Irish Eyes on the World: Update 6/8

Haven't updated in a little while, so here goes:

On the weekend of May 21st and 22nd, Liz and Kermit hosted a really nice cookout on Saturday afternoon, which was very nice! It was great to see their house, their puppy! and visit with everyone. It was the first realy nice day of the summer, so it was great to be outside (Skip was doing stuff at Meda-Care then had planned some band things, so Preston and I stayed overnight in CL). Sunday morning we got up and headed back up to MKE, because Harrisons suggested we all get together and try to get the $10 Goodwill seats for the Brewers game that day. Thinking it was just a Sunday and not a marquee game, we figured we'd have no problems getting tickets. Turns out we had problems. 5 people ahead of Michael, Andy and Jim in line, tickets sold out. Bummer! We were having fun, though, so we decided to stick around in the parking lot and listen to the game for a while as we finished our tailgating. It was SO sunny and hot out, though, so we reached our limits.

We left the game and went down to the lake, then to the Palomino at Skip's birthday request for an early dinner. The food was really good, but service was uber slow and we had all pretty much had enough sun by that point, so a few of us were a bit crabby... We got back to our house and visited with Mom and Dad for a little while, then they headed back home. It was a good weekend overall... but I got super sunburned!

The weekend of the 28th was another good one. Preston and I got out in the morning and checked out the Tosa Farmers Market, which was pretty cool. There were tons of people out, and we got some delicious-looking herbs and veggies to plant: 2 kinds of basil, 3 kinds of peppers, tomatoes and cilantro. After the Market we went to Menards so that I could get some flowers to plant (I would have loved to get them at the market, but they were just too expensive... I'll stick with the market for foodstuffs). We got home in time to have a little lunch, then I laid Preston down for his nap. Good little boy slept for over 2.5 hours, so I was able to get out and plant my flowers in the window box on the back patio.

Our eccentric little window box.. Time began in a garden,
according to the previous owners...

After Preston woke up, I still needed veggies for dinner so we checked out the West Allis Farmers Market. It was all flowers and herbs and such, too, so we ended up at Outpost. That's really the only place close to our house where I could get quinoa, which I was jonesing for. So I got that, and some of the most expensive damn tomatoes ever...then went home and cooked it up, along with something else healthy that I can't remember. I was having a health kick that day!

Loving the quinoa!

On Sunday, we decided in the morning that it would be fun to get tickets for the Brewers game, since the tickets were 1/2-priced and hotdogs were only a $1. So I walked down to the ticket gate and was in line by 10:20 (being prepared after the weekend before!). Good lord there are some weirdos who wait in line for tickets that early! Think: Rookie of the Year, the people sitting out in the bleachers. You get the picture. Anyways, I managed to get a couple of tickets in a good section, then came home to get ready. We ended up stopping at Fiesta Garibaldi to get a snack (they're menu is back!!) and take their shuttle, since it had started pouring rain by the time we wanted to go. The game was a good time, got to see the Brew-Crew take one home, which was nice.

After the game, we rushed over to Weseloh's so we could celebrate William's 2nd birthday. Time totally flies, I can't believe he's 2 already! We had a great time visiting with their family, as always, and only did a little stalking of our old house across the street... :)

I had a concert on Memorial Day at the Wisconsin Memorial Park, which essentially is a cemetary. However, they also have a museum and chapel where people can come anytime, and they had us perform in the chapel. The concert was pretty good, a little cramped, but I think the people watching got a good show. It was too bad we didn't have a group picnic or anything afterwards, but that was okay. We tried to catch the end of the downtown parade after my concert, but missed it. So, we just bummed down by the lake, which was absolutely gorgeous that day. We splashed in the art museum fountain, saw some kites, and really just had a nice day. We got home to cook Skip's steaks and mussels he bought with his MKE Public Market gift certificate he got from my parents for his b'day. What a treat!