthday parties, baby showers all that stuff. it's so fun. people don't get together often enough unless there is an occassion it seems. this weekend i'm going to a friend's 30th bday party downtown. a bunch of girls going to dinner and dancing. will be a riot. i'm sure i'll have stories to tell.

that's all i've got folks.

happy friday coming your way.

mo