Who says there's no such thing as a free lunch!
Bill and I had the Hawthorn clan over yesterday afternoon to iron out some details and make some plans. I had originally said I was going to make soup but decided yesterday morning while trying to make up my mind what kind of soup to make that if I made soup it would have meat in it and we have a couple of vegetarians and that just wouldnt' do. So instead I ordered pizza and salad from the pizzaria that the kids work at. Austen was taking his dinner break just at the perfect time to bring home 3 giant pizzas and two giant salads. It was a hit! And I am eating the leftovers for lunch with the bread that was brought. (Ok, I bought the salad dressing today so it wasn't totaly free!)
Got a text from Tom yesterday. He was supposed to be out of contact for a month but apparently the army has allowed them their cell phones after all cause I've gotten a few texts from him over the past week. He's in the desert training for deployment in August. They happen to be camped near a highway so he got cell signal. He said that it's damn cold in the winter in the desert and the heater in their tent broke 3 nights ago! That sucks! lol
And he also said that he got his first shower in 13 days and it was "a jury rigged can up in a tent with a pallot under it... The water was just this side of freezing and I think it might have actually given me a small heart attack!" Hmm he's never been camping with us at Samhain! LOL
I guess I'm going to have to enlighten him on the finer points of a tent bath. The first year we went to PSG at Wisteria we perfected the tent bath because the shower house was up a hill and by the time you walked back down to your tent, you needed another shower!
Well he might be freezing in the desert but it's 65 degrees in St. Louis today and I have the doors and windows open to air the house out. I took a short walk ealier today during a morning break and the birds all think it's spring as well as the trees - they are starting to bud! This is crazy weather we have been having but it's supposed to get cold again later this week. And all the snow we had last week is of course gone now with the sunshine and warm temps.
Got a text from Tom yesterday. He was supposed to be out of contact for a month but apparently the army has allowed them their cell phones after all cause I've gotten a few texts from him over the past week. He's in the desert training for deployment in August. They happen to be camped near a highway so he got cell signal. He said that it's damn cold in the winter in the desert and the heater in their tent broke 3 nights ago! That sucks! lol
And he also said that he got his first shower in 13 days and it was "a jury rigged can up in a tent with a pallot under it... The water was just this side of freezing and I think it might have actually given me a small heart attack!" Hmm he's never been camping with us at Samhain! LOL
I guess I'm going to have to enlighten him on the finer points of a tent bath. The first year we went to PSG at Wisteria we perfected the tent bath because the shower house was up a hill and by the time you walked back down to your tent, you needed another shower!
Well he might be freezing in the desert but it's 65 degrees in St. Louis today and I have the doors and windows open to air the house out. I took a short walk ealier today during a morning break and the birds all think it's spring as well as the trees - they are starting to bud! This is crazy weather we have been having but it's supposed to get cold again later this week. And all the snow we had last week is of course gone now with the sunshine and warm temps.