Time and my poor management of it

14 manhours. That's how much time it will take to pre-make all the meatrolls I'm serving at Barnacled Bullfrog. Right now, I'm half done and I'm tired. Thank goodness for Tupperware - I think the filling for the next batch of meatrolls will have to sit in the fridge while I take a nap. Yeah, at 5:30am I'd still call that a nap. I've been cooking, chopping, and rolling for 7 hours and my shoulders hurt.

And this, for what is (basically) a throw-away item of the menu. Oddly, the 'real' meats won't take hardly any work at all.

But the 200 beef-brined eggs will. I don't have to start those until next week though, even though it will be a marathon session - they've got to brine for at least 72 hours.

Spring joy

We have a bush by the driveway that was one of the slowest growing things I'd ever seen, and odd, to boot. It had glossy green leaves, mixed green and yellow leaves coming from a few branches, and yellow and white leaves coming from a few other branches right in the center of the bush. I still don't know what it is but after 19 years of watching it just sit there, it suddenly exploded into growth.

It surprised both of us. And Arn reluctantly got out the trimmers to cut back some of the explosion and to help it shape into something nice... and then he put the trimmers away, unused.

We have a little nest of two - jays, I think - right in the center of the biggest growth-clump. As I sit here typing, I can hear the nestlings peeping. So from my window, I have sunlight through the gently-blowing willow tree on one side and young serenaders on the other.

I like spring.

Beak for a short video

Just click "play" and sit back for a little smile in your day. It's got action. It's got Drama. It's short enough for you not to get in trouble at work. :)

http://fc01.deviantart.com/fs13/f/2007/077/2/e/Animator_vs__Animation_by_alanbecker.swf