Camp s'more!

Yikes! I left our characters out in the semi-wilderness for longer than I expected. Good thing they had such a cute tent to sleep in:

In case you were wondering, that's Sam, international man of mystery, you are seeing through the tent there. I think these photos will be catalogued in our abstract netting period.

Sam and I have been talking about this camping trip a lot since we got back. It was so much fun to have a last minute adventure. For dinner, (while Sam inflated the air mattress using the only the air out of his lungs) I made a recipe I think everyone is going to want to try. Sam said it is one of my finest.

Peanut Butter and Jelly Surprise

serves 2

4 slices Target Brand (I really must insist on this!) white bread

Target natural peanut butter

Smuckers Squeeze in a Line Style Strawberry Jelly

Target Brand Chocolate Peanut Butter Trail Mix with M & Ms (surprise!)

2-3 hours before you plan to serve the meal, set the natural peanut butter in a hot, humid area. When the paper starts to peel off the jar, it is just about ready. Using a plastic knife, try to incorporate the oil at the top of the natural peanut butter into the rest. Call it good enough when you have a really thin layer of oily peanut butter you can get out of the jar. Place the bread on a limp paper towel. Tip the jar over and pour some peanut butter on the bread. Squeeze the jam in neat lines across the peanut butter. Sprinkle with trail mix, top with a second piece of bread, and wham! You've got yourself a man pleasing sandwich (although it helps if your man is really, really hungry and about to pass out from blowing up an air mattress).

Beverage Recommendation: I think that Cool Blue Gatorade really compliments the nutty flavors of sandwich while maintaining the sweetness levels of the jam.

This trip was the scene of a huge triumph. I accomplished one of my 32 goals for this year. After it was written in ink on the list I thought better of it, but I did it. I give you....a firefly photograph!

Now granted, you have to really look, but that little blur of light is the real thing. Fireflies are one of my favorite things in the world. In fact, I'm pretty sure that Firefly was my street name when I was in a fairy biking gang in my younger years (we were really tough, so don't get any ideas about messing with me now--I'm still Sarah from the driveway).

Another thing on my list of 32 things to get done this year is go on a 12 mile hike. Sam comes from the school of "let's just get it done right now", but I'm more of the "let's do little hikes and think about doing it another day" school. So we compromised and found a six mile hike which led us right to downtown Helen!

I think all hikes should end with fresh coffee and bavarian cream muffins! That is the good life. And please note the change in Sam's expression from earlier in my blog when coffee wasn't a fun time. You will hardly believe me, but he has started coming home from work and asking for coffee. But then, I'm also needing emergency Chick Fil-A stops, so we are learning from each other in this marriage.

They could have hiked another six miles, but they waited for another day.