oh woe oh joy

In between peculiar dreams about ugly wedding dresses, bad short movies by film students and other anxiety-induced dreams I think I had a good night's rest. Did I mention the dream I had the other night where I apparently forgot I had a baby and kept losing the kid in my purse. My purse?!?! There I am trying to pull out my little pocket book and lo and behold there is a baby in my purse. Yes I do have a large purse but how can one lose a baby in there? It isn't like I own Mary Poppin's handbag. Yeah so there is that. I have 3 million things to do tomorrow that I must get done otherwise I will probably have more anxiety dreams. This morning we began to book things for our honeymoon. We even worked out how many days we are staying in various places so that is nice. More Rsvps yesterday. *covers eyes* Thank goodness I picked an overly cute small little girl to be my flower girl. She will be there to take attention away from me. This little girl is so cute that my Mother said she is like this overly cute muppet.

I need to think of something to make for dinner tonight. Probably something with salad. Maybe I should make some pasta?

But all anxiety aside and hopefully not to sound like an arrogant twit there are moments (yes real moments of clarity) when I do feel like the world's luckiest girl alive. Yet I am never comfortable with it. It is a bit like being given your own pony and you are afraid it will all be taken away. Does that make sense?

Okay enough peering into my psyche I think Mr. Jenner is making noises about doing something for lunch and I should take some more advil.

what we found.

Today we walked along Madison and ended up at the Madison Park Cafe for a kind of brunch/lunch meal. All of the outdoor tables were taken since it was such a lovely day out. (Like a total git I didn't wear sunscreen, no burns but plenty of skin damage I am sure) We ate in doors which was quite alright and had some orange juice, quiche and a scone. While the service was slightly distracted at times the food was fairly decent. The orange juice was freshly squeezed and had a nice amount of pulp. I do like a bit of pulp in my juice. But not so much that I have to chew my beverage. The quiche was a tomato, basil and cheese quiche that really didn't impress me all that much. It seemed weak. The pastry was good and wasn't soggy but it just lacked something. The scone on the other hand was pretty damn delicious. It was classic, not too light, not too heavy it wasn't dry and the jam went well with it. I may not try the quiche again but I will have to have their scones if I go there for brunch again. I just might. I think next we will explore their dinner menu. I understand their french onion soup is incredibly appealing.

After that nice meal Mr. Jenner and I wandered down to the lake and watched small people float in the water and Mr. Jenner dipped his toes in the water. I sat in the shade hoping to avoid dying of skin cancer for the day.

Besides having a nice afternoon meal we went to a book shop that is going to close and I picked up a Delia Smith cookbook for a very low price. It is a companion book from a Summer food series she did about 10-12 years ago. There are a number of exciting things in there that I have to try like a summer fruit terrine and a dish of sauteed asparagus with eggs and parmesan. I also found a tempting roasted tomato salad. The real find in this book is a recipe for rhubarb ice cream. I think I have found some inspiration once again.
Tonight for dinner we are just having omelets and a spinach salad. It is very warm out and I want to have the stove on for a very short period of time. Otherwise I might become irritable. We don't want that.

I do think it is the perfect time for some rhubarb.