entertaining

We got a grill! Chris' mom generously offered to give us something for our open house this Saturday, and let Chris pick out a kickass grill. It's silver and pretty, and propane, so it's super fast and easy. This is great: something to knock off our list, that we don't have to worry about anymore. I love it! Chris said he's not too familiar with grilling, so we're going to grill every night to practice. I totally support this.

As for the rest of the "to-do before the party" list...it's coming along. Kind of. We bottled beer tonight, so I'm going to have to clean the kitchen again, but it's okay -- I'd planned on doing it one more time before Saturday anyway. I just need to get a new dress, get all the ingredients for the food I plan on cooking, and then...cook it. Man, for "fast" and "easy" appetizers, these seem like they're going to be a pain in the ass.

My flowers are looking a little haggard right now, unfortunately. I think I bought/planted them too soon, you know? Since the weather has been insanely hot right now, they seem to be getting sunburned. I don't really know what to do -- I've been putting them in the garage during the day so they don't dry (or fry) but then they don't get ANY sun, and they only get watered when I come home. Oh, well.

I also joined two Yahoo! groups, called Ferndale Freecycle and Metro Detroit Plant Exchange. Hopefully I can end up with some cool stuff from those. I'm a little intimidated by the knowledge those people already have, where I'm barely a beginner. But hopefully they'll be cool.