Friday, June 27, 2008

The Pork Cook-Off: Mom bagged all of the tenderloins with marinade yesterday. She got 3 tenderloins into each gallon bag with 1 cup of marinade. With 8 bags to go she ran out of marinade. That’s 2 gallons of marinade. So I made a new batch of marinade for the rest of the meat and realized that I’m out of the red pepper flakes that are part of it, so Beau went to buy some for me. Then I’ll add the new marinade to the bags of pork still needing to soak - they’ll get cooked tomorrow so that they have the full day to soak up the flavors.

The cooking of the mass quantities of meat has begun. The first batch is done - 6 tenderloins took 1 full hour to get to temp. Since Mom has the majority of the meat to cook in her 3 ovens (jealous, aren’t you?), we’ll easily get them all done before church tomorrow night.

I will say this - they smell delicious.

The Supreme Court: One really good decision in the midst of some really bad decisions this session. They showed us just how important this presidential election is for determining the course of our country’s legal future. I fear the justices that a President Obama would appoint. I fear the justices a President McCain, too, sadly. We don’t need another Breyer, thank you.

The House: Two things about the house - we are working on a clear division of household chores in order to get things back the way they should be in terms of clutter and cleanliness. We both reached a point of disgust that I hope means we’ll get our butts in gear.

In other house news, I had Beau check on the leak bucket in the attic this morning. Good thing, too. As he headed up the steps, I asked if he needed a flashlight. He said, “No, I’ve got daylight!” What the?

Turns out that during the last thunderstorm that involved significant wind, the flashing thingy that covers the peak of the roof came off. We’ve got an open section of roof right at the peak that’s about 6 feet long and a few inches wide. Landlord/homeowner can’t come look at it until tomorrow AM at the earliest, so Beau is out buying a tarp and weights to cover the hole since we’re expecting thunderstorms this afternoon and through the weekend.

Jesse: Jesse has a mouth full of teeth now. All of the rest of his teeth came in over the past week or so. Poor kid. It means it’s time to make the first dentist appointment for him, too.

With the California trip coming, I was looking for a child-wearing carrier similar to the Ergo we borrowed from the Sleepys since they need the Ergo back for their own travels next month. I love the Ergo, but it’s out of our price range. I found this, which I’m hoping will work well enough with Jesse and then any future babies we may have. (No, I’m not pregnant.)