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Tonight Rob and Teenager are away for Teenager’s OA Ordeal, so I treated myself to a “home” spa after putting Monkey to bed. WOW! Who knew a few candles and hot bath could be so relaxing.
Lake Martin is man-made; formed by the construction of Martin Dam on the Tallapoosa River.
It spans across Alabama counties: Tallapoosa, Elmore and Coosa. A 44,000-acre lake with over 750 miles of beautifully wooded shoreline. Lake Martin is a great place to swim, boat, fish, water ski, and camp. It’s a great quick getaway for many Alabama residents, especially those in Auburn.
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With it only being about a 30 minute drive from our house, it makes for a great day trip. This year our friends invited us back to Lake Martin for a Memorial Day celebration.
Some other friends of our showed up in their new boat and took us all for a ride. Fun times!
Laddie kickin’ water in their faces
Monkey and Rob getting ready to take off in the tube
He found a cool rock at the bottom of the lake
Thanks to the F@rrows for inviting us!
More pics here.
I have lots to catch you up on.
Let’s start with last Friday after I got off work.
– trip to Sam’s, Walmart, and Kroger for jambalaya fixings, drinks, and snacks for Saturday
– cut up 6 lbs of meat and gathered up everything for the lake
Saturday
– up at 7 am
– ran to Kroger for a spoon to stir the Jambalaya, since I threw the other one away
– got to the lake
– had a great time; visiting with friends and family, riding on a boat, cooking Jambalaya, getting some sun and relaxing
Sunday
– up at 7 am
– headed to Moreland for my nephew’s baptism
– to the park for lunch with family
– drove home
– made Jalapeno popper dip for party (recipe coming soon)
– went to our friends‘ house for a birthday/swim party
Monday
– chilled out
– I had to work in the evening
Tuesday
– Rob went dr. for earache = swimmer’s ear
– while I was at work, I got a call from Rob saying the tv had been destroyed thanks to a Wii Remote (cue: very sick feeling in my stomach!)
– on my dinner break, Rob and I went to Sam’s and Best Buy
– found a decent TV
– bought it
Wednesday
– came home after work to absolute darkness! you never realize how dark it really can be until something like this happens.
Thursday (that’s today!)
– took TV Boy to the dr. for earache that I was trying to treat at home with no luck = swimmer’s ear
– started a summer read with the boys
– went to work, power went out for over an hour
– Rob took the TV back to get a better one
So yah, that sums up what’s been going on! Still playing the waiting game….
Servings: 6-8 pieces
Prep Time: 10 minutes + 8 hours to chill
Cooking Time: 0 minutes
Ingredients:
1 15 oz. package chocolate chip cookies (18-20 cookies)
1 cup milk
1 9 oz. graham cracker pie crust
1 8 oz. frozen whipped topping, thawed
1 cup chocolate syrup
Directions:
1. Dunk 7 cookies down in milk. Place in a single layer in graham cracker crust. Spread half of chocolate syrup. Then layer with 1/3 of the whipped topping.
2. Repeat step 1 until you have a total of three layers of cookies and whipped topping.
3. Crumble 2 chocolate chip cookies, sprinkle over pie, and cover.
4. Chill 8 hours before serving.
~Adapted from Southern Living Incredible Chocolate Recipes