Friday, April 02, 2004 :::
 

I've been sniffling with chills coursing through my body for the whole week. Could be due to my idea of rushing the year and wearing sandals to the first offical cook-out of the season. It was about 50 degrees at 3 when I arrived, with temps falling to low 40s within a few hours. BRRRRRRRRRRR!
Last Saturday my friends had a picnic for their relatives in from Scotland. I met Elaine and James last year. They are total fun. Wow can they drink! We had Scottish beer (forgot the name) and Scottish whiskey (smmmmoooooooooooth). Actually I didn't embibe in those drinks, I went with the strawberry dacquiris followed by pina coladas. It was the first picnic after all.
Of course the Scots speak English but it is a deep brogue style which means you can (or I should say I can) only really understand SOME of what they are ssaying. It's a grand puzzle with a few understood words which you string together in your head so it makes sense...and you smile A LOT.
They LOVE our shopping...CeCe their host took them shopping almost EVERY DAY of their 3 week stay! My CeCe is a better woman than me. I would get tired of almost everyone in about 3 days and as for all of that shopping, well PUKE.
I guess it amounts to the idea that we had many more goods and weehoo that is exciting to Scots especially when the dollar is weak, almost 2 for 1 Scot money.
Guess what...outsourcing is going on over there too. Pisses them off just like it does us.
The cook-out was great...potato salad, baked beans, cheesecakes, hot dogs, burgers, steaks, chips...al of the reg picnic food.
I left about 6. Too many cocktails (2!) and if I stayed any longer I would be cuddled up on the couch with baby Irene. So I walked home, jumped in bed, and slept for 3 hours, woke up happy, and had the whole rest of Saturday night to myself. Perfect!

::: posted by bite me, kick me, make me scream at 8:30 AM

 

no pics..for a while...sorry

::: posted by bite me, kick me, make me scream at 8:13 AM