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<\/a>Two nectarines which probably could have been a little more ripe, some yogurt, and some homemade granola sprinkled on top.\u00a0 Yummy and enough to tide me over till breakfast!<\/p>\nNormally Scotty sleeps for a mega long time on Sunday but because I knew that I wanted to get some yard work done and spend time with him, he was going to have to put sleeping-in off till Monday.\u00a0 I woke him up and we got started on our day.\u00a0 Over coffee we planned out just how we wanted to approach things and had a sort of timeline in mind.<\/p>\n
I got all the stuff for dinner prepped and ready to go.\u00a0 We were having ribs and they needed to get happy with a marinade of sorts.<\/p>\n
Sunday Breakfast was a quick and easy one!<\/p>\n
After breakfast and once the kitchen was cleaned up it was time to tackle the front yard.\u00a0 I might have mentioned before that the previous owners loved landscaping.\u00a0 Which is fine but what they picked is time consuming and not at all to my taste.\u00a0 Over the years that I’ve lived here I have slowly been going through and removing most of it.\u00a0 I haven’t replaced anything yet only because I want it all gone first and then I’ll decide what goes in.\u00a0 Trust me when I say this does not in any way leave my house barren and totally exposed.\u00a0 We have a crap load of pine bushes and trees planted around the house.\u00a0 They are too big for me to move and too large to move without having a plan in place.\u00a0 I don’t really care for them either but those will all get dealt with at another time.<\/p>\n In fact there are only three things I like that they planted, a magnolia tree in the front, a boxwood by the deck, and a regular tree in the back.\u00a0 We also have a cherry tree in the back that if it wasn’t so big already would have been long gone.\u00a0 Fruit trees = pain in the tukiss!<\/p>\n I wasn’t out there for too long, about three hours, and I didn’t even get to do everything that I wanted to do!\u00a0 But a good bit got done and I’m happy with that for now.\u00a0 It was crazy hot though!\u00a0 I was sweating buckets.\u00a0 We had water out there with us to keep us hydrated but whoa with the heat!<\/p>\n I came in, showered, and got the ribs in the oven.\u00a0 I start them in the oven and finish them on the grill.\u00a0 While they were cooking I realized that I was really hungry.\u00a0 I munched on some watermelon as I waited for Scott to come back in.\u00a0 When he did, he said he was hungry too.\u00a0 Well we had some time on our hands because the ribs just hit the oven so I made something to tide us over till dinner was done.<\/p>\n Topped with balsamic, honey, and olive oil.\u00a0 Yum!\u00a0 So good and totally a great way to start an awesome dinner!<\/p>\n Scott and I had some white wine fizzies (splash wine + seltzer) while he prepped and got the grill ready.\u00a0 I had every intention of taking pictures but lord it was hot.\u00a0 I was sweating just sitting on the deck!\u00a0 Therefore no pics because I was being lazy.<\/p>\n The ribs turned out pretty fantastic!<\/p>\n I rubbed them down with yellow mustard and some worcestershire, plus a combo of seasonings and let them sit all day long.\u00a0 Then at a low temp I cooked them with a bit of chicken stock till they were just about done.\u00a0 After that it was time for the grill!\u00a0 Topped with homemade BBQ sauce, they got even better.<\/p>\n That sat in a teriyaki marinade for a bit.\u00a0 I adore grilled green peppers and onions.\u00a0 Like in a big way!\u00a0 But interestingly enough I like them better with steak I think.<\/p>\n We had to eat dinner inside because it was just too hot outside.\u00a0 I was bummed by that as I adore eating on the deck but such is life.\u00a0 After cleanup I had to take another shower since helping with the grill caused me to sweat buckets again.\u00a0 Goodness!<\/p>\n Once that was all said and done we sat on the couch and just watched some TV.\u00a0 We remembered Holmes came on at 8pm (Brandi<\/a>, did you see it?!) and watched that.\u00a0 Then it was time for some comedy that we watched on Netflix streaming.\u00a0 It was too late and I was too tired to get involved in a movie or something that needed my attention.\u00a0 I really just wanted to veg out.<\/p>\n The wine for the evening was something we saved specifically for our anniversary.\u00a0 We purchased this last summer during our trip to Inn at Cedar Falls<\/a>.<\/p>\n<\/a>An easy fritatta with broccoli and tomatoes then topped with a sprinkle of feta cheese, an asiago cheese bagel because sometimes you just need the white goodness, and fruit on the side which was watermelon.\u00a0 Yum!\u00a0 There’s also some sausage on my plate that I ended up not eating.<\/p>\n<\/a>Man but I love salads!\u00a0 Thank goodness I can eat one everyday! \u00a0 This was a super simple one:<\/p>\n\n
<\/a>You all know I love pork and ribs have to be just about the greatest thing ever.\u00a0 Mmmmm!<\/p>\n<\/a>On the side was some grilled:<\/p>\n\n
<\/a>Yes that is a half rack of ribs.\u00a0 No I did not eat that entire thing.\u00a0 Have you seen me?\u00a0 I cannot put away that much pork!\u00a0 In all honesty, I probably had four ribs total.\u00a0 These were some meaty ribs!<\/p>\n