Memorial Day Weekend pics...

Cam loves to be outside, and he got his fill this weekend.
After 5 years of having a deck we now have furniture for it!
Relaxing outside is easier now. Check out the first smoked meat. Turned out good, but man, is it a lot of work.

Hope everyone had a good weekend and has a good Monday.

-P

I'm a Smoker...

of meat. It was time to replace the gas grill and I was thinking of going charcoal. Not only did I go char, I went smoker. So no actual charcoal is used, just wood. I cooked our first meal in it today, 6 chicken breasts. They took 2 hours and turned out super-brown on the outside, but super-juicy on the inside. Peel and eat bird! I loved using the smoker and may attempt a cookout for the Fam on Memorial Day.



After a thick coating of bacon grease and a 3 hour smoke, it's ready for cooking.

Useful Post Alert!

OK, so last night we order pizza. I'm super tired and lazy so I just plop the steaming hot pizza box onto the espresso colored coffee table. Oops. I pick up the box and there is a cloudy white heat stain that will not go away with regular cursing and paper towel wiping. So I went online and found this remedy.

Put down a cloth diaper folded in half (we happen to have one of these), then put a hot (cotton setting) clothes iron down flat right on the cloth, right over the stain for about 15 seconds. Pick up the iron, remove the cloth and wipe the moisture away and the stain is gone. It worked great and the stain is gone. Not sure of the type of wood or finish, but the table is relatively new, dark, and we were told not to use a wax based polish.

Have a nice weekend, folks.

The Real Cam...

Bad Blogger...

Sorry for the delay of information!
Cam's ultrasound shows a normal spine, so our concern with the dimple is "did we get all of the crap out of it?" I will post some more pics soon.

Whew...

Cam was going nuts feeding and screaming for about 4 days. He's finally calmed down a bit, now. I guess that was the feeding frenzy that goes with the growth spurt we heard about. A young mom who is a cashier at our local Tom Thumb told said, "When your kid is going through one of his/her frustrating "phases" and you think you've reached your wit's end and you're going to freak out and scream, they stop. Then about a week later a new frustration phase comes to test your patience." So far she's right on the money.

WC is going to have an ultrasound today to determine the depth of a dimple he's got on his backside. It's called a sacral dimple and worst case is spinal issues, best case is no issues. We feel like he's pretty strong down there and everything seems to be working normally, so we are confident he will be OK.