On Saturday we got up early and went for our bike ride. We load up the bikes and go over to the Santa Fe Trail to knock out some miles. We are taking it in strides so we don’t have another asthma episode like we did in CA. It is part of our "get back into shape program". We also discovered that the bike Lisa has is more suited towards cruising the paved roads and not the dirt tracks. So we are selling it and going to get her a good off-road bike with fat tires. Later on Saturday we were invited over to Denny and Faye’s new house for a Housewarming/20 yr Anniversary/Faye’s 40th Birthday Party. They have a very lovely house (a custom build) in a new housing area of Monument and have a great view from their backyard. Hopefully they won’t loose it.
Sunday morning found us down at Joyce and Robert’s for the annual Balloon breakfast and BBQ. It was nice to see Joyce and her family; I haven’t seen them for a long time. They haven’t had the event in the last several years due to house renovations and bad weather but this year the house is almost done (just some finishing work) and we had good sun. We had a great breakfast and morning cocktails with good friends. We couldn’t stay for the whole day since we had another BBQ to go to. On our way back north we stopped at the Schroeg’s house for an afternoon BBQ.
It is always good to see the Shroegs. Erich and I go back many years and our wives have become very close friends. We had fun and I got to meet the head of their stamping group and her husband. He is a Navy pilot doing some time here in the Springs. I told him if he every wanted to come over while the ladies invaded the house he was always welcome. I feel for the poor guys with all those ladies in the house, I have heard the conversations get pretty, well lets just say intense. I told him I always have something to drink and a game on the television.
Monday found me cooking all day long both in the kitchen and on the deck. Lisa and the nurses in the ER decided to have a potluck since they were working on the Holiday this year and Lisa “volunteered” me to make BBQ. I may have put up a bit of static but it let me play with my BBQ and let me make some BBQ sauce. Now I love BBQ, all types and I am not going to debate which type is the best (Carolina, Texas, Memphis, or St. Louis, you can take the poll on the side of the page to voice your opinion) but this weekend I made pulled pork,
which is a Carolina specialty so that mandated a Carolina BBQ sauce (it is a vinegar based sauce versus a tomato based sauce). I made a spicy version and a regular version for the ER. I also BBQ’d up a hen house full of chicken (for those non-pork eaters). I made up my own dry rub for the pork but used a commercial dry rub for the chicken. I have a great book that has taught me a lot about BBQ. It has taught me about proper dry rubs, when to use mops (the liquid used while BBQ’ing) and various sauces and sops. I think Lisa loves the book more than I do because she won’t even buy BBQ sauce any more, I have to make it. Also we don’t go out for BBQ I have to make that also. Well the meat was a big hit at the ER and so was the sauce; I got many compliments and was told that I could BBQ for them anytime I wanted. Lucky me huh?
The weather was great over the weekend (well except when I had the BBQ going, it ALWAYS rains when I have the BBQ going). I didn’t get anything done in the yard but I think we are going to have to start to winterize soon. Last year we got our first snow of the season in mid September and I think we will hit that mark again this year. They are calling for a big snow year again this year and thankfully I got me a big snow blower for the job!
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