sunday 8/31/08

[KenP]

Got up, checked the smoker and all is good. Put 3 baby backs on with 3 different rubs. We'll see which is the favorite. Gave the butts a mop, re-fueled the cooker and I'm good for the next two hours.

Holding the little man while the wife does her job... clean.

Family and friends arrive at 3.

[Big Dad]

First Sunday back in Alaska.

Gotta put my new vet plates on...they're free for disabled veterans...bout time...thanks Gov Palin.

Cleaning out the garage and shed today, good luck weathering that storm down there.

[Hmmm2]

Glad you made the trek back to the "Great State of Alaska" safely! Sounds like you have a great Governor, too!

Driving down the coast during the day in search of some fresh, tasty seafood. May end up somewhere's commercial, though, like Gladstone's.

Keeping up on The Weather Channel and feeling badly for the folks in Louisiana and MS. Hope it's not anywheres as bad as Katrina. :-(

[devilsfan]

I'm moving in with CP and Ken, they're always having fun.

Ok, maybe not CP so much....

Hope everyone is ok with Gustav, that's one nasty storm. We're getting the heat effects from it. It had cooled off to the lower 90s for the past few weeks, with Gustav's approach we're back to the 100s. Ick.

Had a road trip yesterday to Austin. Got to spend my birthday money at a mega-scrapbook store, then we headed to a park for a picnic. Twas nice. Hubby is mowing today, so the day's kind of trashed. It's a 6 hour job so I'm cooped up with the kids. I did get beans planted this morning tho, and the cherry tomatoes from spring in the trash. My Romas are still doing nicely tho, and the corn from last weekend is about 3" high already.

Planning on going out to the Parade of Homes tomorrow in San Antonio. 9 homes, over $1 million each (which may be nothing to a lot of you, but the average home price in SA is about $147K). Always good for ideas and resources. I hope to at least get a good reference for remote control shades out of it - we have some 20' high windows in the living room and you can't sit in there from 1-5 PM without being in the sun.

Stacy