Yesterday was just another of those days… started slow and stayed that way… mostly. We got up and made a trip in town for breakfast at Braums. I had not had the biscuits and gravy in some time and figured it was time for a treat. Sure was good, the biscuit this time was soft and no oven burns or hard sides… they tend to do that at times? When that was over we made a run to the OSU Horticulture plant sale. They tend to put out some really nice plants but this year we didn’t see anything that really caught our eye and from the weather reports we are holding off one more week before we start putting out bedding plants and hanging pots due to the prediction of freezing Monday. I just don’t want to put it out and then immediately have to cover it up to keep it from freezing. We also made it to the Local Farmers Market and picked up some fresh Asparagus… got some purple for late lunch/Dinner…. I guess it is called Linner?We also stopped by a local plant vendor and spotted some that we may need to back track on for next week?
And the one I really intended to get a picture of had Black Petunias in it but that picture turned out all fuzzy… may go back when I have a bit of time to get a decent focus of that. We also made a run to Atwoods to pick up some Freon (they had it 35% off) for the motorhome air conditioner… it still leaks out Freon over time so I am going to just keep putting more in until we use it a lot more and then maybe try to get it fixed again.
When we got back home I put some chicken breasts in a marinade of Chipotle spices I found at the grocery… with some olive oil, water, and pulled a vacuum on it for about 3 hours before putting it on the grill. Man oh man did they come out good… sorry no pictures… I keep forgetting to get pictures of stuff… I know I am getting forgetful but when it is time to eat, or fix it, I just don’t think about pictures… I was told it is the best yet as far as chicken cooking on the Treager grill. We did put the left over breasts into a vacuum bag and froze them for a dinner “yet to be determined” TBD…. The rest of the day was spent doing little things in the shop, cleaning up, blowing up brand new bulbs in the bug zapper and ordering a new zapper… and stupid stuff like that. I did take the handle off the Treager as one of the screws in it had broken off.
Today we got around early enough to make it to church… second time in a row for us…I also wore my new watch… it will have to be a special time watch as I am not sure I can wear this much orange all the time???
it was a nice service (we go to the 10:00 AM Modern service) which is more casual and open and we tend to like it a bit more. Right after that Sherrie went to give blood. Being a rare blood type they are always happy to get some of hers… Me I held off this time as I need to get past one year of having been to some of those places and besides I have plain old blood that is not rare…
After church and the blood donation we went out to eat lunch and suffice it will be dinner either today or another day as well…
Sherrie got the stuffed baked potato….
I went for the “Dirty Deed” special… and ended up bringing about half of the meat home and we shared the corn…
Not too bad, although I think I need to work on my grilling to get better at the ribs and brisket? Our main problem is we need to eat what we have so grilling is going to be limited for awhile… we still have a big package of pulled pork, “fell of the bone” rib meat and the chicken breast now… oh but I got some steaks that will get grilled this week sometime (small filets that are just right for us to make a meal or two out of… and thinking about it… I still have two of the ground sirloin patties that we vacuum froze as well… then I dug around in the freezer and found a bunch of different sausages that need to be cooked up before they get freezer burn… right?…
After all that we got home and I read the paper while the storms were brewing up… it was just overcast early and then POOF it was coming on a big storm and prediction of 1inch hail and possible tornados and … oh yea, typical Oklahoma Spring weather… and just like typical Oklahoma weather… it passed over rained about 1/2 inch left some pea size hail on us
(we were lucky on that end) and by 5:30 the sun was shining brightly and drying things out … but the temps had dropped 20 degrees and the wind swapped from South to North in about 2 hours time …
Note all sun shine, no clouds but the sun catcher in the upper right is hanging off to the south…. North wind about 20+ mph… and they expect it to keep going down into the low 30’s tonight…
All that caused me to swap out my shorts for jeans and sandals for socks… and I expect it to be jean weather for a day or so now… oh well I need to “Sand a Doo” (Karate Kid?) Will start work on the other closet door in sanding tomorrow and maybe Tuesday then put a bit more stain and seal coats on it… to look closer to the other door I just finished.
WD0AJG