Having fun

I've been too busy to write much. We ate at Angry Nates when the Fort Christian Brewpub was closed at lunch time. I like their slogans: "How about a nice glass of shut the f*** up" and "A job worth doing is a job worth doing drunk". We had another adventure at the Lost Dog. Stella spent half the evening on Charlie's shoulders.

Buzz and I picked up some lobsters and okra at the farmer's market yesterday and, over the course of the afternoon, prepared a big luau. Chris and Chad fixed the lobsters, Alyssa and Krissy fixed a big pan of macaroni and cheese, and I stir fried the okra with some onion and garlic. It was fabulous. Daniel had been worried that we would put the lobster in with the mac & cheese, but his fears were assuaged and everyone was happy with the results.

While the kids were fixing dinner, Buzz and I took the animals out and released them. I asked Charlie if he wanted to go "release the mongoose" and he thought about it and then declined. I said to Buzz, "Little does he know that 'release the mongoose' is a code for going to visit a brothel." He didn't quite catch what I meant, so I had to explain it to him, but then assured him that we weren't going to visit a brothel. I do think that "going to release the mongoose" would a great euphemism for going to a brothel, though.