Alaska At Last: Cheeseburger in Paradise

Wednesday, April 14, 2010

Cheeseburger in Paradise

"Part of the secret of success in life is to eat what you like and let the food fight it out inside." ~Mark Twain

All day today I've been craving a great big, greasy, juicy cheeseburger with all the fixins. Since I couldn't run to McDonald's or anywhere for that matter, I improvised! Tonight after school that's exactly what I made myself...featured above. It was quite miraculous that I had everything and more! Thank you Lord! I actually had some freezer burnt bacon that semi-survived the winter hidden in the back of my freezer so I fried that too. Taa-dah a double bacon cheeseburger deluxe with a side of tater tots! I invited Steph to join me but I ate her burger before she called me back LOL. Sorry Steph.

We went for a hike to the beach tonight with some of the kids.

"All living creatures are yours for food; just as I gave you the plants,
now I give you everything else." Genesis 9:3

2 comments:

AnonymousApril 15, 2010 at 9:21 PM
Guess I'll have to be a little quicker answering my phone from now on! I like how you changed it from 'walk to the beach' to 'hike to the beach' :)
It makes it sound more adventurous!
Steph
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RachelApril 15, 2010 at 9:38 PM
Yeah, thanks for the tip;) Anytime it's off-roading it's gonna be a 'hike':)
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