Our Cinco de Mayo Celebration

Cinco de Mayo

Quick fact:

The day associated with tequila and

guacamole actually commemorates a

brave battle against French invaders.

Cinco de Mayo is NOT celebrated in

Mexico nearly as much as it is in the

United States, Mexico's most widely

recognized national patriotic holiday is

Mexican Independence Day on September 16.

Regardless, Cinco de Mayo gets plenty

of attention in the U.S. not just from

Mexican-Americans, but also from

anybody interested in seeking out new

forms of cultural exposure.

Not one to shy away from a reason to drink, I like to celebrate with a

margarita in one hand and a chip full of guacamole in the other! Salud!

My Chunky Guacamole recipe:

4 peeled, seeded, & coarsely mashed avocados

1 small finely minced onion

2-3 tbps. finely chopped cilantro

1 medium diced tomato

1 finely chopped fresh jalapeno

1 mashed garlic clove

1/4 c Mexican crumbling cheese

2 lime's, juiced

salt to taste

Mix ingredient in large bowl & serve with tortilla chips.

It was Justified

Dear Travis,

For the record I didn't want to watch this show when you suggested we add it to our TiVo. However, since it's all about compromise I shrugged my shoulders and went with it. Turns out my little compromise worked out b/c it goes without saying that I am officially hooked...... it's all I can think about today. Truth be known the show itself is good but I can't get enough of the tough, southern-bred but soft-spoken federal lawman who sports a Stetson and behaves like an Old West Sheriff, by the name of Raylan Givens.

Thanks Pumpkin ;)

For those who haven't watched the show; Justified is a series about Deputy U.S. Marshal, Raylan Givens based on a character in novels created by Elmore Leonard. Raylan is a 21st century U.S. Marshal who, for his questionable tactics, is banished to the part of Kentucky in which he was born and raised. Of course he has a past, an ex-wife, an outlaw father and a new hot blonde witness he isn't supposed to sleep with. To my lady followers Timothy Olyphant has those sexy lower ab muscles. Just saying.