The Weekend Thread - 4th of July Edition

Right. It's that special weekend, where we celebrate our Independence from the tyrannical clutches of Britain, and have brought forth on this continent a new nation!

What are your plans?

Tonight - Shabbat

Saturday - Nothing major at all hopefully. Just playing with the kids.

Sunday - Morning service. Then, eating and sleeping.

Monday - Cooking out and shooting off fireworks.

 

Friday - Cleaning, Fireworks
Saturday - More cleaning, Visit some wholesale clubs and see if we want to join one, maybe some more fireworks, raid
Sunday - Finish the cleaning if we haven't, Grocery shop, Vegetate, maybe some more firework
Monday - The cleaning better be done or I will kill them and ressurect them as zombies just to make them mop up their own blood, picnic, fireworks

We're not doing much that's fun... but the extra day off is an extra day to get that honey do list knocked off before I start devouring souls.

 

I intend to spend the weekend helping to raise the tyrant clutches and take back the land that .... meh, you know what, you guys keep it and enjoy your celebrations

Today I'm celebrating Canada Day, tomorrow I'm working, Sunday I'm doing less than nothing :-D

 

I'm NOT working!! :-D

Friday: Boring...laundry, cleaning, trying to live through severe thunderstorms.

Starting Saturday and finishing up Monday night, I'm spending the weekend with the new guy. For the most part I'm letting him surprise me with what we're going, but I know Sunday night we're stopping in at my (well, now our) bar. Monday night will be fireworks. The only reason any of that might change is if his ex decides he's allowed to take the girls, in which case I'll be on my own. We have decided that until we figure out if we're serious I won't be meeting his girls (they're five and three).

 

Happy long weekend to y'all over there.:cool

 

Nah, that was us, down-under today, Dave, (seriously).

 

I plan on hitting up a local car show and parade for the kiddos on Saturday. Relaxing and will probably will be doing some 24oz curls

 

waking up tomorrow and putting the brisket on the smoker, then cutting the grass, then on goes the ribs to smoke and maybe a venison roast as well. Then it'll be too hot to work in the yard so I'll retreat to the interior of the house and work on my daughter's computer for them. All in anticipation of smoked meats for supper and even some smoked eggs. Then who knows what on Sunday!

 

Rain, I've got. And will continue to get. S'ok...we were walking around in the rain t'other night and didn't even notice. :cloud9 LOL

It will be sad if we can't watch fireworks, though.

 

oh and Barry, you are welcome to come on by and enjoy some smoked brisket or ribs if you wish (but keep your hands off my smoked eggs!)

Jack

 

We have decided to part ways with out tea party association.

See example: Sarah Palin.

See exhibit two: Michele Bachmann

Barbie for President!!!

 

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They both think like this, so I'll wait for Vermont Barbie to run.

 

I think all the contestants are 3 sandwiches short of a picnic.

How and why were they chosen for Miss USA?

 

They weren't, its a parody of the contestants being asked if they felt Evolution should be taught in schools. Replace math with evolution and it was equally as brain dead.

 

You are spot on with replacing evolution with math!!!

 

Well, that would be easy, Jack - as I'm allergic to eggs - so be my guest! But ribs and brisket sounds delicious!:drool

 

Yum, smoked ribs!:drool

Have a great weekend ya'll down south.:drinkJust don't drive if you do.

 

Brisket is on, now to rub the ribs (chipotle-cinamon, super smoker's special rib rub, and my own mix). Ribs will go on about 11:00 and it should all be done between 6 and 8 tonight. Barry, Augie, you know you guys would always be welcome if you could make it here!

 

First picture of the day! 14.32 lb. beef brisket smothered in seasonings, garlic and onions.

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I will update with the finished product tonight!

Jack

 

David, wait until you see the ribs when I put them on! You'll have to carry a towel with you or someone might slip on your dribble!! :-D-D

 

I've not been awake long and when I first saw that I thought "What the hell is the wire? is he cooking it via electric current?" :-D
Then I realised lol

 

Gah. What a difference a day makes. The new guy has his daughters this weekend, so I'm out. I get it, but I'm disappointed. On the other hand, I am now working Monday (double time, it doesn't break my heart, especially since I won't be otherwise occupied). No fireworks for me, though, unless I see some while loading out the band. Such is life. Could be worse...it's Peter Frampton in an intimate outdoor amphitheatre in our local sculpture/botanical gardens.

 

Jeez Tim, time to empty the septic tank, no?:-D

 

I didn't want to say that but since you did...:-D I don't even allow cigarette butts or tampons in mine either, eventually will clog up the drainage field, which reminds me, gotta make an appointment with the shit disturber as by law we have to have our tanks drained every two years. I'm surprised they didn't call me yet.

 

Sounds like it's time to teach the kid a few life skills. I'm thinking of how to change a flat and how to clean a sewer line to start with, then follow the guidelines in Farnham's Freehold. Should keep her alive and well even in the case of a zombie outbreak!

Jack

 

Aww man, that sucks big time! I don't exactly remember the slope here but it's about 1ft/10 ft and then drops a couple of feet almost straight down. Also we never throw grease down the pipe, congeal the fat in the fridge and put it in the garbage. Never a blockage for the last 35 yrs. unless someone has a really bad poop, then it's plunger time as I have one of those low flow toilets.

 

I hear ya.

 

Yup, she's the poop expert around here.:-D:-D Hi Wenchie.

 

Good one Wenchie! I really liked Miss Arkansas. :confused I agree, we should be knowledged, and be learnt things in skool. :-D

 

Please clue me in as I have no idea, a temperature sensor?:confused

 

You betcha!:-D

 

Tim, when I read this part of your post: "So we get home. Cut the tree shoots that are growing thru the spare tire out in the yard, and pump it up." I began to hear banjo music in the background... :-D Hope the rest of your weekend goes better!

 

Thats easy! The best way is to tow a junker car in your yard and set it on blocks and remove 3 or all of the tires. (car does not have to even have an engine, but should be American made) That will blend you in pretty well in a redneck area.

Now, if you want to go hard core, you will need, in addition to the car, some unusual yard 'art'. Could be a pile of bricks, stack of old water heaters, you will have to find something to 'collect' that you like. For the real redneck yard, you will need a small shed. You have to fill the shed with junk you will never use, and then once it is full, you need to stack up some more junk along side the shed.

Put a couch out on your covered front porch, and people will swear you are a native that maybe talks funny because you lived in another state while waiting for the statue of limitations to expire on some crime. :-D

 

WTF? A GERMAN motor in a farmin' machine? You ain't from here is you? :-D