My Dad and the Microwave

My dad is the self-appointed microwave timer setter authority. If you don't know what that means...it means that my entire life my dad has made very strong suggestions for how long food items need to be microwaved...down to the second. He gets pleasure from it and never misses giving his microwave timer recommendation if he's in the kitchen during a microwaving event. Not to mention, he's pretty good at it too. It goes something like this-- "Mashed potatoes? 47 seconds." "Cheese tortilla? 18 seconds." "Banana nut bread? 8 seconds." You get the picture. 

Well I love this about him and unbeknownst to me, I had really missed it. No one at my house (Jay or the dogs) ever suggest the perfect microwave cook time based on food type. So tonight I had my dad over for dinner because my mom is out of town. I'm not the best cook but I'm even worse at timing the different dishes to be ready at the same time. I made a roast, potatoes and asparagus but the potatoes got cold while the asparagus was in the oven. I headed to the microwave with the potatoes and without missing a beat he said, "Potatoes? 30 seconds." It warned my heart. Thanks for reminding me of your super power, dad! 

After dinner I made my dad and I a gluten free, dairy free, peach crumble. It was delish!

I turned 30 on Saturday. I had big plans for an "I'm 30" birthday post but then I had a run in with some gluten on Friday night while eating at the Country Club's 4th of July party. I had a gluten hangover on Friday night and most of Saturday but pulled myself together in time for dinner with my family on Saturday night. Here are a few pictures of the 4th of July and my birthday. Enjoy!

Breezy!

Love him! 

Lottie is a doll. 

He loves me back. 

Birthday dinner at the Brazilian Steakhouse. 

And I would be sad if I didn't document that last week Jay gave me a pretty awesome birthday surprise. About a month ago, I had to take my wedding rings in to be resized. They said it would take about a month because they needed to send them to NY. Well long story short, the week before my birthday Jay came home and said that he had decided to give me my gift early. He tossed a box at me and when I unwrapped it...my engagement ring and wedding band were in there...except with a much larger center stone in my engagement ring!! Surprise diamond upgrade!! Woohoo!! I couldn't possibly deserve it but you won't hear an argument from me. :)

Oh and I got a ridiculously huge edible arrangement at work. 

That's a lot of fruit!!

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