We'd gotten at least three e-mails reminding us that the big day was about to arrive. I was thinking about putting together one of those paper advent chains you make when you are a kid so I could tear one off per day and think, "Just a little bit closer to SMPH ice cream Christmas."
Everybody who is anybody was there, including three big time Madison Runner-Bloggers. That would be: yours truly (I scoop mocha macchiato, 1 scoop chocolate peanut butter), TutuRunner (1 scoop chocolate peanut butter, 1 scoop orange custard chocolate chip), and Running Diva Mom (1 scoop cookie dough, 1 scoop chocolate chip frozen yogurt***).
Not wanting to waste such a lucky day, I decided to use some of our limpy kale to make kale chips. There was much excitement and surprise that they tasted good! Kale + salt + garlic + olive oil + Parmesan cheese + oven = tasty.
Daniel proclaimed them the strangest thing he'd ever eaten, but then I reminded him of these.
Which are still- inexplicably- in our cabinet.
What's The Biggest Day of the Year where you work? Or the strangest thing you've eaten lately?
*Only three episodes left- I simultaneously want to call in sick and knock them out and stretch them out and make them last forever- darn you, writer's strike!
** Not to be confused with Hippie Christmas, that's in a couple months.
*** Actually I don't know what flavor(s) she ate, I just added that for symmetry.
