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A popular style of invite. I just love any invite that has ribbon.


Now a super yummy recipe from my sister-in-law, Stacy.
It's so good, you can't even tell it's zucchini

Zucchini Cobbler
8 Cups - zucchini, peeled, chopped and seeded
2/3 Cup - Lemon Juice
1 Cup - Sugar
1 Tsp. - Cinnamon
1/2 Tsp. - Nutmeg

In a large saucepan over medium heat cook and stir zucchini and lemon juice for 15 to 20 minutes or until zucchini is tender. Add sugar, cinnamon and nutmeg. Stir one minute longer. Remove from heat and set aside.

Crust
4 Cups - flour
2 Cups - sugar
1 1/2 Cups - cold butter or margarine
1 Tsp. - Cinnamon

Combine flour and sugar in a large bowl; Cut it butter until mixture resembles coarse crumbs. Stir in 1/2 Cup into the zucchini mixture. Press 1/2 of the remaining crust mixture into a greased 15x10x1 inch baking pan. Spread zucchini over top. Crumble remaining crust mixture over zucchini. Sprinkle with cinnamon. Bake at 375* for 35 to 40 minutes or until golden and bubbly.

Local Haunts and lots of pizza

It's been such a busy weekend I sort of feel like Thursday was Friday and Monday was Sunday and today is almost the weekend already. Friday I was excited to try out a new restaurant with my friend Chiara. The Calico Cafe in Coldwater is excellent. I enjoyed the BLT salad which almost had too much bacon (is there such a thing?) Then to finish off the excellent meal Chiara and I shared an excellent slice of Carrot Cake. Here's the link to Chiara review of them.

Friday evening we enjoyed 9 holes of golf with friends. Well, the guys enjoyed 9 holes; Angie and I stopped at hole 8 because it was so late we couldn't even see the flag for hole 9. I missed the most exciting part of all - Adam actually had sparks from his club when he made contact with the last ball. We ended the night with tasty pizza and beer at Buds in Minster.

Saturday I worked all day then we went out with our friends Justin and Denise. We goofed off at Lowe's and then had dinner at The Beer Barrel. www.beerbarrelpizza.com/. Again more pizza and beer. While Denise and I insisted on onions on our half the guys decided to try one of their more unusual toppings, dill pickles. (Gross)

Sunday was more work and finally cake (yeah cake) at a birthday party. Grabbed a gift at Topsy Turvy Toys in New Bremen which is an excellent place to find unique childrens gifts. Adam and I love going there because all we have to do is say, "birthday gift, girl, 5 years old, $15 or less" and Cathi or Lisa just magically pull out a wealth of gifts sure to please.

Monday began the new week with breakfast at Haus Der Eleganz in Minster, which is a great place to enjoy coffee or a meal. Today is less exciting. Adam is taking advantage of the awesome weather and is doing all sorts of work outside. Since I can never have too much pizza today I found a new recipe for chicken, pesto and purple grape pizza. I thought it was great and Adam - well Adam ate it. When I asked him if it was a "do again" he was honest and said no. Smart guy. I would have served it again and again.

Took advantage of the zinnia bushes and took some shots of a few recent invites.

A cute little shower invite

This was just a practice invite.
Looks a little sloppy but I really like the look of it.

These stripes are so fun and they can be customized to any color scheme.

A super cute baby shower invite. So pretty and elegant.