USA! USA! USA!

Another amazing night watching the Olympics!

Lochte and Phelps were amazing. And how about Rebecca Soni?! WOW! That was an amazing swim. I'm excited for the weekend - then will be disappointed because swimming is over and it will again be 4 years with little coverage on tv. Maybe with the huge interest in Phelps we will start to see more swimming coverage on tv?! I can only hope.

And women's gymnastics. Another wow. For a few reasons: the Chinese gymnasts are NOT as old as they say and there is no way anybody can say that the judging was fair. The American girls has such low scores a few times on awesome routines. On the flip side the Chinese girls could make many visible mistakes and end up with a high score. Definitely not fair.

I am SO glad that the Gold and Silver went to the Americans! YAY for Nastia and Shawn. Now we will be on to track and field.......

Chicken Salad

I figured I should get away from swimming for a few mintues - because I will definitely be back there after the races tonight. I think Lochte is going to give Phelps a good race in the 200 IM!

Anywho, I love having chicken salad during the summer. As a sandwich or with pasta - whichever. There are a lot of "fancy" recipes out there, but mine is pretty simple and, I think, delicious! I served this on croissants at a birthday party we had on Saturday and everyone loved it.

Simple Chicken Salad
diced chicken
~ one cup red grapes - halved or quartered depending on taste
1-2 stalks celery - diced
large green apple - diced
roasted pecans - chopped
mayo

Mix all together (add as much fruit and celery as you like) and add mayo to taste. Serve on croissants (or bread). Or, add bow-tie pasta. I leave the pecans large if I'm using pasta. I have also used walnuts and even cashews. But all I use is mayo. Nothing else. And it turns out great every time. YUM!

Still swimming.....

I am just loving this Olympic coverage of swimming at "The Cube". The races have been amazing.

We may never see another relay like that men's 4x100. Jason Lezak is a rock star!

And what Michael Phelps is doing - we will probably never see anyone do what he is doing in our lifetime.

Poor Katie Hoff is not doing what she wants to do medal-wise. I am watching the women's 4x200 relay right now and hoping she can turn it on for the silver - don't think she will catch the Aussies. Nope - bronze!

Only problem with NBC's coverage ~ it is keeping me up too late at night! Not something good expecially with school starting soon (which means very early mornings starting up again - BOO!).

Michael Phelps

Pure gold.

There is nobody better.

This just ain't right!

Bye-Bye Brett! Sundays won't be the same!

This salad rocks! Hard!

Ok, so I mentioned below I was going to make a Pioneer Woman recipe. Asian Noodle Salad. Never made it before but it sounded soooo good. Tonight was as good a time as ever to try it.

O.M.G!!!!!

This recipe is a keeper and has gone to the top of the list. Yummy in my tummy!

Link to Pioneer Woman's recipe

Try it. You'll like it. No, you'll love it. And then you'll want to try a few more of her recipes, b/c they are good. I can personally vouch for the chicken spaghetti and the spicy shrimp. Yum!

What are the chances.....

So my grandma and uncle are coming over for dinner tonight. I want to make Pioneer Woman's Asian Noodle Salad. I called to make sure they like cilantro.

Ummm, my 90 year old grandma and my uncle - her farmer son - have NEVER HAD CILANTRO!

Can you believe? What a sad food existance not being frinds with the oh so fragrant and delightful tasty cilantro!

Hopefully they will see the light toinght!

Does this mean I'm old?

Went to my 20th class reunion this past weekend. Has it really been that long? I don't feel old.....

Aren't we a good looking group?!

It was really fun to see old friends and I look forward to our 25th. I was a little disappointed that more people weren't there as I graduated with about 310 people but oh well. I guess some people aren't into reunions. Too bad, it was a blast!

CC! CC! CC! CC!

Maybe I should just say, "who cares?!" about the Packers when we have the Brewers rocking our the month of July. What fun to be a Brewer fan these days. CC was a great addition - hopefully he and Benny will lead us to the post season. It's been a LONG time! Go Brewers Go!