Wet Wedesday

There was a lull in the rain when I went to work on Wednesday, although it came down hard again during the morning.

I lucked out at lunch, too, so I popped into Meijer's and picked up some Swiss cheese, deli ham, hoagie rolls and pickles for tonight's dinner. I stole Jake's idea and will use some of my pulled pork leftovers to make Cuban sandwiches.

Since I was there anyway, I went to Home Depot, too. I got three bags of mulch and two plants for the urn: "Artist Blue" Ageratum hybrid.

I took out the plants and just left the mulch in my trunk. Then I warmed up some of the ribs for lunch. Delicious, but messy. I had to wash my face and hands before going back to work!

It rained again in the afternoon, so I knew it would be too wet to work outside tonight. I did plant the two flowers in the urn, though. I also filled the bird feeder and the suet cage. I checked the rain gauge and it had almost one inch of rain in it!

Inside, I decided to address a chore I've been letting slide with all the outside activity: cleaning the house. So, for the next two hours, I did everything I normally do (but haven't) except for washing the floors and sinks.

By then I was getting hungry, so I got out my little George Forman grille (I use it now as a Panini press). I put yellow mustard on both insides of the hoagie roll and added a layer of pickles on the bottom. Next came the pulled pork, some ham and finally the Swiss cheese.

When the grill was hot, I buttered the outside of the hoagie roll and put it in the grille. I kept pressing it down until the cheese melted. It was golden brown and about one inch thick.

I went in and ate dinner watching TV. It was excellent, BTW. In fact after a couple hours, I made another one!