Cooking Magic

Hi everyone!!  I started a new blog.  It's called Cooking Magic, my link is meganscookingmagic.blogspot.com  if you're interested.  Make sure your read the first post b/c I tell you that you can e-mail me recipes to add to the blog if you would like.  I'm excited because I've been talking about it for a long time!  If you have any ideas or tips that would be helpful let me know!!  It's Cooking Magic time!!

U.S. Champ

Congrats to all those who voted Roger Federer as our next US Open Champion (good choice). Writing tennis history Roger won the Men's Single US Open title (along with 1.5 million dollars and a brand new Lexus--but that's beside the point). He is the only person to have won 2 Grand Slam titles 5 consecutive times. He won Wimbeldon 5x in a row and he has now won the US Open 5x in a row. We can now say "I saw history in the making".

'47 Willy's Jeep

HERE IS THE REAL JEEP!!  This is the one that he restored!!!

For the past two months Jake has been working on rebuilding a 1947 Willy's Jeep.  I have been the patient one who sat there and tried to give tools, and talked and talked, while he worked.  He finally got it running this past week and has been taking it driving constantly.  Today was my first treck in the Jeep.  It only goes 35 mph but when there are no seatbelts or doors it seems a little fast!  We finally got me a jacket so I wouldn't freeze and put my sunglasses on to help avoid bugs! We off-roaded and climbed up some pretty steep stuff, so it was great fun!  I wanted to share my new experience with everyone and show them the jeep!  Well, it's just a picture I stole offline, but it is pretty similar, just black and rusty.

For the Love of Tennis

So, for those of you who don't know, I've really taken to tennis. I love playing and watching. This past summer I took a tennis class every Thursday evening. It was so much fun and I've learned a lot. Whether or not I'm incorporating what I've learned I hope that over time as I continue to practice my game will improve. Over this long weekend the US Open is happening in New York (I think next year I'll have to go experience it first hand) and my two favorite guys are still in the running: Roger Federer (in white) and Rafael Nadal (in green). And these two have got to be the biggest rivalry currently in the world of tennis. So I'm wondering who else is a tennis fan? And who do you think will win the US Open? (See poll)