picnic!

Since Timmy and I were working all weekend, we kept eating out for lunch. I was really tired of eating out, so when Timmy said he had music night at 7p today, I asked when he was going to eat dinner. He said that I should meet him and we'd eat out but the idea made me want to throw up. I decided to do something better! Meet somewhere and have a picnic!

Having the idea in place, I pondered what food to make for the picnic. I originally thought something simple like pb&j or ham and cheese sandwiches...but it just wasn't good enough! I settled on making homemade pesto with basil, pine nuts, parmesan cheese, olive oil, and a few other things. Then I made pesto, chicken, and mozzarella panini's with an awesome sourdough round for the bread! It ended up being rather hectic whipping this all together before I had to leave to meet Tim. I also decided I wanted to take the doggy, so I had to set her trailer up and attach it to my bike! Even though I was convinced I'd never get everything done in time, I did! I packed the sandwiches (warm and toasty!) up in a tupperware, and added some nice brie, crackers, strawberry soda, cream soda, and got the dog in her trailer! Off we went, and we met Tim at the rose garden. We sat on a bench and feasted, while Navi imploringly nosed us for some food. The sandwiches ended up being awesome, and after we finished we decided to lock the bikes and trailer up and go for a walk in the rose garden so that Tim didn't have much time to waste before going over to music night at 7. It was really nice! Then I got a great workout lugging the dog back up the mountain.