Friday Question: Grilled Meats

I know nothing about grilling meats.  In fact, just this past week, was the first time I ever made and ate grilled pork chops, chicken, and hamburg.

I tell you this, I don't know why anyone would go out for a burger when it's so much better on the grill.

Holy cow.  It was good.

However, yesterday's chicken experiment didn't go as well.  I dropped the chicken on the grill and said to Tim, "I don't think the chicken is supposed to be on fire."

And it was.  Big old honkin' flames.

So I tried again with a second test batch and that worked much better, but still a little dry.  Like I said, I know nothing.  Having a been a veghead most of my life, I never gave two hockey pucks, about what people were grilling. 

But now I'm interested.  So brings me to Friday's Question.  What's your favorite grilled meat, fish, fruit and/or veg?

My Only Goal Right Now ....

Is to stay awake until bedtime.  It's not looking good.

Right in the Sack

As part of my get more staycation vibe into my everyday living, today I got home, showered and went outside with the pups.

Big pup is sunbathing.  Little pup is busy digging new holes for Tim to later step in when he mows.

It's a little game they play.  So far, Bug is winning.

At any rate, I'm nearly done detangling my wet hair, and I am LOVING this sunshine.  LOVIN' IT.

Now, let me tell you about today's transaction.  Five boxes of Tim's cereal and four containers of Almay eye make-up removers.  Total retail value: $19.74 BUT, I had $20 worth of coupons so in the end, they paid me 26 cents.

Not too shabby for the ride home from work.

Meanwhile, I best get supper ready.  Perfect timing.  Tim's headed toward the back deck and both pups are going crazy.  And I kid you not, Bug just nailed Tim and he said, "Oh, right in the sack."  So I kissed him and thanked him for my blog post title.  Just like a good wife should.

Creature Features

Headed back to work today.  Thinking it might be a short one so I've got my coupon bag packed, and I'm ready to score some deals.

For those of you who guessed yesterday, the answer was $404.14 - and we didn't pay a penny.  In fact, if you look to the bottom left side, you'll see they paid us.

As for the fours, I totally didn't plan that.

And now, I best get into my prep clothes.  Looking forward to making the pineapple upside down cake and creature features.  Creature features are the special salads and dessert of the day.  Each day gets a new one.

And that wraps things up here.  Cheers and boogie boogie.

This is My BIGGEST Haul

I did these transactions before staycation.  It's my biggest haul yet.  Took some work but I'm happy with the results.

Missing from the photo, $4 in ECBs, 3 jars of Planters, 2 bags of chips/crisp, and 1 small bag of peanut M&Ms.

Total retail value: Any guesses?

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I LOVE this PEN

It erases, but doesn't have an eraser.  It's a little hard nub, and works great.  I love this pen.  And thanks to my husband's Staples couponing skills, we got them for next to nothing.  Which makes trying new things so much fun.

I tell ya, I am digging this new toy.

Here's one catch, it does smear a bit when erasing on freshly printed paper, but regular lined paper, no problems at all.

Now you don't.

Doing the Jiggly Wiggly

As trailer parks go, we've got a damn good lot.  Our kitchen connects to the back deck, which is nearly private.  Not so private that we can do the jiggly wiggly outside, but secluded enough to make staycation time, VERY nice.

So nice, that I'm not quite ready for the upcoming work week.  But I am eager to take some of this staycation relaxed feeling, and apply it our every day living.

But I've promised myself this before.  I've wrote about this before.  So what makes me think that this time will be any different?  I dunno.  Maybe it won't.

Maybe we'll go right back into the work-mode, without giving our down time a second thought.

Or, maybe I'll request every third or fourth Sunday off.  Just to have that time together.  Because I tell ya, right now, sitting outside, Tim writing, pups hanging - I think yep.

We gotta do this more.

It's a good day.

Mean Little Sucker

It's Grill Time at the Manor.  Originally, we we wanted a side burner and a bigger grill area, but then decided to go with the smaller size to fit our back deck and budget.  And let me tell you, this is one mean little sucker, and he gets HOT. 

Yesterday I made caramel onions, potatoes, flatbread.  And this morning, scrambled eggs and reheated leftover pizza.  

I also burnt myself, dropped my spray over the side of the deck, watched my oven mitts blow away and battled with the black walnut tree fallings.

You know, things don't blow away when I cook/bake inside, which is something I never thought about before today.