Independence Day/Ironman Edition

Happy Fourth of July!

A country worth fighting for!

The Unanimous Declaration of the Thirteen United States of America

When, in the course of human events, it becomes necessary for one people to dissolve the political bonds which have connected them with another, and to assume among the powers of the earth, the separate and equal station to which the laws of nature and of nature's God entitled them, a decent respect to the opinions of mankind requires that they should declare the causes which impel them to the separation.

We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable rights, that among these are life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness . . .

The original thirteen colonies are: Delaware, Pennsylvania, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, Rhode Island, New York, Georgia, Virginia, North Carolina, South Carolina, New Jersey, Connecticut, and Maryland.

July Birthdays

7/4-Phil Zaklan

7/6-Karli Wilbur

7/11-Tiffany Thompson

7/12-Mercedes Hobeck

7/18-Jesse Hedrick

7/22-Moriah Hobeck

7/22-Jody Gambles

7/29-Cody Heck

2010 Coeur d'Alene Ironman

Now where did I put my stuff?

Can you find me?

Only twenty-three miles to go!

My third (and final?) Ironman was completed successfully on June 27, 2010. My time was just a shade over sixteen hours, and even though my goal time wasn't reached I could walk normally afterward. Special thanks to Debera and Jody for putting us up for the weekend, and to Laurie and Wes for hosting the Pasta/Bocce Ball fest.

Lansbery Cookbook Pie Recipes

Rum Pie by Laurie Somerton:

6 egg yolks

1 cup sugar

1 Tbs Gelatin

1 cup water

1 pint whipping cream

1/2 cup rum

Bitter chocolate curls

Graham cracker crust

1) Pour liberal amount of rum in glass with 4 cubes ice and cola.

2) Begin sipping mixture as you retrieve ingredients from refrigerator and cupboards.

3) Repeat step one.

4) Break eggs and contemplate extracting yolks from whites. Abandon all hope and fetch 1 cup water.

5) Continue sipping of step one.

6) Pour sugar into measuring cup and all about kitchen counter. Snort spillover.

7) Abandon cola, ice, and glass and pull directly from bottle.

8) Place one graham cracker crust upside down on head, walk into next room, and proposition spouse with pint of whipping cream.
9) Wake up in bathtub with gelatin, egg yolks (neatly seperated,) and bitter chocolate covering 60% of upper body.

10) Grab tongs to serve spaghetti.

Thank you Laurie for that interesting recipe.

Have a safe fourth and a happy July. See you next month.