I just finished installing 2GB of RAM into my laptop.
It has been a fine, fine laptop, thus far.
I have been using it since August of 2005.
And with this memory upgrade I am pretty sure it will definitely last me until August of 2008.
My plan is to get a new laptop at the end of next year.
Gina is making dinner. Veggie Fried Rice and pot stickers.
She has been cooking more and more asian food lately. It has been really, really good. Because of the increase in our rice consumption and the fact that Emma is still eating rice and cottage cheese for meals, we bought a rice steamer at CostCo.
It works really well, simply drop in the rice and water, close the lid, push the button and about 20 minutes later bada-bing you have cooked rice.
Well it is time for dinner, I need to step away from the laptop and eat.
Laterz.
... because of the way your eyes burn.
I have on occasion used other woods when smoking bbq. But when it comes right down to it, none of them give the meat that great smokey taste like mesquite.
The draw back of it is that it burns my eyes. I mean I have never been pepper sprayed, but I imagine it is about 10 times worse than getting a face full of mesquite smoke. Oh yeah, and then there is the smelling like mesquite for days on end afterwards. But it is a labor of love, so I'm not bitching just giving my 2 cents.
I would like to think that Amanda from the office read my blog and got the idea of making a casserole for lunch next week. However, I doubt it. She is just that way, she loves to cook for people.
In the spirit of that sharing nature, I offered to smoke some pork shoulder for Monday. Providing the Jaduka group with some hopefully tasty pulled-pork sandwhiches. Gina and I hit CostCo on the way home yesterday. And to my suprise they had some pork shoulder this time. The times we have been shopping before, they have never had it.
So I bought about 15 pounds of pork and a small beef roast. I am going to brine them overnight and smoke them tomorrow. They should be finished by the time I need to head out for Dallas.
I'll let you know how it turns out.
Amanda is going to arrange for some potato salad, coleslaw and buns to eat the pork on.
Who knows maybe I will have to break out into song during the week.
