I am incredibly thankful for all the words of encouragement! You guys are they best of the best. I am over the inital shock of the news about the ex, but it is still a scab that is easily picked off.
I also appreciate the house compliments. I had the painters put up 8 or 9 color swatches on the front and looked at it in every kind of light and dark, dusk and dawn. I was out there at 5 am in my bathrobe see how it looked as the sun came up!
The long weekend was so quiet for me. I had 4 days off, since city hall is closed on Fridays we got the Monday after as a holiday. Since D was out of town at some family reunion thing that opted out of I decided to practice making BBQ ribs. So I made a rub that was way too spicy and salty, my own fault I just put a bunch of ingredients together based on watching all those guys on the food channel. I should have followed a recipe. Then BBQ’d them for about 2 hours on indirect heat. They were not inedible, but fortunately I only made enough for 2 meals.
Bad food days are good diet days. You know what every cloud has.
You know I’m a terrible cook, but here’s the best site and recipe for ribs and BBQ rub that I’ve ever found.
http://www.amazingribs.com/
I can’t grill worth a hoot, so I cook ribs indoors–if you scroll all the way down toward the bottom of the homepage, there’s a section on indoor “grilling.” These are the only ribs I’ve never screwed up, and that’s saying a lot.