I Walk In This World

 Woah holy flooding river right across from my home!!

But first, last night’s dinner.  The in-laws are visiting, and Hubz requested that we go to our neighborhood TGIFridays for a fun dinner out.  And it WAS fun!  They actually have a very good menu, so long as you put health and nutritionals away for the evening, lol.

I got the Sante Fe chopped salad (romaine + olives + black beans + corn + tortilla strips + chicken) with the chipotle ranch dressing on the side.  I only used about 1 T of that for the whole salad.  It was good it didn’t need much dressing. 

Oh yeah.  You see those fries back there?  I snarfed ‘em all.  Just shooting for some healthy + unhealthy feng shui.  I also had that Blue Moon up there. 

My MIL is an excellent maker-of-desserts, and she brought this blueberry graham cracker creamy dessert to our house for the weekend.  It’s one of my faves, so I indulged in that bit you see there.  Yum!

 Now.  About the Roaring Rivers.  We got torrentially bad storms mid-day yesterday.  I am not sure how much rain we got, but it was enough to raise the river (across the street from our home) SIX feet and crest at its bank.  In stream ecology terminology, this is called a Bankfull Flood.  It normally happens during storm events that only occur once every hundred years or so (statistically, based on the amount of rain those storms generate).

Woah.  Who’s bored of science already??

Pics of the River!

 Nutty, right?

Look, Hillary is really intrigued.  In fact, I don’t think she even can see the river from her vantage point.  Poor short-legged little doggy…

The inlaws checking things out (and lovin on Hilly dawg).

They pointed out a bunch of wild blackberries.  They told us they’d likely be ripe for our picking by Wednesday!  I’ll report back later in the week to let you know if they’re right. 

Wet toes from tromping across the squishy wet field to see the river.

During the ugly weather, we compensated by having a lovely lunch!  Crockpot potato leek soup with broccoli, white beans, and chicken.  Served with toasty whole grain bread and a bowl o cheeries and grapies.

 Delicioso.

We had friends over for a typical NJ bagel breakfast.  Look at all those mahvaluss carbs!

I got a cinnamon raisin, toasted that beast, smeared it with a little butter, and ate it very very slowly, savoring each bite!

And with that, I leave you, for today, with this gloriousness…

Um.  She’s sitting on his shoulder.  What IS she doing??!!  LOLOL!!