Matt scheduled a softball scrimmage on Friday afternoon so I enjoyed a long workout after work before heading home. After we both got home, we decided to head up to Tanner's for some Keno and good food. I've always enjoyed Tanner's atmosphere, but hated the fact that smoking was still allowed inside because they had Keno. So, even when Omaha went smoke-free, Tanner's was not yet. However, it is now completely smoke-free and I can go again without walking out smelling like an ashtray and feeling like I inhaled a bunch of smoke. Given that we hardly saw each other last week, it was nice to sit around and play quarter Keno and enjoy a great cheeseburger. We also watched the Olympics (men's platform diving) on the big-screen.
Yesterday we headed to the Farmer's Market for a very productive shopping trip. We picked up an eggplant that looks incredible, some frozen tamales, a couple of tomatoes, some homeade salsa, and a new chalkboard to hang right outside of our kitchen. We have been looking for something to hang on the wall below our stairs as it is kind of a random space and not suited for a pictures or anything like that. However, the chalkboard will be perfect in that location.
We spent some time last evening at Lowe's purchasing supplies for a project we will be working on in the coming weeks in our guest room. We had all of the instructions, but still had to wander around looking for all of the supplies. Perhaps someone can explain to me why different wood products are sold in different lengths. We had to purchase 1X2's and 1X3's in 8 foot length pieces, and then two other products we needed in 7ft long pieces and 10 ft long pieces. However the walls we will be using all of the products on are 8 3/4ft long and 10 ft long. Luckily, Matt thinks he can ask the shop teacher at school to cut all of the wood for us as we do not have any sort of saw that will cut it nicely. Hopefully, we can get it cut this week and then work on the project over the long weekend.
Today, we decided to make some pulled pork for sandwiches for this week. We have done this many times before in the slow cooker, but have always covered the pork in BBQ sauce when cooking. We decided this time to cover the pork in root beer when cooking it. We started the pork this morning and let it cook on low all day. I made potato casserole and then pulled the pork, added some BBQ sauce, and enjoyed. It was really good! Matt and I were not really sure what we would think of the root beer, but it provided just a little bit of sweetness and was almost like cooking the pork in a thin molasses. And the best part is that we have pulled pork to eat for the next couple of days.
We enjoyed a quite day at home today. We only left to go work out before lunch. Matt mowed the lawn and I did some laundry, but it was nice to enjoy a quiet day alone. Matt will get busier with softball in the next couple of weeks (he has two tournaments next weekend alone) and then in mid-September I begin traveling, so we are enjoying some time together now.
I'm headed to bed - it is supposed to get into the low 50s overnight so we are planning to turn the AC off and open up the windows!! I love this time of year!
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