In honor of Labor Day, the day of rest, we gathered up some friends of brokencandy for a taco party in our hood. We were able to gather Charlie & Kristy fresh back from Seattle, the Krueger, the El Jefe, the Mr. Hinojosa, the Bosgul and the Jungster. We BBQ'd chicken, pork ribs, carne asada, and bacon wrapped asperagus for a yummy feast! By the time it was all over there was a pack made between El Jefe, the male Bosgul, Mr. Hinojosa and Hubby to take part in some real laboring aka PX90, otherwise known as the most hellish workout known to mankind! Those guys are going to be laboring for the next 90 days and I for one am glad it's not me.
Have you ever watched those TV Game shows where they have a couple of doors and behind one is a grand prize? Well, this weekend the hub and I found out what was behind our Door #1. The hubby and I are starting the beginning phases of landscaping our backyard. Our first step, was to clean out the area behind our garage. When we moved in, there was about 2 feet of walking space behind our garage the rest of the area was covered in vines. Vines were growing on the roof and generally it was a mess. Not wanting the vines to take over the roof, we I started to clear out the vines last fall. But after we cut a million vines with only a pair of clippers we gave up and decided to clean out the rest in the spring. Spring came around and we didn't do much until one day when I was sick a few weeks ago, I ran into our gardener. I showed him the mess and asked if he knew of anyone who could come clean it out. I could tell he was actually, quite happy for me to broach the subject of
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