Mother’s Day is today. I don’t have a mother, so I don’t have anything planned. The weekend is pretty much like any other.
Yesterday I surfed the 'Net and drank a pot of coffee. Then I had more coffee. We went down to the nursery, and bought three rosemary plants about 8" tall. They’re supposed to have blue flowers when they bloom. I got out the pickaxe and a shovel, hacked through some roots that were hidden underground, and planted two of the rosemary plants in the front yard by the fence. The SO re-potted the other one and brought it into the house because it smells good. And we can pick on it for cooking. We also stopped by the hardware store, and I bought a new rake.
When my friend bought this house, he bought a couple of those plastic Adirondack-style chairs. Nearly a decade after buying the house from him, the chairs are still here. Their arms are starting to crack. The SO wanted to go to Rite-Aid to look at their hanging plants. They had these metal-framed chairs with mesh seats and backs that were pretty comfortable. They had one brown one, and three stacks of day-glo ones. We didn’t like the bright ones, and we need two chairs; so we didn’t buy any. Upon returning home, we decided to go to the next town over to see if they had chairs. If we need them, we may as well take advantage of the sale. They didn’t have them, but they had a ‘bistro set’ of two metal-framed chairs with cushions, and a glass-topped table on sale for $80 – plus a $10 rebate we can use any time in the next 14 days. Who buys patio furniture from Rite-Aid? Not my first choice. But they were cheap, we needed to replace the plastic chairs, and they’re actually pretty well made. We stopped at Bass on the way home so the SO could buy some T-shirts and shorts for Summer.
We unpacked the bistro set, and the SO started putting it together while I made dinner. I had beans simmering all day. She has a different idea of how to make refried beans than I do, so she was incredulous when I strained off the liquid. She didn’t know that I had a bowl under the colander so that I could add it back in if needed. I toasted some rice, and chopped up a bunch of stuff for Spanish rice. Earlier, I put a couple of mahi mahi fillets in a zip-top bag with olive oil, freshly-chopped cilantro, a couple of cloves of crushed garlic, lemon juice, lime juice, Mexican chili powder, and salt. With the beans mashed and the rice simmering, it was time to fire up the barbie. I’d mentioned the other day that we need to get charcoal. The SO pointed out the bag on the patio, which I hadn’t seen. I should have bought charcoal. There was only a little bit left. Too late to do anything about it, so I made do. It took a little longer than normal to cook the fish, but cooked it was. And delicious. The SO said so. (She also liked the refried beans and the rice.) Too bad I forgot we have avocados, which I had planned to slice up and serve with the meal.
Today? I got nuttin’. We’ll watch Game of Thrones and Survivor, but until then I guess it’s just relaxing and listening to the rain.
I asked a clerk about it, and he read the instructions too. He said he’d have to call someone to find out what’s solar powered about it. Personally, I think that whoever manufactured this thing thought that they’d sell more of them if they put a tag on it that said ‘Solar Powered’, even if it’s a blatant falsehood.
