Final Push - Day 5

I woke up at 3:00 AM and read for a bit, then went back to sleep until 6:00 AM. Got up and filled my pill box for the week, wrote the blog for yesterday and started watering the grass around both patios. It's too early to use the saws (hey everybody should have the chance to sleep in on Sunday, I think!) so decided to get back to the sink.

I was right, that little bit of pipe did give me more leverage, but all I did was bend the handle of the sink wrench, not budge the nut (oh, and I also managed to hit and break the one side of the sink's drain. *sigh* I am seriously considering using the Sawzall and just cutting it off from the top! Gave up on it for right now (having too treacherous thoughts at the moment to do it carefully).

I went and watered all the container gardens. It's supposed to be 94 degrees F (or 35 degrees C) and humid today. Finally, at 10:00 Am, I figured it would be okay to start cutting molding. I worked for a bit, then called Luanne (we've been playing phone tag for a couple of days now). She answered! But, she was very depressed, as she had to put down her horse Precious after two days of trying to get a vet to come out, etc. On the up side, her goats are starting to have babies, so her dream of a goat herd is starting to come true.

Well, back to work. At 2:00 PM, I took a break and a nap. At 4:00 PM, I trimmed the white "silver skin" from a 4 pound pork loin, drizzled it with olive oil and used Carla's rub to liberally coat it. I set up the grill for indirect heat and a drip pan and started smoking it with hickory chips.

By 6:00 PM, the alarm went off, letting me know the internal temperature was 150 degrees. All I have left is three pieces of shoe molding left in the entry way, so I think I am quitting for the night. While the pork loin was resting I tried grilling the Yukon Gold potato slices again. This time I watched them a LOT closer and they turned out great! Ate them with two slices of the pork loin and it all tasted excellent. Plus, I now have the makings for pulled port sandwiches later in the week.

Watched TV until I went to bed around 10:30 PM.