Priceless

Two moments this weekend.

First, was Saturday at work.  I brought a small container of pulled pork (the oven recipe with garlic and apple cider vinegar) to eat with my green salad.  I heated the pork in the microwave for about 30 seconds--just to warm it.  The aroma of the pulled pork traveled from the lunchroom into the main section of the garden center.  My boss came in to complain that "you are killing me with the smell of that food".  I guess it smelled delicious.  Even as a "leftover".

Second, just an hour ago in the checkout lane at the grocery.  The very tall, very thin, guy in line before me had tons of fresh vegetables, fruit and all sorts of "healthy, low fat" items.  And I had seven or eight kinds of cheese (cheddar, 2-Parmesan, shredded Mozzarella, 2-Fresh Mozzarella), bacon, sausage, bleu cheese dressing (plus extra bleu cheese), sour cream, deli ham and cheese, a container of cold fried chicken (for my lunches), Kaiser Rolls, frozen French baguette and heavy cream.  

Now, I did have two limes, celery hearts (for the bleu cheese dressing), Spring Mix lettuce and three romaine hearts and eight peach yogurts so it wasn't all FAT.

He stood looking at my groceries and I swear I could hear his arteries clogging.  I sort of wished I hadn't already purchased the GIGANTIC jar of mayo last week.  But that may have been too much.  I think he wanted to suggest a diet.  Hey, that IS a diet.

G and shredded the garbage bags of wet nasty leaves that we set along the garden fence several years ago.  I had hoped the leaves would decompose in the bags.  They didn't.  But the resulting shred is more like leaf mould (the Mercedes of compost) than shredded leaves so I am very happy.  And dirty. And covered in huge red welts of mosquito bites.  So itchy.

We also managed to plant one of the Spring Open House shrubs I won in the silent auction.  And the Purple Smokebush.  Those items got planted in front where the two oaks used to be.  I even managed to construct a rock pile that looks vaguely Japanese.  Picture tomorrow.  I'm thinking of adding a winding little path through that garden bed and making it look more Japanese.  I even dug four little hostas out of another  bed and added them to the new spot.

I fried bacon and sliced onion.  Now I am going to take a shower while G cooks burgers.  We haven't had grilled burgers in a long time.  I am pretty excited.