I needed someone to feed....
Last night was pitch perfect. Booooo busy evenings, hooray lazy nights! The boys did a bunch of chores for me yesterday, so the house was in pretty good shape when I got home. I thought Kevin was going to have the boys on tractors when I got there, but he decided to take the night off. Hooray!
So I got home, popped a bottle of red, got out the goat cheese, some crackers and some grapes and sat down with my book. I got to READ, people...READ!!! I purchased some cedar planks at the Costco and decided to give them a whirl. I snacked and read while they were soaking, the boys jumped in the pool. We actually all relaxed quite nicely. The weather was perfect, there was a breeze keeping away any early evening mosquitoes. This is the good stuff.
After dinner (the pork chops turned out pretty good on the cedar planks!) we had a post-dinner cocktail hour on the deck, with Alex, Owen and I all reading our books of choice. Alex has started a new series and Owen picked up the Dangerous Book for Boys. If you have kids, not just boys, but kids, you should own this book. It's so fun! Julie turned me onto it and I bought it for Kev-head and the boys for Father's Day. Owen decided he wanted to learn how to make a water bomb out of a piece of paper, but couldn't figure it out on his own. So there we were, on the deck with the tiki torches going, folding a piece of paper into a water bomb. And when it actually worked? We were hooked. Alex in typical teenage fashion feigned apathy, but I think the boys will be making more of them today. Then Owen was on to coin tricks. Which then prompted us to get the magic kit out of the closet. Owen worked on magic tricks for the next two hours at least. "Owen the Magnificent" is born. And I, of course, am his lovely assistant.
A good evening was had by all - and I learned a couple of coin tricks myself.
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Must get that book.... go watch the video...you'll laugh!
Just ordered it online at Amazon. And the new Laurie Notaro book. Hooray books!
Oh Eileen - your family will love it! How fun!! Did you watch the trailer on the website?
Reading Laurie Notaro now, actually...
Hooray summer reading!
Just curious...which Notaro book are you reading?
SHOUT OUT for the Sugar Snap Pea! THANK YOU THANK YOU THANK YOU
for support with my Relay for Life cause. You Rock! Much appreciated donation!
If anyone is curious or would like to contribute to the cure....
https://www.kintera.org/faf/donorReg/donorPledge.asp?ievent=205844&supid=177416733
I'm reading "there's a slight chance I might be going to hell" - the sweater scene - killing me...
Pea is back online, after two, yes two days of no power. Yesterday morning, 7 am, found us at the Menards to purchase a LARGER generator cause Big R broke the smaller one and besides, the small one would not even run the fridge so it was useless, so all our food is saved and I even got to make two cups of coffee before I burned out the coffee maker (found that out this morning and was totally PISSED) but Big R went up into the attic and got the spare coffee maker so all is well and I can quit bitching. Now, you may be thinking, how boaring, no power, being home all day, well, let me tell you I had some kick ass entertainment. I watched my stupid assed hillbilly (I can say that, I am one) neighbor cut down a tree and had it fall on the OTHER neighbor's garage, how freaking fun was that!!!!!
Jules, you are welcome for the support, wish it could have been more, but when you stay home all day and watch your neighbors, money is kind of tight.
I missed you all, felt so alone, so instead of reading the blog and posting, yes, I called my friends, not all, but some and actually TALKED to them.
C U
btw, Tigger is Corrine done cooking yet? we want to her come out and play!!
AND my addiction (posted under the wrong ramble) is Hell's Kitchen. I just LOVE Gordon Ramsey
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