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If the man doesn’t have a project, he’s not happy.

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Working with our contractor has ended for now but will resume in a week or two. And God forbid my retired husband should enjoy himself and do something fun. No…

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He’s decided to lay perforated drainage pipe.

You know, the one I told him to lay last year when he installed that drainage box.

Ever since we had the driveway redone last year water has been funneling down to our kitchen landing/porch and in heavy rain we step outside to a river.

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The catch basin was a good idea, but the husband poo poo’d the extra effort involved in laying pipe saying it wasn’t necessary.

Guess what?

It was.

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So today…

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Trench work began.

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With some help from his cousin.

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Rock and clay don’t make it easy.

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Random nonsense.

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Lord Dudley Mountcatten is an interactive television watcher.

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Especially when it’s a Nature documentary on birds of prey.

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Summer is coming.

You’re welcome.

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It’s been a weird, cold and wet spring. We still have temperatures dropping to 40 so while the grass is a stunning vibrant green…

Most of the trees haven’t leafed out yet.

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Not that His Lordship cares, there are still mice to hunt.

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The Orioles are still here and eating jars of grape jelly faster than I can buy them. They’re beautiful and hungry.

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A bluebird, just because.

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And in local news…

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My town’s Facebook page is usually good for a smile or two and I check in occasionally to see what the locals are up to.

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Hmm.

That can’t be good.

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That’s definitely not good… and another reason I don’t mind looking like a weirdo walking Dudley around our property on a leash.

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It is indeed. I had to stop on the side of the road just yesterday and help a big fellow across before he was squashed.

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Get with the progrum…

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I love stumbling on a new place to eat.

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And while this seemed like your run of the mill sports bar, the blueberry margarita was quite tasty.

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And my husband’s go to French onion soup was anything but ordinary.

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It was served with its bread on the outside which we thought was odd, but the deep wine flavored beef broth was so full of onions and herbs and melted cheese you didn’t even miss it.

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My appetizer? Loaded tater kegs.

I’d never heard of such of a thing… and not being a tater tot fan, I almost passed. But these were delightfully crunchy on the outside and creamy, cheesy, bacon filled pillows of potato-y goodness on the inside.

Being a sports bar, all the televisions were tuned to this show. I paid less than zero attention until I happened to glance up and see this…

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Thinking it was just a typo, I grimaced and moved on.

Until this popped up on the screen a few minutes later.

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Ugh.

Not a typo.

Good thing the food made up for it.

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Baked haddock and Parmesan herbed potato rounds for the spouse.

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And a massive chicken, broccoli Alfredo (I ate for three days after) for moi.

Poor grammar aside, it might be worth a return trip.

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