Glass Bottles.

Ever since moving to Colorado, I've been very interested in buying milk from a local dairy, and doing the whole milk delivery thing...but in the past it was never very economical for me, since many of the places that did milk delivery always had a minimum order, and when it was just me, I couldn't see myself getting through that much milk per week.  Fast forward to 2005, I have a husband, we both drink milk - opportunity to get delivered milk right?  We still don't see it as something we'd be able to consume in a week, especially when the minimum order is 3 bottles of milk.  *Sigh*

So, just the other day, we were out having lunch at the Cheeky Monk (which btw, is awesome),  and had just enjoyed a fabulous meal and a decadent Belgium beer, and we decided to go walk through this little Farmer's Market that was near where we parked our car.  We walked by one of the booths and there Longmont Dairy.  YES!  We had just talked a few days before about how doing milk delivery might be an option for us now, since the baby girl is now drinking whole milk, and that we're pretty heavy milk drinkers right now too.  So we wandered over to check out their deal, and it turned out that not only did they have milk, but they had tons of other stuff, and that we could swap out our order each week if we wanted to, and that we could do it all online!!  Sign me up!  Just this morning, we got our first delivery of milk, which came in glass bottles...2 half-gallon bottles of 1% and a Quart of whole milk for the munch.  And as our sign up bonus, a free quart of chocolate milk...yum!!   I'm thrilled!!

Birthday.

Happy Birthday Dad!  Wish we were home to help you celebrate today.  Hope you have a great day!

Speaking of  birthday's, my hubby took me out for my Birthday supper last night...usually for each other's birthday's, we go out to dinner to celebrate.  With our birthday's 2 weeks apart, and having to find a baby-sitter this year, my got pushed a little later, but made up for bigtime!  We went to Colterra in Niwot last night for dinner.  I think they tote themselves as a French restaurant, but their big seller is that they try to use all Colorado grown produce, and have a garden every summer to use their own grown ingredients.  I love that!  I have to say that once again, it is one of the best meals I've ever had in my entire life.  We went there a year ago when I was very pregnant, with my cousins, and it was an amazing meal then, but I also didn't get to partake in the fancy unpasteurized cheeses, and the wine, so this year I did!  You can order a cheese plate there as an appetizer or pair it with a dessert, and they are amazing.  We then split a 'small plate' that was a crab salad, which had a layer of avocado under it and a creamy red balsamic sauce.  Then we got our entrée.  Matt got a wagyu steak that had a truffle sauce and some delicious gnocchi to go with. I got a tuna steak that had garlic mashed potatoes, grilled asparagus, topped with some crispy straws, and an amazing sauce too...it was PHENOMENAL. For dessert, Matt got a peach sorbet with fresh berries, and I white chocolate and apricot Crème brûlée. Incredible...can I say amazing any more times?

The other thing that impressed me is this:  when we go out for a nice dinner like that, we plan on being there for a while.  We don't like to be rushed.  So we're often reluctant to give the server our whole order for fear that we'll get everything at once and feel like we're rushing to eat everything and beat it out of the door.  Not at this place.  They take the order, bring you the individual courses (although we did get our cheese at the same time as the salad last night, which I would have liked separate), and once you look like you're ready for the main course, they bring it out.  The timing is great, the atmosphere is very relaxed, and the wait staff make you feel very welcome and not rushed.  I believe Colterra is rounding out as one of my favorite all time restaurants.  Thanks sweetie for the awesome birthday dinner!