** All Hail Monday!

that is what is sounded like late last night! at least outside my casa! lots heavy rain, deafening thunder and bright flashes of lightening! i was really impressed that mick wasn't phased. he got up and moved to a new spot on the floor and went right back to sleep. i, on the other hand, was hoping that my basement stairwell wouldn't be flooded this am. thankfully, it wasn't!

that brings me to the weekend activities. did lots of kitchen cleaning (stove, fridge, sink, etc)earlier on friday then went to ellicott city & columbia for a "non BBQ". no grilled meats, just good ol' dips, salsas, fruit, brownies and alcohol! my kind of party! iron girl, hubby and baby "n" hosted the small get together. the 10 of us headed over to the columbia lakefront around 7 and waited through 3 or so small bouts of rain before the fireworks started at 930. a good time was had by all...

woke at 745 saturday to let mick out and sure enough, it had HAPPENED AGAIN! my fridge water line had split and was spraying water all over the place! i knew that downstairs would be UGLY. the leak traveled down into the basement, through the floorboards. as i opened the utility door (which is always open), it was literally raining from the ceiling! water was everywhere...it covered half of the washer/dryer area, went all the way to the back door, & into "richmond's" bathroom. the 3 cardboard boxes that were stacked behind the door had collapsed from the weight of the water soaking into them. luckily, the top box was more empty boxes. the other 2 were my g-mom's china! they were spared though...

lots of bath and dish towels later...as well as a workout at the gym, i called kneecaps and he came over to inspect the damage. i was truly stressed about this. mostly because i thought it was fixed 2 weeks ago! we made 2 trips to home depot and 2.5 hours later, i think (knock on wood) that it is fixed. we replaced the entire water line and assuming the old one was as old as the fridge (93), it was absolutely necessary. just want to give caps' a shout out THANKS again! and for the leftovers and coffee double shot from starbuck's! you rock.

yesterday was low key for the most part. went the gym again and did laundry. played on the computer a while, took mick out and watched way too much FOOD tv Network! i really should be a pro by now but alas...

went over to caps' after 6 and we went to bahama breeze in towson. usually a good meal but we weren't really feeling the "island love" last night. a guy that looked like a younger, more fit (pre botoxed) kenny rogers was playing all the old buffett classics and we sat outside but it was kind of muggy. we ordered the coconut covered onion rings. they were ok. a little too greasy and the special sauces that came with them weren't great. my grilled veggie sandwich was a 7 out of 10 and caps' was sweating literally from his tostada salad! too much spice! it is hard to eat a big salad that has been coated in some sort of thousand island -like hot dressing!

anyway, that is all for now. got to get some sh*& done now!