Raspberry Malt

Fresh picked raspberries from the garden,

Breyer's Light Vanilla Bean ice cream,

malt and a little skim milk.

Using my Bamix, I put the above ingredients into a pitcher

and mixed it all together.

Yummm, heavenly!

MIA

Kira and I went to the Minneapolis Institute of Arts today. I haven't been there in a very long time, and I was kind of balking at the idea of walking around looking at paintings. I think I had a better time than she did. For some reason, I had a much better understanding of the work and talent that went into the pieces. Especially the busts carved out of marble. Unbelieveable! I've included some of the pieces I took pictures of, some that Kira took too, although I'll let her post her pictures on her blog.

We got most of the way through the 3rd floor when we decided we were hungry. D'amico and Sons have a cafe there so we thought that would be a good idea. Well, it closes at 2:30 and we got hungry at 3:15. We opted for finishing up another day, and going to Rosedale to get the salad bar at Ruby Tuesdays. A very good idea...Kira had the salad bar and the two little turkey burgers with swiss cheese and endless fries. I had the salad bar and a bowl of white chicken chili. Wonderful. We both had lemonades, raspberry for me and strawberry for her. We topped it off by taking home a huge slice of cheesecake with blackberry topping.

Back at Kira's we watched "Bottle Shock", a great movie about California wine and ate out yummy cheesecake.

Singing??

Well I found out a little bit ago that I'm singing in church tomorrow. I could have sworn I specifically did NOT sign up for the 4th of July Sunday. There is never anyone in church, they've all gone on vacation or out of town, and I've sung on this Sunday before and it's a little depressing. Boy am I gonna be embarrassed if I really did pick that date. Oh well...I found a song to sing, one that I've actually heard before. It's from "A Walk to Remember" with Mandy Moore. The song is titled, "Only Hope" by Jonathan Foreman. It's very pretty, and my daughter was over when I listened to it and she said, 'Oh, I know that song. That was the first song I ever signed to. I should get up early, come to church and sign it while you sing.' Well, I wasn't going to pass that up. Yeah! It should be pretty cool.
I'm also on the Diaconate and July is my month to be in charge. Yippee! Besides singing, I also have to get communion ready, which I have never done myself. This ought to be an interesting day.