Fresh Caught King Salmon

My husband went on a fishing trip on the Columbia River and caught this freshly out of the ocean King Salmon the day before. I wasn't there of course so I didn't get a picture of the beast as a whole, but here is half of it. This picture does it no justice - this fed 4 adults and a toddler, with seconds, and I still had enough leftovers to make a whole meal out of it the next night. In Portland, King Salmon is going for $30/lb so this was definitly a treat to cherish. Mark grilled this for us and it practically melted in your mouth.

Just off the grill and ready to be devoured. I also had fresh baked bread, and spinach salad topped with feta. Didn't want to make too many sides because this is a ton of fish.

We food savored some and kept some in fridge for tonights dinner. Again, we will be having someone over for dinner so I am kinda goin' all out for it. I'm thinking about getting out the fine china and silver because, well, why not? Mark will grill the fish again, something that he has mastered and I love him even more for that. I will be making waldorf salad, fresh bread, and a bit of potato, I'm thinking creamy mashed. I may even open a bottle of wine and get out the crystal. Why not? I also have banana bread in the oven and am wondering what I am going to do for dessert.

This past week has been rough. Between my husband being gone fishing, and being sick I haven't really done much at all. I mustered some good energy to do our tradition of shopping, eating out, eating ice cream and baking cookies while Mark was gone. Two days of that will make ya tired! Other than that, I've done some small things but this cold and cough has really held on and every morning when I wake up I feel like my head is going to explode.

Just yesturday, I finally managed to clean the entire house for the first time in a week and it took me 4 hours. All except Mias room, which she made the biggest mess ever and it's gonna take me like an hour to do that so I've saved that for last. It felt good to have a clean house again.

Also, yesturday and the day before were awesome spring days. We spent most of the day out in the yard, not necessarily doing yard work, but simply enjoying it. Mia and I layed in the grass and ran around bare foot and it was awesome! My daffodils are blooming and things are really starting to come up so next time we go outside, we will be rolling our sleeves up and gettin' dirty. Honestly I can't wait!