2 Stories

Here are two interesting stories that happened to me last week-

1. I babysat for the adorable 3 year old- Clara Lianne Barr. You can check her out on the cleverly titled blog- "Raising the BARR" at adamliannebarr.blogspot.com. We played outside and she really enjoys having pretend picnics. She'll pick up rocks, leaves, sticks and label them as a food item as we sit down on the sidewalk and pretend to eat. Well, she picked up a rock and said that it was "salmon"- "mmm- yummy" was her response. I was flabbergasted- I was such a picky eater up until I was in high school (or later) much to the sadness of my parents. I truly think that my taste buds were more sensitive because when I would literally gag when I ate a lot of things- particularly vegetables (I still do that with canned green beans- couldn't get over that one). Anyways, I knew that the salmon was because of her amazing mother Lianne- and when Lianne returned home, she informed me that Clara LOVES both smoked and cooked salmon. All I have to say is that Lianne is one incredible mother and that she needs to publish a book for others to follow.

2. Later that same day, William and I went to a Chinese restaurant in Mountain View- which will remain nameless. Their sweet and sour chicken was a unique hot pink color, which made it not appetizing at all to me (see- I still have some of the picky eater in me :-) I told William after that we are never going to another restaurant again without the recommendation/endorsement from a TRUSTED source because there is nothing worse than wasting calories on gross or even just ok food. I think that is a bigger tragedy than even the loss of money. ANYWAYS, the point of this story is that they were playing CHRISTMAS music nonstop- Rudolph, White Christmas. Remind you, it is still September so Christmas is 3 months away.

Random, I know, but that was my Saturday!