Sunday

Started my Sunday off with a big breakfast. Made eggs and grits and fried Spam (I know, I know, but I like Spam!) Then went out to water the front gardens.

Came back in and Luanne was up, so I pointed out the remaining grits (as a change-up from her usual oatmeal and raisins). I had the TV on to the Food Network, and Paula Deen came on with two deviled eggs recipes. The first was using goat cheese (so I called Luanne in to watch - her having goats and all). The second was seafood deviled eggs. Sounded interesting, so I hardboiled some eggs and thawed some shrimp.

Luanne put on the first coat of polyurethane on her table, while I sketched out a cabinet I wanted to make. I have a theory (hey, all you regular readers know I ALWAYS have a theory, lol!) Anyway, I have a theory that the reason people quit using outside games is that its a pain in the butt to keep lugging out the croquet set (or the badmiton net), setting it up, using it for an hour or two, then taking it all down again. So, I wanted to make a cabinet to hold the horseshoes and the frisbee and hang it outside by the horseshoe pits.

Problem! Luanne's now got a wet table in the garage where I would normally use my tools, so the sawdust would screw up her work. Solution? We carried the table saw, the chop saw, sawhorses, wood and various little tools outside and I set them up on Jake's patio. It reminded me of my friend B___'s dad, who used to make cupolas outside as he did not have a garage or basement to work in.

I got the wood I needed by disassembling some shelves I had made earlier but no longer needed.

During all this, Jake and Carla came over to wash the scooters. The eBay auction was finished, and remarkably, they sold both scooters for only $150.00 less than they originally thought they would get. They came bearing gifts: a new 20 inch TV for my bedroom. Long time readers will remember when they moved into their apartment, I traded them my big TV (so I could put in the fireplace in the living room) for Carla's 10-year old 19 inch TV (that I made a stand for and have in the bedroom).

While Jake hooked that up, Luanne made a run to Home Depot for more supplies and I made the deviled eggs. Went back to working on the cabinet. Jake and Carla washed the scooters off, then went to play horseshoes. Jake found that a couple of evergreen branches were in the way, (I will have to cut those off later) which may explain why he lost...

Carla and Luanne visited while Jake helped me finish up the cabinet (Jake designed and made the handle). Then we hung it up on a pine tree. Needs brown paint, of course, but it looks pretty good! We taste-tested the deviled eggs. Both Jake and Carla thought the mixture (two tablespoons of mayo, two tablespoons of sour cream and two teaspoons Dijon mustard mixed with chopped shrimp and garnished with fresh dill) overwhelmed the taste of the shrimp. Luanne liked it. I couldn't decide (so I had to keep eating them for the rest of the night, LOL!)

After Jake and Carla left, Luanne made dinner - baked sweet potatoes and salmon. Tasted excellent. Watched some TV on the new TV (much better picture and sound!) Thanks, guys!