Master Baster

My husband is a complete and total master baster. He's pretty much master basted every night this week. One of the nights he actually was master basting and then realized his meat wasn't done, so he went to master baste it some more.

It's kind of driven a wedge between us. He's spending too much of his free time master basting, talking about master basting, learning how to be a better master baster. I'm just not sure what to do.

Get this, though. He's been doing all this master basting in our backyard. The nerve. He spends all of his time with Barbie. Barbie Q. She's all shiny and perty and she's hot. REALLY hot. He even bought extra long tongs to handle his meat when he's with her. I just don't know what to do.

Seriously now...

The construction of our yard is, GASP, done. I still expect someone to always be outside my window. Even when I'm showering. They were there for more than six months. You get used to it. Sorta. It's like living in a fish bowl. I'm doing that fish face lip pucker thing right now. Swear.

Here are some pics of the whole progression. I sort of slacked in the end, but you get the picture. I have more to add but I'll have to do it later. It's almost dinner time and my husband needs help tossing the salad.

Pictures, by request

My friend Anna has emailed me like 42 times in the last couple of days begging me to add more pictures of my kids to my blog. I don't want to let her down.

The weather has been better here -- the temps are much lower... kind of cold actually. But Jed's blood pressure is higher after seeing our electic bill from August. 110 degrees = air conditioned house.

No more pictures, Mom!









Water balloon fight in the park:

HOT, HOT, HOT

There's nothing like weeks on end of 100+ degree weather to make you want to do absolutly NOTHING. Poor Avery wants to play outside so badly, and then goes out there and turns right back around. We've been trying to go out in the evenings, but even then, it's too hot to do much more than stand in the shade.

I still have a pretty bad computer situation... but Jed bought me one for my birthday, so it'll be here in a couple of weeks. Maybe then I'll somehow magically find the time to blog and read my friends' blogs.

Just a few pictures...

Hanging around:


"Mom, I found a Chuck E. Cheese coin -- can we go there?"


Cutie pie...


Stormy Sky -- the view from our backyard:


Baby in a Bowl, take one:


Baby in a Bowl, take two:


Around town at little spots I've been wanting to take pics of...