My Oura ring detected an elevated temperature last night and warned me to take it easy today. My Apple watch said my respiratory rate was high and that major outlier meant I should also take a rest day. Not gonna’ lie…
Even with all the evidence of spring, I still feel icky.
Perry mowed the entire yard yesterday — I didn’t even offer to help. He had zero complaints.
Spring means there’s so much outside work to be done…
Today, I’m not going to think about the wood that needs to be stacked that was leftover from winter. I’m not going to think about the cardboard mountain in the garage that needs to be burned — it’s too windy to do that today anyway. I’m not even going to think about the hostas that are poking their heads through the dirt in the flower bed in the middle of weeds and holes dug by a certain dog throughout the winter months.
Intead, I’m going to do what my devices tell me to and take it easy today. 🙂
Now you know: In 1977, 2 American boys cheated an ice cream chain offering free sundaes on birthdays by making up a boy. In 1984, they received a reminder for the fake boy to register for the draft, which exposed that the government used the chain’s mailing list without permission.
Here at the barndo, Perry is smoking a ham — the cherry glazed amazing kind — and I’m doing the rest. When we planned what to cook for a family meal on Easter Sunday, it was in the 80’s. Today, Chef Perry gets to freeze with the smoker in the garage — and that door wide open to keep the smoke smell out of the house.
It shouldn’t matter – it stinks in here already.
I always make deviled eggs and y’all know how THAT makes the kitchen smell. 🙂
No photos taken yet today so I’ll just share one from a minute or so ago of me and my favorite brother…
Even colorizing the photo via PhotoShop, it’s still pretty obvious this was taken a long, long time ago. My brother is no longer a mobster, and I don’t own a single pair of patent leather shoes.
So what’s on the menu at your house today?
Eggs being served? If you’re interested in how the Easter Bunny originated — and how eggs got involved — CLICK HERE to read about it on Wikipedia.
Now you know: Marie Curie is the only person to win Nobel Prizes in two different scientific fields.
My brother and I grew up in a home that always — and I mean ALWAYS — had a dog. We became adults (at least I did), and neither of us have ever been without a dog in our house.
Now that I’m almost retired…
Talking to my brother multiple times a day now that I’m not working 24/7 isn’t required. We still text often and most of the time it’s about… you guessed it… our dogs.
Him: You’re leaving??
Me: Want me to send my dog to cheer her up?
I think it’s interesting that he’s the dude and has foo foo dogs — and I’m the chick with labradors and a pit bull. Go figure.
Now you know: A supposed Abraham Lincoln “business card” from the 1864 election claimed that, if defeated, he would return to Illinois to perform manual labor and trade horses, but it was actually created and distributed by his political opponents as campaign propaganda.
The snow was gone before 11:00 AM and the day just kept getting better and better.
By 6:00 PM, I had a visitor from the fine state of Tennessee who ate all my leftovers and then crashed on my couch. 😉
Katie left the barndo LATE with a new pair of shoes and an iPhone upgrade.
Although I miss her like crazy, I’m incredibly proud of her. Katie’s making her own way in a different state… a 4 1/2 mile drive from home where her family and friends still live. Going to be honest, that’s not something I would’ve had the guts to do. Heck, I hated my 10 years living in Seymour and that’s a 10 minute drive from home.
Her weekend is packed with things she needs to do — like taking her dogs to the vet because it’s less expensive and she loves the Seymour vet team, and going to her best friend’s party for the 1 year birthday of a baby Katie doesn’t get to spend enough time with. And while she may pop over here again before heading back, I understand if she doesn’t. It’s hard to visit everyone you care about when your time is limited.
Now you know: Iceland has never won a Winter Olympic medal.
Have you ever had days where your intentions are great but everything goes wrong? I had one of those today…
Perry’s special day has arrvied!
Garlic chicken, broccoli and penni pasta bake with alfredo sauce was on the menu because Perry loves it. Typically, we all eat one piece of birthday cake and throw away the rest, so instead of buying cake, I figured brownies with ‘Bunny Tracks’ ice-cream would be a win. Slap a candle in that sucker and I’ll be good to go me thinks. I set the timer with Alexa and got busy doing other things.
The timer didn’t go off. Next thing I knew, the smell of burnt chocolate permeated everything in the entire barndo. With an hour to go before he got here from work, I grabbed a box brownie mix and threw it together in a flash. It finished baking just in time… BUT… was still too hot for a candle.
I know because it promptly melted into the gooey dessert. ARG!
I scooped out the wax leaving a hole that I quickly cut through before anyone noticed, and it all turned out ok despite the rough time I had. Dharma photobombed his birthday picture because she was afraid she’d miss her chance at any celebratory food accidentally dropped.
