July Fourth

I called my mom in the morning and she wished me a happy Independence Day. I asked what she was doing and she said "Oh, just being independent."

We went over to her house, stopping at Bearclaw Coffee on the way. Yay! The one by her house is a little hut, very Anchorage style. Eric got an Americano and i got something frilly. I can't remember what. I don't like the sweet drinks so much but sometimes i am compelled.

Mom showed us her pictures from Germany and gave me a super cool Schokolade cookbook. It's all chocolate dessert recipes, so yum!!! They're all in German.... but even though i have never studied any German, they're easier for me to translate than the recipes in my Japanese cookbooks, and i minored in Japanese. Oh well. Sometimes it is like reading katakana though. I don't know what i'm reading until i say it out loud. Zucker. Kakaopulver. Maraschinokirschen. But often i still have no idea. Speisestarke. Schattenmorellen.

We saw a turkey in her yard.

She gave us tea and friendship bread and fruit salad, and later coffee and some old clothes. I had a nice visit. When we left we drove somewhat aimlessly, at least that was my impression -- but got to where we were going quite directly, or so i discovered after looking at the map later.

We went on the boat to watch fireworks and it was like the pirate world. It was so nice out there though.