mornings are the devil

[verbicide]

But on the positive side, I did get to see my big brother OB this morning. He stopped by at 6AM, before work, to drop off my bbq! It is here! Woo! It's a Char-Broil Patio Caddie. Jeff loves his and while OB has upgraded to a car-sized Weber, he used to have and love one of these. It's propane and should be easy to use, even when je dine seule. So, yay!!

However, it was 6AM. OB knows I hate the mornings, so he was fairly amused as I blinked at him confusedly and walked into things. But I got a hug, and he's like a giant teddy bear, so that was nice. And then I peered at Hobbes (who was sitting hopefully near the kitchen) and stumbled back to bed to sleep fitfully.

I did not assemble the grill as I had ridiculously thought I would (at 6AM!!!). And damn Jeff. He spent the better part of yesterday smirking at my culinary ambitions. He's says it's going to be like a Bridget Jones's misadventure. And true, today will be a little crazy. I've invited Sarah and Kathleen over for dinner to celebrate the new grill. I bought most of the groceries tonight, will fill the propane tank at lunch (as soon as I figure out where), and will buy the remaining few ingredients that I forgot (of course) after my swim tonight. They're not sposed to be here until about 7:30, so I have plenty of time.

It's not a complicated grill, so I don't think it's going to be insane to assemble. And this isn't a fancy party, it's just some friends over to eat grilled meat.

I did finish cleaning the kitchen and getting things ready. I have some nice cheeses and crackers and apples for my guests to munch on while I finish tackling dinner preparations. We're goiing to have:

green salad with cherry tomatoes with balsamic vinaigrette
flank steak with salsa verde (from my new grilling cookbook)
roasted red potatoes with rosemary (will take 5 minutes to prep while steak's marinating)
caramel pecan brownies with mud pie ice cream (dessert's ready to go)

And a lot of red wine. Whoop!

Comments

[midnightbunny.livejournal.com]

I had to giggle at the thought of Bridget Jones putting together a grill at 6a.m. Too cute! :)

The dinner menu sounds delicious! :)

[verbicide.livejournal.com]

It would have been utter chaos! So I'm going to save that for the zen-like state I'm in post-swim.

And I hope everything turns out okay!

[midnightbunny.livejournal.com]

You have me intrigued with the swimming program you are in. I hope you'll post more about it. I'm a bit of an exercise fanatic and really enjoy hearing about other people's routines. In a way, I guess it motivates me. :)

Kudos! :)

[verbicide.livejournal.com]

I really love swimming. I've just started going 3x a week, and my goal, outside of getting a good cardio workout, is to increase my endurance. I'm adding a lap each time (so far), because I've been out of shape for awhile. At some point it's going to be enough with increasing laps and I'm going to work on speed. I can swim forever, but very very slowly.

They have a Master's program at my community pool which I'd eventually like to sign up for, which is instructor-led drills. I just don't think I'm there yet.

I'll admit I'm envious of your running. I need to lose a ton of weight before I can tackle that. It just seems like such a fantastic exercise.

[greyaenigma.livejournal.com]

Building a cockamamie grill at 6am? What kind of cockamamie plan is that?

The menu does sound fun, though.

Stop saying cockamamie!!

[verbicide.livejournal.com]

You know--I was still cracking up over that all day yesterday!