July 5, 2007

• Yawn.......

  I was my usual unorganized self yesterday but this time I did not let it get me upset with myself......after all, age should have some privileges and I just went with the flow.  I didn't get the salad done the night before like I had intended to but stayed on the computer and lost track of time.  When I glanced down at the bottom bar I was rudely brought to task when I realized the numbers were saying 3:45 am.  To bed immediately and back up at 8, the scramble began to get it all together so we could eat sometime that day.  Josh came rolling in at the last moment to get Heather's barbecue brought over because we had to use the van and trailer to bring it over.  We got it unloaded and off to work Josh went but he would return after his shift was over later that night.  The day was starting out with rain drizzling down every now and then......but it was still warm outside.  The girls were trying to get all the pools set up that Heather had bought so that the kids could play in the pool.  We had to wait for Tom to get all the dents out of the cover of the barbeque cover where come branches had dented it in during the last winter's ice storm.  Trust a guy to have to remove the dents right when we want to cook the food.  Tom grilled last and had not cleaned the grill and he had already fired up the grill.......so I put some aluminum down to cook the hot dogs, hamburgers and chicken on.  Everything is cooking along just fine and I am getting ready to start transferring some of the food to platter as they get that perfect barbeque look.  I start noticing that I am getting an awful lot of smoking rising from the barbeque and look down under the aluminum.......lots of fire everywhere.  "Heather"  I call, "could you come here a moment."  Just as she almost gets to the grill the fire crosses the aluminum and is now on top of the aluminum and dancing with my chicken, franks, and burgers.  I shut the lid!  Probably was the right thing to do but actually I was shutting it because I couldn't think of anything else to do right at that moment.  Heather  lifts the lid.  The fire is still dancing.  She turns the knobs.....still dancing......she yells to Tom to get water!  Jessie brings to Heather's attention that while she has turned the knobs .....they are sitting at low and not the Off position.  Correction done!  Fire is brought under control.  Happy to say.......all meat were done to perfection!  Restarted just one burner this time to grill the remaining chicken left to be done......and then it was Chow Time.  My Husband called during the meal and did his usual grouch thing since he was missing family time again but while it was not his fault THIS time........we were not going to let it put a damper on our day this time.  So among the laughter and many trips to the table, at the end of the night.....way into the night.....sleepy, hastily damp washclothed grandchildren were passed around, hugged and kissed and bundled into carrier, car seat and seats and sent on their way.  Damien was so out of it that he was asleep in the chair sitting up when he crashed.  I am sure he does not even remember all the kisses goodbye.  Adrianna had a mini meltdown while here but I think she was sort of confused about how little attention it got her.  I have a habit of not responding the way they expect me to when they do have mini meltdowns.  She is not the first to have one and I am sure she will not be the last.  Kids are like that and my kids are extra inventive when it comes to manipulation.  Good thing that I am smart too.......and even better for them that I was since it is not good for a child to be too manipulative.  I can think of nothing that can end a normal  childhood faster than a child that insist on manipulating and controlling events around them to just their benefit.  I think it robs them of their innocense and butterfly-like curiosity.  I have a mess to clean up today since when we started to do the cleanup........NO WATER!!  Yep, once again we ran out of water on the Fourth of July.........but the waterman is coming today so I will be playing catchup most of today.  I thought I would have a lot of food left over but all I have left is some chicken....one Chinese container of pasta salad, the tomatoes and lettuce for the burgers which will be transformed in to BLT sandwiches today, some salt potatoes, and one watermelon.  All in all........we had a Great Day!  Down side.....I did not get the pictures of my grandsons in their identical outfits that I got for them.....and the same size too.  I am hoping that Trish got some that I can "borrow".  Those two babies got passed around so much yesterday.  I just love it and I have such a smile on my face today.  I love our Norman Rockwell moments but I really think we need to work on not setting our food on fire ........seems like every barbeque we have ......we have a Blaze of Glory!  We have it down to a science on how soon to remove the food before it becomes charred remains.

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