i had such a blast this weekend. it started with strawberry picking at larriland farm with whitney, jacob, peter and hattie. married couples club! i had never been strawberry picking before so it made it that much more fun. there are few things in life that will top eating a warm, ripe strawberry right off the plant. it was incredible. we also did some spinach picking. and, oh man, i could not believe how cheap everything came out to be!

after a quick stop in the market we traveled for what seemed like forever to find the local starbucks. though we had a gps we just couldn't find it, so we ended up stopping at a delicious greek restaurant instead. i hadn't eaten greek food in a really long time so i was glad we got kind of lost. the ride home was the best because the area was really hilly and it felt like riding a rollercoaster.

later on we met back up at peter's house for a bbq in his backyard. since i was watching desi for the weekend (desi is my boss luci's dog) i brought him over to have a play date with kinley, whitney's dog. while we watched the dogs chase each other, we ate sausages with peppers, potatoes and onions, lots of chips, and drank fresh lemonade and mint juleps. whitney brought over an angel food cake that we later topped with fresh whipped cream and strawberry sauce. it was absolute heaven.

on sunday cory went out and played softball with the same gang but i had to stay inside because my new allergies were out of control. i ended up using an entire toilet paper roll to soak up my snot! after sleeping in a little late i felt better enough to make a huge stack of banana pancakes with chunks of strawberries thrown in. we've still been eating them for breakfast. i also cleaned up the apartment a little bit and finished up just in time to meet up with everyone at the charles village pub for drinks and dinner. we ended the night by heading to landmark theaters to see "the hangover," but since it was sold out we settled on "up." cory and i had already seen it but i still cried just as much as i did the first time around. i love that movie.

we've almost used up the last of the strawberries, and now i'm trying to figure out ways to use up almost a pound of spinach. so far i have spinach stuffed chicken breasts, spinach strawberry salad, and creamy spinach soup in mind. i might also make a spinach quiche or omelette on saturday.