Buzz Snip Chop Dip Bark

Buzz:
Every few weeks I look at Matt and tell him, "Man, your hair sure is getting shaggy." I can usually detect when it's time for a haircut when I start seeing the stragglers that our quickly aging clippers missed from the last go around. A few days later, we finally get around to the actual buzz. It's become quite routine -- sideburns, neck, short 1 on sides, short 4 on top, short 2 to blend, vacuum, done. NOTE -- Step Vacuum may be the most difficult to pull off because it requires either sneaking around when Chaz isn't paying attention or going through a "teaching session" on barking.

Snip:
Many of you know that I'm a bit partial on where I get my hair cut, and haven't strayed away from Cedar Falls / Waterloo even since moving to Alabama. To prolong the inevitable, I decided to snip away at my own bangs this weekend. No pictures for proof, but I was pleasantly surprised by the outcome. At this rate, I just may be able to make it until we're back in Iowa in July.

Chop:
Joe & Les introduced us to fondue a couple years ago. Even though it takes quite a bit of prep-work, we don't do it nearly enough. After a lot of chopping yesterday, we had some friends over to give it a try. We tried to narrow it down a bit to

~zucchini
~broccoli
~yellow squash
~chicken
~beef
~pork

Dip:
After all of the chopping and sauce-making, it's pure enjoyment :) We started off with bread dipped in the pesto cheese fondue. we made 3 sauces -- terriyaki, roasted red pepper and sun dried tomato, & cracked black pepper. Our favorite combo by far was the beef in the cracked black pepper.

After the fondue, we watched one of Rob Bell's (a favorite of ours, author of Velvet Elvis and Sex God) Nooma videos. We have a few of them, but would love to have them all some day. You can watch a small segment on Dust (the one we watched last night).

Unfortunately last night, we didn't get to see it (some of you may have), but Matt's dad got inducted into the Iowa Basketball Hall of Fame! We miss out on a lot of fun things not living in Iowa anymore... Fortunately, we do still get visits from family and friends. That brings us to

Bark:
It's a struggle each time "new people" come in and out of the house because Chaz takes awhile to warm up to them. We're glad though that Matt's uncle and aunt, Roger & Joyce, came to visit us today on their way back from Florida. We drove them out to see some Blackhawks and gave them a short tour of post. Next week will bring even more visitors -- we're excited!