They Put A Lime In the Coke You Nut...

...and I drank it all up! Yup, I opted for the rum and Coke. I sat my arse in my cushy lounger for a good hour and sipped my drink. Little did I know I was going to need that cushion later in the day when my parents, my sister, brother-in-law, and niece all came for supper.
I made enchiladas, caesar salad, and veggies and dip. Geez, those people are exhausting...LOL.
My daughter being one of the worst ones. Between her shouting orders of "Milkey!" at me, standing on the handle bars of her swing thingy WHILE it's moving, diving off chairs, and smashing her mouth on the table I hardly had time to talk to anyone let alone eat my meal. By the way, we ate outside. It took one more rum and coke but I survived the ordeal. It was actually fun but quite a bit of work to move everything outside.

So, back to the rum and coke. I must say, much to my father's pleasure, that lately it is my drink of choice. I really can't remember my dad drinking anything other than rum and coke - unless you count rum and Pepsi. My family like to have a drink at my parents pool quite often during the warm months. My dad has somehow managed to convert most of us to his rum and coke cult. Me, Eric, BIL Jon, my mom....we're all loyal participants in the rum cult.
My dad, Eric, and Jon like their rather stiff. As the social gathering goes on, they tend to get stiffer. I'm pretty sure by the end they only hold the bottle of Coke and ACT they they are adding it to the rum. My mom, likes hers weak...just a splash of rum in her Coke. Me? I like mine "fancy" my dad just rolls his eyes. I'm probably on parole in the cult for defacing the blessed rum and Coke. I like my rum mixed with...duh, duh, duh (insert ominous sound here) Coke with a twist of lime. MMMM! I had it for the first time in the Dominican Republic a few years and go and I'm hooked. Sadly, I prefer the artificial flavour as opposed to coke with real lime juice added. This next piece of info could get me tossed from the club....recently I've been thinking of mixing my rum with Black Cherry Vanilla Diet Coke.

LOL...I'm pretty sure the neighbours would hear my dad's thoughts on that one. I might just try that next time we go to my parents house for a drink and a hot Friday night. Good thing I'm a Daddy's Girl. I let you know how that all works out.