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6/30/2008

Monday, Jun 30th, 2008
Categories: 2008, topten

So, we were on vacation in Maine for the first half of last week. Although the word “vacation” is a bit of a misnomer with a one year old and a dog in tow. The Lovely Suse was at conference meetings for the majority of the time, so I corralled the kids for a couple of days. I’ve never balanced so many things at once in my life. A kid in one hand, sometimes in a stroller and sometimes not, a dog leash in the other hand, a bag strapped across my back full of various camera equipment, sunscreen, hats, sippy cups, snacks, beach toys, and whatever else I could shove in there. Definitely not the most relaxing of times, but the Lovely Tess enjoyed her time in the pool, on the beach, and on walks along the ocean. On the bright side, we did eat some awesome fried clams at The Clam Shack. I might even go so far as to say that they were every bit as good if not better than the ones at The Clam Box, plus no waiting in line for an hour.
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We still have no bathroom ceiling and the oven is still broken. Hopefully the oven situation will be dealt with this week as I took apart the oven yesterday and found what I think is the broken part. I ordered a new one today and will attempt to replace it later this week. If I’m successful, I will add this to the highlight reel of my DIY home repair projects. If I’m not, then we’re getting a new stove and installing a ductless hood. Let’s hope it doesn’t come to that despite how nice it would be to have a brand new shiny stove.
I’m pretty sure that our kitchen cabinets are made out of some sort of rock-hard space-age titanium infused wood. Trying to install the last of the child-proof locks, I broke a two drill bits and created smoke when trying to drill pilot holes. I even tried a masonry bit will little success. What the hell? Are my drill bits that dull or am I missing something here. They’re wooden cabinets for crissakes. I did finish them, much to the Lovely Tess’s displeasure. She really liked that drawer with all of the plastic bags and aluminum foil. She will be happy to learn that we took the locks off the cabinet with all of the tupperwear, so she is free to wreck havoc there. By the way, we have the most well organized tupperwear ever because we have to put it all back every single night after she has pulled everything out of the cabinet.
I made collard greens for the first time last night (thanks to our CSA). I must say, those are so damn tasty greens. Although it’s hard to go wrong with anything that includes pork fat. I also smoked some chicken legs over hickory wood that made the entire neighborhood smell like BBQ.
A new season of Weeds has begun. Last season was sort of weak, so let’s hope they step it up a bit.
I really want to go see Wall-E. Anyone want to babysit?