Friday's Follies

It didn't rain this afternoon, although it was forecasted. So, with no rain in sight for the next 5 or 6 days, I stopped at the quarter car wash and cleaned the dust and dirt off the car on the way home (the car wash is right by my house). Then I drove home (v-e-r-y slowly on my dusty, dirt road), pulled in the garage, shut the door and grabbed a bath towel and wiped it dry.

Checked the phone and had a message from my daughter, Melissa (or M______, as she prefers to be called here). She LOST her court case (how did that happen? I rehearsed it with her and awarded her full punitive damages!) but was thrilled that her grandson, Gavin, had called her Nana on the phone (?!? women!). Hopefully she'll call back sometime when I'm home.

Next I filled the bird feeder, the bird bath and the squirrel feeder. Then, on to the hard stuff (no, not the Jim Beam bourbon, lol!) I have to get the trailer from out in back to up in front so I can pick up my new lawn mower tomorrow morning. So, I pulled off the tarp, cleared the path (while I was at it, I took down the hammock - sigh, Summer's over, man!), unlocked it from the boat trailer and (fortified with said Jim Beam) pulled that sucker all the way out to the front of the garage. Note to self: Next time just drive the car back there; hitch it up and save your back! I hooked up the hose to water the bare spot in the grass again.

Next, came unloading the trailer (I had put all the excess wood from the kitchen remodel in it under the tarp). I removed the rear gate and swept it out and I think I'm good to go. I came inside and started my weekend load of laundry. The timer went off, so I went back outside and disconnected the sprinkler set-up.

I turned the broiler on and put the appetizer in, setting the timer for 8 minutes. I put the last of the leftover pasta with grilled Italian sausage in the microwave for tonight's dinner and turned it on for two minutes on high.

Regarding the appetizer, I can't tell you what it is yet, as I've been invited to dinner tomorrow at Jake and Carla's (Lamb shank and a potato/bacon/onion side) and I want to surprise them (and, like you, they are occasional readers of this Blog). So, if it tastes as good as I hope, and I take it over there, I'll let you know later what it was. If not, FORGET IT!

I turned over the appetizer and broiled it for ten more minutes. Meanwhile I added salt and fresh ground pepper and some grated Parmigiano-Reggiano to the pasta. I let it sit for a bit until the appetizer was done, then went to watch TV and eat dinner. Then I went to sleep. Boring? I suppose. But, hey, that's me!