New Year's mussels with wine, shallots, parsely, garlic and butter. French bread to soak up all of the delicious broth.

He's so cool he wears his sunglasses at night.

Roasting an heirloom pumpkin to make a pie (no crust).

Hop porn.

Hop crop update.

Latest picture of the 2011 hop crop.

Spending 4th of July in the back yard under the shade of the tree drinking our version of a Pimm's Cup, reading books and magazines and taking occasional dips in the wading pool with the dogs. Left over smoked ribs for a late lunch or dinner.

Happy 8th Birthday Mitch!

Today is Mitch's 8th birthday so I took him to PetSmart to pick out a toy and then to Wendy's for his very own hamburger. This is a picture as we sat in the grass and ate our burgers together.

More of my hot dog.

More of my hot dog.

Had to cut our walk short today. At 1.5 miles he started losing speed and walking behind me. By the time we got home we only clocked 2.3 miles. He wasn't drinking water when we got home and he wasn't really into his favorite ice cubes, so decided to break out the kiddy pool. The relieved look in his eyes as he settled into the cool water was priceless. He's a sprinter, not a marathoner.

You have to make sure to watch this one with the sound on:

Mitch's new parka/rain coat

I just got back from taking Mitch for a walk. I was looking at my phone when I heard a woman calling to me from a few houses back. Great. I thought while I was distracted on my phone Mitch dropped a stealth poop and she was going to yell at me for not picking it up. Nope. She had a 12.5 year old greyhound that died this January and wanted to know if Mitch would like his parka. Except for a few hairs it looks like it has never been worn. It has a nice waterproof shell which will be nice when I have to send him out in the rain.

I tried the free month of Netflix when I was home with my broken arm and didn’t really intend to continue after the free month, but now I'm hooked.

The streaming is much cooler than I thought it would be. I have 61 movies in my streaming queue and 27 in my DVD queue. The only DVD's I've watched so far have been from the Dexter TV series. I'm halfway though season 4 so far.

The streaming is $8 per month. I added the 1 DVD out at a time plan for and extra $2 per month. To get Blu-ray disks costs an extra $2 per month so I added that too for a grand total of $12 per month.

This is my arm 6 weeks after the break. Doctor said it is doing great, but don't lift up anything more than 5 pounds.

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Nothing says I love you like murder and mayhem.

Giving baking my bacon a try instead of frying for my spinach salad.