Reprieve from the heat
Since it is cooler outside, I let Lilly do something that she begs for daily. I let her sit in the bathroom window and enjoy the sights and smells of the great outdoors.
Hoerman's House
My life day to day
Gone Fishin’
The anticipation builds….
Glen casts his line…..
The bait is taken……
Glen landed himself a Lilly Kitty.
About a month ago I downloaded the Instagram app on my cell phone. It is an app that lets you alter the pictures you take on your cell phone and then share them on facebook, twitter, etc. It’s fun and it’s free.
This is a picture I took last spring in Kansas City while wandering around outside the Nelson Atkins Museum. I used the instagram app to tweak the picture a bit….
There be no monsters here
I can hardly ever wait to give gifts. I am always excited for those receiving. So needless to say, Glen got to open his presents on Saturday…..I just couldn’t wait. I got him a Kindle e-reader, (very exciting), and two t-shirts. Not just any t-shirts! One of Glen’s favorite authors is Larry Correia, who writes the Monster Hunter series. I discovered that Mr. Correia sells t-shirts…..viola…..magnificent present!! After opening his presents, Lilly being the busy body that she is, made sure that everything was nice and safe. No monsters here.
The Tale of Two Lobsters
This weekend Glen and I celebrated his birthday. His birthday isn’t until August 2nd, but we both have to work that day, (opposite shifts), so we celebrated early. Yesterday we went and saw the new Batman movie and then afterwards we went to Hyvee and bought two live lobsters. We had never cooked lobster before, but we were confidant that we could cook them up and they would be delicious……and they were!
I love lobster, but have to admit that all of their legs really freak me out. So Glen had to handle them. I stood way back and took the pictures :-p
Our plan was to grill the lobsters. You have to parboil them first. We used the biggest pan I own….it was just big enough.
Here they are after boiling for a couple of minutes….waiting to be split in half.
Again, Glen had to do all the messy work…..I could do it if it weren’t for all those damn legs.
Then onto the grill they went. Oh yeah, we also grilled 4 scallops. Scallops = eye rolling, mouth watering yumminess.
All done and ready to be devoured. It was literally lip smacking good!
TGIF
It is going to be a long and stressful day today. However, today is actually my Friday, and I am so glad! I am going to use Lilly as an example and just kick back and relax 🙂 Hoping everyone, whether they are working or not, has a fantabulous weekend!
All the Leaves are Brown….
It has been so hot and dry that the trees are already dropping leaves. There will be no colorful autumn this year. Most of the leaves are already dead and brown. The news tonight was all about the horrible drought we are experiencing….they even had a day count….day 57 of excessive heat and no rain. This is a picture from out at Glens house. The yard shouldn’t be this covered with leaves yet.
The hedge apples have started dropping too….I should have grabbed a couple of them. Old wives tale….put hedge apples in your basement as a bug/spider deterrent. Does that even really work?
We need rain!
