Twin Spin

As part of a summer bucket list, Faith and I decided to get matching bikes.

 She brought over mine to me one night.

  Look how cute it is on the bike rack. 

 Kim and Kyle taking off the tags and checking the air in the tires.

I have not been on a bike since the Remington house.  I guess the saying is true about learning to ride a bike.  You never forget.

On another visit we went on a bike ride together.  We rode through the Saratoga Springs neighborhood across Redwood Road.  Then at work a few days later a boy came through to pick up copies and he said he saw me riding my bike in his neighborhood with my twin.  How cute is that??

First Day Back at School

On my first day back at work, my cute Alida came into the copy center carrying these pretty flowers complete with a hug.  She just wanted me to feel loved.  She is always so thoughtful.  

As a side note as August is over and we are into September. 

 Where did August go??

 It is always so busy getting the room ready to open.  Preparing mailboxes and sorting the mail.  Checking in freight and making copies.  Then the first days come and I don't come up for air until now.  A lot of extra hours banked to use later. 

 This year was especially interesting with a bomb threat on our first day.  The first day for students was cancelled but the teachers still came and did prep work   A lot of them needed that extra day.  As a result of the the first day being a no show for the students and it being an A day all prepared for, the teachers prepped for a B day and I was left working an 13 hour day. 

 :(    

Soon enough I got all caught up and the last few days have been great. 

4 friends

It is our tradition to get together at the end of summer.  We've been doing it for years.  How wonderful it is to be with good friends.  As Faith, I and Denise approach 50 years old this year, we marvel at how long we have been friends.  We met when we were 12, a lifetime ago.  

This year we went to Janine's home in Springville.  We were treated to a delicious salad and bread outdoors with everything so special.  Then the dessert was served and it was the best!! Mini frozen desserts in small half pint canning jars.  As she pulled them out of the freezer to serve them to us her smile was priceless.

Man, they were good. 

MUFFIN WEEK

As a farewell to summer and the end of Try It Tuesdays for the summer, we had MUFFIN WEEK.

It was declared the best week ever.  Even as I prepare this post a month later someone came in and remarked, "Oh, I loved that week!"

 Here's a helpful tip.....muffin cups in a canning jar..easy to store.

 Items assembled

 The muffins were banana crumb, best blueberry and banana-coconut, and pumpkin chocolate chip thrown in for good measure. They were all new recipes for us to try.

 All were keepers. I declared muffins weren't as hard to make as I expected or as time consuming.  

The kids sure liked waking up this week to a good smell and a warm muffin.

 The week finished with cookies made from raspberry muffin mix.

 These are truly the softest best cookies.  We also put in macadamia nuts, white chocolate chips  and coconut.