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More Skating

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When James told me that a friend of ours was celebrating his 30th birthday, 70’s themed, at United Skates of America, well…  it didn’t take much convincing.  I had touched up my skating skills last month with Laura and couldn’t have been more ready to roll around, in costume, on a Saturday night.

The first question I asked as we were standing in line to enter was “Is the snack bar open?”.  Ironically, the skating rink snack bar was of my favorite places to hang out two decades ago as well.  I downed some nachos and headed to the dance floor skating area.

Katie was more excited about reuniting with her childhood friend, Skate-A-Saurus.  Could she be more excited?  I’m thinking this will be one of her greatest memories of twenty twelve.

And then there was the money machine.  I climbed on in (still on skates) and gave it a go.  Katie found the power button and we were in business.  Crumpled, mini dollar bill business.

Katie and I took advantage of almost every ounce of available skate time.  I think another Thursday night adult skate is in my three-week Tampa future!

 

Look Out Weekend Pizza

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This week was exhausting!!  I’m preparing for some big changes (that I can’t wait to tell you about soon) and with big changes come big excitement, but also big stress.

Ordinarily a busy week would call for delivery, but all I wanted to do last night was spend some QT with my kitchen.  I rushed home from work and prepared some pizza dough.

While the dough was rising, I headed to the store.  And for the first time this year, I bought REAL CHEESE.  I couldn’t have been more excited.  I also tossed a 6-pack of Bud Heavy in my basket.  It was going to be a good night!

I sprayed the dough with olive oil cooking spray and topped with crushed garlic, sliced tomatoes, fresh mozzarella, and a little bit of salt.  I baked the pizza in a 450 degree oven for 15 minutes and topped with fresh basil for the last minute or so.

When I removed the pizza from the oven I couldn’t believe I had created such a perfect pizza!  It surely puts all my faux cheese pizzas over the past year to shame.  I can’t decide if real cheese is making a permanent comeback in my kitchen or if this is a temporary thing – only time will tell!