That, remarkably, was a fine weekend. \u00a0It was only “remarkable” in that we’ve had a string of way-too-busy weekends recently, and this past one finally felt like we kind of dialed it back and took it easy. \u00a0The weather was uncharacteristically poor Friday for Halloween, but we managed to make the most of it. \u00a0We kicked it off with a short happy hour at Hop House, then we joined some friends for Trick or Treat. \u00a0I haven’t made the rounds with little kids in a long time, and I must admit it was a good time. \u00a0Them little buggers were wound up tight. \u00a0The littlest was just over one year, and she was quite comical. \u00a0It took her about two houses to figure out “go up to door, get some candy,” and then she was off to the races. \u00a0Had to keep an eye on her or she’d be a block in front of us before we knew it. \u00a0It sprinkled most of the time, and when it finally started raining hard we scooted back to the house for some chili and pounds of candy.<\/p>\n
Saturday was “errand day.” \u00a0I don’t know if we’ll ever get another weekend without at least one of those; \u00a0Not in the foreseeable future anyway. \u00a0Before making the rounds, I went out and planted my new garden in the backyard. \u00a0The landscapers built a large box out of redwood, and I was sorta excited to get some Fall veggies in it. \u00a0I went with cauliflower, onions, beets, chard, (whatever chard is,) and kale, on the advice of the guy at the garden center. \u00a0I don’t know how long I spent making sure I had everything spaced according to the directions, mixing in fertilizer, watering it all in, etc. \u00a0Two days later Teagan dug it all up though, so I guess however long I spent was time wasted. \u00a0After that we “went to town” and got our provisions for the week. \u00a0Geez, we live in the boonies. \u00a0Hit the hardware stores, the grocery, the Costco, all the places you have to go when you make it to The Big City. \u00a0We managed to sneak in a good lunch at Chicago Fire too, which took the edge off the trip.<\/p>\n
Sunday we decided the house was in enough order to have some guests over for the football games. \u00a0Or, at least it was after three hours of furious unpacking\/sorting\/rearranging. \u00a0I fired up the smoker and threw on a small brisket (imported from KC on Donette’s last trip) and a pork butt. \u00a0While those smoked away, I lit up my new gas grill and put on four pounds of wings to tide us over. \u00a0I used a recipe from the KC Star that supposedly mimics The Peanut wings. \u00a0Honestly, I’m not sure I could come up with any resemblance to the ‘Nut, but they were darn good at any rate. \u00a0It was a keeper recipe for sure. \u00a0Not to mention, I was just excited to use my new grill. \u00a0As far as the games, the Chiefs weren’t even on so we missed that one, and the 49ers were rather depressing. \u00a0But, the feed all came out good so it all evened out.<\/p>\n\n\t\t