First Burgers of 2007

'Twas the first day of real Springtime and the Rachel sat outside

To eat her cheese and crackers at noon by building's side

The lunchtime sun was glorious, bright and cheery warm

On days like this a lunch outside will surely be the norm.

The Rachel came home happy, full of lots of vitamin Ds

Absorbed from being outside in the bright and cheery breeze.

The Rachel and the Mike were feeling summer's promise

They thought, I know one supper which for months has been amiss.

And so the rusty shed key was taken from its spot

And they rolled out the trusty Barbeque which for so long was forgot.

Out came the buns and burgers, they were prepared with glee

For the first barbequed meal of 2007 for this young family

Alas, the buns were freezer-burned, the patties, they were dry

The mayonnaise was weirdly colored, its smell had gone awry.

Yet the Rachel and the Mike, ignoring the substandard taste

They ate their stale burgers, they would not let them go to waste.

For now we know that whatever the case, any burgers from now on

Will be much better than last year's leftovers which thankfully are gone.

What was I thinking

Somehow, someway, Mike got me to play Medal of Honour with him tonight. While he didn't manage to keep me playing for as long as he might have liked, I think he enjoyed hunting me down while I was running around blindly with a bazooka, hitting walls, falling off buildings, and getting stuck in closets.
I have a feeling those hundreds of hours of playing in university may have given him a bit of an edge. I'll have to pull out the Boggle and show him a thing or two :)

Must ... post ...

It's almost the end of March already - winter has come and gone and the summer birds are seeping back into the treetops. All the snow is melted off our property, even the mountain on our front yard. Thankfully, it didn't all drain into our basement, which, being in an old house in the spring for the first time, I was a little afraid of. The next challenge for us is to find ourselves a new car. Despite how good the old Escort has been to us up until her 250,000th odomebirthday, she's starting to sound a little too unsafe for the number of daily kilometers she does on the highway. So far we haven't had any luck winning the car from Tim Horton's Roll up the Rim - well, no luck winning anything for that matter.
Tonight, we're having four people over for dinner, and we have no idea who they are. They will just show up at our door at 7:00, and we hope to enjoy a tasty Dutch-Indonesian meal with them, complete with satay and kroepoek, or Krupuk Udang Komodo according to the package. This is all organized as a "Mystery Dinner" through the school for a fundraiser. We are looking forward to it - I just wish we had another dining room chair. I hope they aren't expecting things to be too fancy! Perhaps we will draw straws for the office chair...

Weird word of the day:
HONORIFICABILITUDINITATIBUS
With honour.