Goodbye Bitty, hello Margaret...
Today's activities began in a hurry. Did you all know that Margaret can be up and out the door for work in 13 minutes? We overslept a bit. But who can blame us? We were both mourning the loss of Sharona on Monk. Looks like she won't be back for another season. For those of you who are as devoted Monk fans as we are, you can read the story by clicking here. There is good news in this, our darkest hour, however. The replacement they are trying to find should be a thirtysomething widow who tends bar. Um, hello? Casting call for one Margaret Durham-Burk, please. (Hyphenated last names go a lot farther in Hollywood (we think)).I discovered more wildlife as I was grilling last night (incidentally, cucumbers, though they look remarkably similar to zucchini, do not taste the same when they are grilled). Bats. That's right, bats. We had a gaggle of bats flying overhead in the waning hours of daylight last evening. I wasn't sure if they wanted the salmon on the grill or my neck, but I decided not to risk it and came inside to let the salmon burn, while putting bread in the broiler. Then I went back outside and forgot about the bread only to come back to a kitchen full of smoke, a blaring smoke detector (5 times in 2 weeks isn't bad, huh?), and bread that was aflame. Needless to say, our dinner was rather, how do you say it, crunchy.
We do have four new neighbors. They are moving into the unit on the far side of the property. They are German and British and couldn't quite get over how large the "garden" on the property was. I'm assuming they were speaking about the yard because I haven't seen a garden anywhere. They all work for Siemens research.
The shelf is almost finished, just in time for the arrival of one Ed and Jennifer Burk-Wagner (the hyphenated thing works in the northeast as well). I'll try to figure out how to send pictures once it's complete.
We hope all is well in the Lone Star State. We have felt a bit more at home with all of the cowboy hats meandering around the RNC on the news.
Cheers,
John and Margaret
posted by John and Mag @ 8:36 AM
1 Comments:
Dear Newcomers to the Northeast,
We sincerely hope you will make it thru this evening without burning the house down or setting the barn on fire with your grill. More blogs like today and the Waco Bloggers and San Antonio Bloggers will pool their resources and send you a "keeper" by FedEx!
Looks like you won't be the only one logging on to the Bears game on Saturday on the internet. Turns out BU didn't have enough money to renew ANY radio stations in San Antonio to carry the broadcasts this year!!! You might try the audio stream from WBAP 820 AM in Dallas/Ft. Worth. That's what I'm planning to do. Looks like "Vision 2012" is all "vision" and no "audio"!
Hope all of you, regardless of location, are well.
Ken & Sara
P.S. Loved the pix of superdog in the tree. (He definitely has a few neurons either loose or crossed over.)
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