Easter is for... ice skating?
Apr. 9th, 2007 08:36 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
troyceStrangest Easter in years. I took off Friday at lunch, deciding not to wait for the official word we'd get the afternoon off (it came at 2:00, so sue me for stealing an hour), deciding jess_ka was right, what's the use of living in a theocracy if we can't take some time off. I rushed to Home Depot to get one of the remaining Weber Grills left, the kind I've been searching town for over two years in vain for. A quick assembly and it's all ready, and very nifty looking I might add.
Saturday was just weird. Highs in low 40's. Sleet. Yes, sleet the day before Easter in Texas. It was the perfect day for curling up with a book, which I managed to do, despite running around getting fixings for Sunday's barbecue.ltlj usually does a special meal for Easter, so I volunteered to christen the new grill by smoking a brisket. We invited Megan and graylion over for it.
As usual, judging the time that a smoked brisket is ready becomes a random guess for me. The meat went on late because it took a while for the temperature to stabilize, so i thought we'd be an hour or so late. Somehow I wound up nailing it on the head, having it ready in time for everyone's arrival. The food was great, with Martha doing a chicken thing in fillo pastry shells, and Megan finding wonderful pre-packaged cole slaw. A wonderful meal while watching Dresden Files and episodes of Venture Brothers.
Oh, and I doubt Jesus saw his shadow Easter morning.
jess_ka was right, what's the use of living in a theocracy if we can't take some time off. I rushed to Home Depot to get one of the remaining Weber Grills left, the kind I've been searching town for over two years in vain for. A quick assembly and it's all ready, and very nifty looking I might add.Saturday was just weird. Highs in low 40's. Sleet. Yes, sleet the day before Easter in Texas. It was the perfect day for curling up with a book, which I managed to do, despite running around getting fixings for Sunday's barbecue.
ltlj usually does a special meal for Easter, so I volunteered to christen the new grill by smoking a brisket. We invited Megan and graylion over for it. As usual, judging the time that a smoked brisket is ready becomes a random guess for me. The meat went on late because it took a while for the temperature to stabilize, so i thought we'd be an hour or so late. Somehow I wound up nailing it on the head, having it ready in time for everyone's arrival. The food was great, with Martha doing a chicken thing in fillo pastry shells, and Megan finding wonderful pre-packaged cole slaw. A wonderful meal while watching Dresden Files and episodes of Venture Brothers.
Oh, and I doubt Jesus saw his shadow Easter morning.
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Date: 2007-04-09 01:52 pm (UTC)Hope it's warming up there. We're still cold and grey but at least it's not snowing anymore - stupid weather (stabbity, stabbity). I demand to have Spring *looks around expectantly* I said, I demand Spring, NOW *shakes head in despair* Why do they not acknowledge my sovereignty? sigh.