We figured after almost 3 years it was time that Bryson graduated to a bed without bars, so today we converted his bed to a full size. He was pretty excited about it, and I started feeling nostalgic when we ran across his tiny mattress he first slept on, so I took a few comparison pictures.
Amber and Bryson went on a photo shoot. I think she got some good ones!
My coworker Mel suggested this place today. Highly recommended, great Texas-style pit BBQ. The building is designed with a separated meat cooking/smoking area, with custom pit smokers and firewood stacked everywhere. You just tell the guy what meats you want, they weigh it, then you walk in and get your bread, sides (including jalapeño cream corn) and feast. There is also a big bowl of complementary pinto beans. What else could you ask for? 
I’ve been racking my brain after I ordered some kiwi vines because I didn’t know where to plant them. They need a strong trellis to grow on and they need full sun. I thought a good solution was to create some sort of overhead structure on the deck, since there is lots of room there, and it is much more enjoyable in the shade than in the full sun. The problem is that I designed the two areas that are available to be ‘full sun’ areas, and I didn’t have a real good plan for modifying either area to accommodate an overhead shade structure. This topic created marital tension when I brought it up to the wife-unit. “You are not going to cut a hole in MY deck!” I couldn’t come up with a better plan, and had to get the plants in soil this weekend, so I executed step 1 of the hole-in-the-deck plan and promised the bride that if it looks terrible, I’ll replace the boards so it will look like it used to.
Thirty minutes of non-stop train noises after replacing the batteries on Bryson’s train toy have made me remember why we were happy when they finally went dead several months ago! He even went and dug out his train conductor hat to wear as he moved through the house… loudly.
My 20 asparagus plant arrived yesterday while I was out of town, so I was eager to get them in the ground tonight. Each plant will have about 18″ x 12″ of room to grow, which is a little more than the minimum. I spent a little more on 2 year old plants in hopes that they will start producing a year earlier.
Bryson thought it would be a good idea to take apart the rear axle on his toy today. At least he is leaving my flashlights alone for the moment!
Over the past few weekends, all my fruit trees have arrived and been planted. The dwarf trees in the backyard are spaced 7 foot apart. The white dog got into my bed and dug up most of my pea seeds, but some of them are still coming up. Some of the heads of broccoli has been harvested, and the lettuce seedlings are starting to pop up through the earth now. The two new pawpaw trees are on the south side of the house.
The Washington Post’s Mensa Invitational once again invited readers to take any word from the dictionary, alter it by adding, subtracting, or changing one letter, and supply a new definition.
Here are the winners:
1. Cashtration (n.): The act of buying a house, which renders the subject financially impotent for an indefinite period of time.
2. Ignoranus : A person who’s both stupid and an asshole.
3. Intaxicaton : Euphoria at getting a tax refund, which lasts until you realize it was your money to start with.
4. Reintarnation : Coming back to life as a hillbilly.
5. Bozone ( n.): The substance surrounding stupid people that stops bright ideas from penetrating. The bozone layer, unfortunately, shows little sign of breaking down in the near future.
6. Foreploy : Any misrepresentation about yourself for the purpose of getting laid.
7. Giraffiti : Vandalism spray-painted very, very high
8. Sarchasm : The gulf between the author of sarcastic wit and the person who doesn’t get it.
9. Inoculatte : To take coffee intravenously when you are running late.
10. Osteopornosis : A degenerate disease. (This one got extra credit.)
11. Karmageddon : It’s like, when everybody is sending off all these really bad vibes, right? And then, like, the Earth explodes and it’s like, a serious bummer.
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