Sorry this took so long,

but I have problems this morning!

Saturday, I woke up at 5:30, decided that was ridiculous, went back to sleep and got up at 7:00 AM. I forgot to buy coffee yesterday, so I'm a bit grumpy!

I had a big slice of the sourdough bread, cut in half and toasted for breakfast. With water... Bread and water... Yeah, I'm living high on the hog! Then, I cleaned out the fridge, checking expiration dates and pitching anything suspicious. Amazing what you find when you do this!

Then I shaved, showered and got dressed. I went and did some banking, and then swung by Westborn market. Got a few badly needed staples and, oddly enough, 1/2 pound of liverwurst. I have been having a jones about liverwurst recently for some reason. Probably because I have that loaf of rye bread. I usually eat liverwurst on rye bread with stone ground mustard, but every now and then, I eat it like my Father did, just buttering the rye bread and spreading out the liverwurst. You can almost feel your arteries hardening, lol!

BTW, at Westborn, I bought some beautiful carrots from California, with the tops still on. While they do look great, they also look like a prop from a Bugs Bunny cartoon!

I stopped at CVS and picked up a birthday card for my sister-in-law, Jean. I was cutting through the quarter car wash to get home when, on a whim, (damn, with the liverwurst and now the car wash, today seems all about whims!) I pulled in and washed the salt off my car. Silly, as it's sprinkling right now, but since I park in the garage, the rain won't get the salt off my car today.

When I got home, I dried the car off and then washed that towel along with this week's work clothes. I filled up the car's windshield washer reservoir and checked the oil (its fine) while I was at it. Since I had my big boy clothes on, I went out and refilled the bird feeder (I'm out of peanuts for the squirrels). I came back in and changed into my normal workout clothes (shorts and a tee shirt) and my new slipper socks.

I put the beans and ham hocks back on the stove on low. I need to warm them up so I can work with them.

For lunch, I had two liverwurst sandwiches, one my way and one my Dad's way. I have to tell you the sandwich with the butter and liverwurst tasted better! Next on my list? A nap!!! I set the alarm for 2:30 PM and went to sleep.

I got up when the alarm went off and got to work, refreshed. I cut the meat off the ham hock and put the bones outside for the 'possum. Then I made Jyl's Olive-Cheese bread (Jake and Carla are coming over). Now, I know she modified it and went with "high-end" olives, homemade mayonnaise, etc., but I just followed the original recipe. I also didn't bake my own bread, but used a loaf of store-bought French bread, cut in half.

So, when they came over, I had an appetizer all ready! We talked a while, and then we started playing Clue. Now, I probably haven't told you this before, but, I HATE than damn game! Why? Because I've never understood what you are supposed to do with that little paper you are given at the start. I know enough to mark the things I have on it, and check off the things people show me. But, how do you translate that into knowing what the murderer, place and weapon are? I dunno! I never win and that's why I hate it!

Anyway, Jake won after what seemed like a long time. I never offered my ham and beans, sitting on the stove (we kinda filled up on the olive-cheese bread) and, I planned on making cornbread (Southern-style, not sweetened) with it. But, they left around 8:00 PM, and I put the ham and beans back in the fridge, went and got ready for bed.

I was reading my book and then fell asleep. I woke up in the night to a curious thing, but since it was after midnight, you'll have to wait for Sunday's post to hear the rest...