Pudgy Pies!!

The brilliant spring weather is continuing and seeing as March is almost over I'm hoping that it's here to stay! Yesterday was a typical Saturday - Nick played racquetball in the morning and I slept in, then cleaned while he worked on the bathroom (yes, the bathroom work is on again!). In the evening, we went over to Rob and Katie's for a "garage" party - Rob grilled burgers and we all ate in the garage and played Trivial Pursuit (also in the garage). We went back to elementary school and "counted off" for teams - it worked pretty well because it split up all the couples since they were all originally sitting next to each other. We had 4 teams of 3; one all male, one all female, and two that were two male, one female. The male team managed to pull out the victory, but it was pretty close all around.

Today we went out for a bike ride - we rode over to Subway and the scrapbooking store, then took the extended route down around by the lake and up to Home Depot before making it home just as it started to sprinkle. After that, I took some time to work on my scrapbook while Nick worked a little more on the bathroom. When we started to get hungry Nick mentioned pulling the new fire pit (thanks Adam!) for the first time. So Nick got to work chainsawing up a tree log that's been in the yard for a while and I ran to the store to get the makings for pudgy pies (thanks Jill for the makers!)!! Yum, yum, yum. We had such a nice time sitting in the backyard and cooking our food over the open flame. It went pretty well too, except for two overcooked pudgies and a small grass fire under the pit (that burned out after about 10 seconds but it was still scary when we first saw it. Good thing there was water on hand!).

Our fire pit in the dark. It was perfect sitting outside - the right temperature to sit up next to the fire in a sweatshirt and be comfortable, plus no bugs yet! What more can you ask for?


The pudgy pies cooking away.

Next, some evidence that the bathroom has not been abandoned. Most of the work Nick's been doing on it is structural, like reinforcing the wall to hold the new wall-mounted sink from the basement side, so not too interesting for pictures. However I did take a few today just to prove that he's doing something!

Our new light fixture. Nick works on the bathroom in the evenings sometimes and not having a light in there was getting annoying since the portable one heats up the room too much, so he put this in last week.


The "wall" that will go between the tub and the wall (the tub is about 4 inches shorter than the width of the bathroom so this will fill in the gaps). Until Nick stood it up against the wall it was hard for me to visualize how much less floor space we'll have in the bathroom once the project is finished. But that's actually a good thing - it'll look more like a bathroom and less like a closet that someone randomly threw a toilet into. :)

Finally, according to SI.com, it looks like Joe Theismann finally got the boot!! That'll make MNF more enjoyable to watch. Can't wait to find out who his replacement is. Actually, I can't wait for football to start period, but I'm sure you all knew that! The draft is coming up in a month, then it's only 3 months or so until the preseason starts.

What a great weekend!