I spent the better part of my holiday weekend working and getting ready for our upcoming European adventure, leaving the update material a bit sparse.  In the interests of consistency I’ll throw something out here though.

Saturday Donette’s parents come over and joined us for dinner.  This gave us a chance to try out the rotisserie attachment on our new grill.  I am officially “for” the rotisserie at this point.  We threw on a 4 lb. pork loin and it cooked it to “just right” in just under two hours, using only the back infrared burner.  Granted, not a lot of grilled flava, but I liked the results all the same.  After dinner we went down to Foo’s and had a round of concretes.  I went for the “raspberry cheesecake.”  Highly recommended, although next time I’ll leave out the cheesecake part.

Sunday, in between some very disappointing bouts of work-related stuff, I added a little more bling to the motorcycle.  I bought some used chrome foot controls off the RSWarrior site, which made for a nice little upgrade.  I got some extensions for the brake and shifter too, but I didn’t get that part done; it looked a little too intimidating.  Naturally, it rained all day AGAIN so I didn’t get to go riding.  Hopefully it dries out while we’re gone on vacation.

Monday brought more work stuff, boo.  We did squeeze in an exciting shopping trip to Metro North mall, where I purchased a new suit for our trip.  I don’t want Martin to out-dress me, you know.  We made it out of the neighborhood a second time for dinner, when we headed due south to the Munkir’s house.  They grilled up some Iowa-cut pork chops, which were, in fact, actually from Iowa.  We hadn’t seen the Munkirs clan in a while;  It was nice seeing them again but I was really interested in checking out the new dog, who I hadn’t met yet.  She is a pretty chunky lil’ pup, but not quite ready to go a round with Belle just yet.  We’ll give her another 6 -8 months and check back.  Throw a tug-rope in the living room and see what happens.

Yes, I am aware that is a lame summary of a three-day weekend, but it’s all I’ve got.  I’m tired, distracted, and generally dis-interested.  It’s the best I can offer under those conditions.