Our party went very well, except that the keg turned into a bit of bust. Hilarious. I think we jinxed it by touting it on the blog.
On Friday afternoon, the beer shop called to say that Pabst had not made its normal delivery. So we had to get Bud Light instead, which, if you can believe it, cost about 50% more. Then we went to Benny's and Wal-Mart, but no one had a bucket to ice the keg in. So once we got the keg home, we wrapped it in a tarp and put some ice in there. As Rob Jensen would say, "Low budget." After all that, attendees only drank about a fifth of it.
Beyond that though, the party was a rousing success. The peoples brought lots of great food, and it seemed that everyone had a good time. Someone left an anonymous masterwork on the Etch-a-Sketch. At one point, Sue's phone did fall out of her pocket into the toilet, but then Heather told us to dry it by putting it in a cup of rice (which absorbs water). It works! (All of it, except for the headset jack.)
Now we have lots of yummy leftovers.
In the meantime, Sue finished formatting her dissertation, we talked with a handyman named Chris about some near-term work around the house, and we swung past the paint shop to get some samples. Here's what we came up with so far. We don't like the lighter gray as much - Gray Huskie - but the darker one looks nice. They are sort of interchangable, but maybe the darker gray all over the house would be a bit dreary? More tests to come.
Oh and, we planted some little foilage in the backest part of the backyard. You may remember, that's lucky #13 on our list of 2009 projects, but we are going to plant more over the course of the spring. More to come this week on the new plantings front.
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Saturday's weather was incredible, so perhaps there is a spring in Rhode Island after all!
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