Monthly Archives: June 2010

Crabby Bay Fries

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Mr. Aitch and I went out for lunch yesterday, which is something we don’t do very often.  It was later than usual for lunch.  For me.  He dropped me off at the fabric store while he took his truck to have the tires checked.  They were out of balance.  Usually I can spend hours looking around a store but I felt that he was going to be back soon so I purchased my things and went outside to wait for him. 
 
While waiting, I played several games of solitaire on my phone.  I’m so glad I could entertain myself.  I was really hungry and my stomach was growling.  I hadn’t eaten anything up to that time and I had spent an hour weeding my flower beds earlier in the morning.
 
We got to the restaurant around 1:15 and placed our order in right away.  Mr. Aitch had hot wings.  I ordered Crabby Bay Fries.  I usually don’t order fries but these were smothered in a hot, creamy crab dip.  This could have served 3-4 people.  It was delicious.  Other than Mr. Aitch sampling 2-3 fries, I ate the entire plate.
 
I had water the rest of the day as I was still full from lunch.  Mr. Aitch wanted some popcorn while we watched an old movie last night.  Real popcorn, not the microwave stuff.  And real butter.  No salt for me.  I had a small bowl.  Such buttery goodness.

Weeding

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I decided to weed the front flower beds as soon as I got up this morning.  We were supposed to get some rain overnight but we didn’t.  There was enough dew on the plants and ground to make the job easier.

Left side

Can you see the poppy?

I don’t know what those pink flowers are but they love the heat from the brick sidewalk and are pretty drought resistant.

Right side

Looks like the stacked stone needs some help.

After an hour, this is what it looks like.  Granted it’s not perfect but it’s so much better.  It was getting too hot to do much more.

Left side after

There's the poppy on the right

Right side after

For some reason the left side always needs more weeding than the right side.  The Candy Tuft has taken over more there.  I also love my balloon flowers thought they are just now beginning to bloom.  Maybe more will be out later in the week.

Tomorrow is another day

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I’m really looking forward to cleaning tomorrow.  Yes, looking forward to cleaning.  I managed to clean out one kitchen cabinet (or is it a cupboard?) last Monday even though I had visitors.  I arranged my spices (in alphabetical order by bottle size) and threw out all the old ones.

My best friend and I talked last night and she mentioned her step-daughter-in-law(?) and her obsession with organizing her spices.  I don’t know how other people do their spices but if they aren’t in some type of order, how can you find what you need without going through the entire cabinet?  Unless you only use salt and pepper, how do find things?

I am certainly not OCD…just look at the rest of my house.

Tomorrow I will tackle the cabinet above the microwave/range hood and possibly the one where I keep my dishes.  Maybe even a drawer or three.

Our community yard sale is tomorrow.  I’m not participating but may have my own yard sale later in the summer.  I need less clutter, less things, less emotional attachment to stuff.

Wish me luck!