365: Yum Scrum

As it was Veteran's Day and California celebrates nearly every holiday I had the day off at home. I did a lot of cleaning, started catching up on my grading, and best of all, had one of my favorite lunch foods. French bread pizzas are a family favorite and one that's easy enough for even me to make! I ran out of Italian blend but a cheddar mix will do in a pinch. It was a good day at the end of a very bad week. Here's to the weekend!

365: Wackadoodle

I know I've had non-stop dog posts lately but they really are such a huge part of my (and our) life. And it's that time in the semester that we're just hunkered down trying to get to Christmas. So there are not a lot of photo ops. Our dogs ALWAYS provide good photo ops. 

Anyway, I'm pretty sure Daisy's brain has fallen out somewhere in the canyon. Lately she has been so goofy. Her latest thing is being a completely lazy slug with no bones in her body. Several times in the past few weeks we've gotten up from the couch and in the process rolled Daisy off of us. Rather than, ya know, MOVE or right herself, she just stays wherever she rolled off. It doesn't matter of she's upside down, laying wonky or being totally squished. And she'll lay there forever. Or until we get back to the couch and reposition her on our laps. She's totally insane.

365: Setting the Mood

Ange woke up with a bad cold so we did a lot of laying around today. We pulled the blinds down, fired up the stove and got warm and toasty. Very conducive to a lazy, rainy day in the canyon.

I love cookouts!

I had a gas grill that was given to me by my uncle. It did the job for a few years, but when it came to me the starter was broken so I had to light it by hand sticking one of those long lighters in the little opening on the side to spark the gas line. Not the safest thing ever and last summer the peril increased to proportions that I couldn't use it. After I singed off the hair on my right hand I decided it needed to go. Plus, I don't really cook very much, so why would I go through all the trouble of firing up a grill?

So Ange has been craving fish for days. And we were spending a few days at my house (we rotate between houses every couple of days) so we couldn't grill out at her house. So, yesterday Ange decided to buy a grill for my house. Nothing too fancy. Just a nice medium sized charcoal grill that looks so cute on the porch. But before we could cook, the grill had to be put together.

So Ange put the grill together while I got to work on the food. Yes, I can cook. I just prefer not to. So I chopped veggies, made jello, and soaked corn. Ange completed the grill, rolled it outside and fired it up. An hour later we had grilled corn on the cob, grilled mushrooms, cucumbers, and squash, and grilled salmon. It was D E L I C I O U S! Such a good day, such yummy food! I love summer cookouts!

Here is my little cutie being a great fix-it girl! Notice that Caramel is being very helpful in the background.

While Ange was putting the grill together, I was busy chopping veggies! See? I do cook!

Ta-da! The grill is going!

Oh yeah...I forgot to mention. One of my dogs (Duke) is scared to death of grills. Don't ask me why...he's a weirdo. But here he is...looking terrified.

Yum! Look at that spread!

Hey! We love cooking out!

I am SO EXCITED for grilled veggies!

She's a happy camper.

Ta-da! Finished product!

Oh yeah...in case you weren't sure...we're in loooooove!