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So we were out for dinner this evening thus the lack of pictorial evidence of what we ate. We had roast beef and the little piggy had none. Our friends who live down the street, daughters classmate and his dad, had us over for dinner. The kids ran around and we sat and chatted while the roast roasted. Lovely green salad with a balsamic vinegar and oil dressing. He too uses the parmesan cheese and to good effect. We brought the rest of the brownies over and they were gobbled up for dinner.

As for the rest of the day I managed to pick up some painting stuff, tie downs, and a cross country ski set (boots, skis and poles) from the next door garage sale. Then we went to pick up our thanksgiving turkey from the swimming pool. This may make you wonder. It should. The swimming club sells organic turkeys as its fund raiser so this year we are eating organic come the middle of October. We plan to pick up a big one for Christmas. Their largest size is 26 pounds and it comes in at around $60 but we think you're worth it. Sent off the $700 deposit for the Honky Tonk lodge so it is game on. Other than that I did a little school work, the son went for a bike ride, the wife did various tasks integral to the functioning of our household. Well tomorrow is a big work day. Gotta get me marked up and ready for the interviews next week. Here is to hoping Wednesday from 2:30 to 8:00 goes well.

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Well we made dinner at home last night and it was great to have the home cooking. The roast is one of those pre cooked jobs that takes 10 minutes in the microwave. Too much salt but the meat is really cooked to perfection. The soup was Miso soup so we had a nice change of pace from the fare in Japan. A little bit of bean sprout stir fry mixed things up nicely. I enjoyed the rice which was cooked in our new rice cooker. We lugged this baby all the way back from Japan and I hope it was worth it. The stewed pumpkin was great and I enjoyed the salad. The wife bought baby arugula and it turned out to taste really bitter to her. The kids jumped right on that band wagon and I was the lucky recipient of most of the salad. The real feature of the salad was the homegrown tomatoes and cucumbers.

The garden has done well considering it suffers from four weeks of neglect. My bell peppers have not done much of anything. The hot peppers are hit and miss and the tomatoes are all producing well. The Toms we have eaten so far are really sweet as we haven't been gobbling them up as soon as they were barely ripe. Cucumbers are growing and we have maybe ten squash sizing up. The morning glory has taken over everywhere it could and will take some major work to get back under control. However, all in all I am glad with how the garden has managed under less than ideal conditions. Already looking forward to next year.