The Turd Blossom
Karl Rove has resigned. I feel slightly better. Doesn't it say something when "Bush's Brain" resigns about 18 months before the end of his term??
Update on my life. Well, let's see. The house is almost done. The yard is looking great. We are walking fiarly regularly on the Healthy Heart walks around the house; only 1/2 mile or so, but it's a 1/2 mile more than we would otherwise, and we have gotten some good pics out of it.
Mowed the lawn today, which was nice. I always used to hate mowing the lawn back in Groton, as it was a suck-ass job that I had to do in 95 degree weather. Over here, in nice sun, when it's only about 20-22 degrees, it's very nice and comforting. Everything is taking shape now, and my first plum tomato is ready to be picked. It's all juicy and red and happy. And I can't wait to make sauce out of a bunch of them, and have pizza from my own garden!! Our garlic came up, and though it didn't split into separate cloves, it has still grown to a massive size, which is good. We have a few onions ready to pop now too, and the few beanstalks we have left seem to be really taking to the copious amounts of sun we've recently had, so keep your fingers crossed. With the house nearly done, we can concentrate more on getting the garden ready for next year, and get a whole lot more stuff on the go. I have bought about 80 bulbs for over the winter, so we should have a bunch of lovely spring flowers, which will cheer me up no end in March!!!
I built Wifey a hammock over the weekend, and in doing so lost my temper for the first time in about 2 years. It finally allowed itslef to be built, but only after the sky turned blue and it is only held together with curses and venom. But the Wife looks so peaceful on it, I guess it was all worth it.
The Kingsford.
On Saturday night, I staged what may have been the world's most perfect barbecue for friends and family. It was just like in all the films; big flames, men clustered around the bbq, women having drinks at tables, children playing with the dog, huge amounts of beer and meat. It was like a dream. Got my official BBQ hat out; THE GRILLMASTER. Had bbq chicken marinated in a sticky, sweet bbq sauce; made some officially licensed Dazza brand Red Pesto Pasta Salad, a clump of special Mitzi Burgers, chips (crisps, then), fixins, and lot of wine, Stella, Guinness and soft drinks. The_bags and Vaxie brought over some buns, sausages, more burgers and a special peri-peri chicken. We lit up the Kingsford with 4 kilos of charcoal and we were off - everything done but not burned, cooked but not dried out. A masterful display, if I say so myself. And M showed up later to scarf all that was left, bless him, after working 12 hours on a Saturday. He ate, drank, and then fell asleep on the couch. And the mother in law turned up too, bearing solar lights for our garden.
Overall, my favourite day since coming here.
I want another one.
Update on my life. Well, let's see. The house is almost done. The yard is looking great. We are walking fiarly regularly on the Healthy Heart walks around the house; only 1/2 mile or so, but it's a 1/2 mile more than we would otherwise, and we have gotten some good pics out of it.
Mowed the lawn today, which was nice. I always used to hate mowing the lawn back in Groton, as it was a suck-ass job that I had to do in 95 degree weather. Over here, in nice sun, when it's only about 20-22 degrees, it's very nice and comforting. Everything is taking shape now, and my first plum tomato is ready to be picked. It's all juicy and red and happy. And I can't wait to make sauce out of a bunch of them, and have pizza from my own garden!! Our garlic came up, and though it didn't split into separate cloves, it has still grown to a massive size, which is good. We have a few onions ready to pop now too, and the few beanstalks we have left seem to be really taking to the copious amounts of sun we've recently had, so keep your fingers crossed. With the house nearly done, we can concentrate more on getting the garden ready for next year, and get a whole lot more stuff on the go. I have bought about 80 bulbs for over the winter, so we should have a bunch of lovely spring flowers, which will cheer me up no end in March!!!
I built Wifey a hammock over the weekend, and in doing so lost my temper for the first time in about 2 years. It finally allowed itslef to be built, but only after the sky turned blue and it is only held together with curses and venom. But the Wife looks so peaceful on it, I guess it was all worth it.
The Kingsford.
On Saturday night, I staged what may have been the world's most perfect barbecue for friends and family. It was just like in all the films; big flames, men clustered around the bbq, women having drinks at tables, children playing with the dog, huge amounts of beer and meat. It was like a dream. Got my official BBQ hat out; THE GRILLMASTER. Had bbq chicken marinated in a sticky, sweet bbq sauce; made some officially licensed Dazza brand Red Pesto Pasta Salad, a clump of special Mitzi Burgers, chips (crisps, then), fixins, and lot of wine, Stella, Guinness and soft drinks. The_bags and Vaxie brought over some buns, sausages, more burgers and a special peri-peri chicken. We lit up the Kingsford with 4 kilos of charcoal and we were off - everything done but not burned, cooked but not dried out. A masterful display, if I say so myself. And M showed up later to scarf all that was left, bless him, after working 12 hours on a Saturday. He ate, drank, and then fell asleep on the couch. And the mother in law turned up too, bearing solar lights for our garden.
Overall, my favourite day since coming here.
I want another one.