I feel obligated to write about the BBQ, even though as an event, I think it stands on its own. The people who came seemed to have a good time, and the people who couldn't come... well... maybe they had a good time, too.
First off, it was hot. Super hot. Outrageously hot. I wished we had enough room inside the house to hold everyone, but it all turned out ok.
About 45 minutes before the BBQ was to begin, the pig roast guy called to say that he'd had a little car trouble. Apparently, while driving to our house, one of the doors fell off of the company van. Fell off. Crazy. So that was our one thing that went wrong. Thankfully, things didn't get worse....
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It's no secret that we like to grill food and that people like to eat food that we've grilled. That's why the slow and ultimate demise of our grill over the past year was a bit upsetting.
The grill didn't survive the move very well. I think it's also possible that something broke inside it, but every time we used it after the move it essentially caught on fire. The insides would flame long after the gas was off, and it would happen every time we cooked with it. The flames were high and uncontrollable, and we just couldn't use it any more.
At some point, the wildlife became aware of the fact that we weren't using the grill any more, and decided to make use of this sheltered space. When Berta cut down the tall grass surrounding the deck, the local birds made great efforts in moving a ton of it into the grill to start building their second home in its confines. Yes, they did this twice....
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