Checking In

So it's been a really long time since I blogged. So I thought I better check in. Life is ok. If I haven't already said it, my husband moved back in in October, but I thought it might be very temporary. Recently, I've started to feel that it might be long term. I don't know if I'll ever believe that it's forever, but it does feel like his moving out isn't imminent. He seems to be happier and lighter and friendlier and it's really nice. He's super busy trying to do 8 million projects at the same time and I just want to help him out to support him. This weekend he's doing a pig roast for the first time and right now we have 49 people signed up to come and not everyone has RSVP'd yet. He's so into this. He is making all the food and won't let anyone bring anything. He's got like... well, here's the menu:

MENU:

Snack Bar -

Popcorn, chips, pretzels and other salty snacks

Pre-Dinner Options (Noon to 4ish)

Hot Dogs to order

Sides:

Potato salad

Mac and cheese 

Macaroni salad

Cole slaw

Fruit salad 

Baked beans 

Corn bread 

White rice

Main Dish:

Roasted Pork 

BBQ sauce

How to eat it:

Southern style: pile of pork on top of a slice of white bread slathered with BBQ sauce and a side of beans & slaw

Hawaiian style:  2 scoops rice, 1 scoop macaroni salad, 1 pile pork

Picnic style: Anything you want, anyway you like it!

Dessert:

Bring your own dessert (or eat a second helping instead)

Drinks:

Sangria

Coors Light

Water

Soda

 

Again, he's doing it all. And not only is there the food. We poured two cement pillars in the backyard yesterday to hang lights across the yard. He built a new picnic table and we're still staining it. We have a second table started under construction in the garage right now that will have to be finished and stained. He built a fire-pit in the yard last weekend. Let's see, what else? OH, the morning of the pig roast is the annual garage sale so our garage is filled with things we're suppose to sell that day. Oh yeah, and we both work full time and he commutes 2 hours a day (round trip) to his job. Our kids are also on a swim team and have daily practice for 90 minutes (combined). I told him he has the project list of a retired person, not a person working full time. But, I'm just going along with it because he seems to be happy and the 4 of us are together and that's what I want.