Egg Karma

Well, I decided I have waited long enough and yesterday I went and bought myself.....wait for it....a BIG GREEN EGG. Fred was not on board for it (and is paying for that, let me just tell ya) and tried to talk me out of it. Not a smart move but some people just don't learn. I was not asking him to like it or to pay for it. I just told him I was buying one, and invited him along. Period. The End. Way to take the fun out of it, Fred. Anywho, since it weighs as much as some pro football players, they will deliver and assemble it Thursday between 1-3 PM. I begged for tomorrow but that was a no go, as was Wednesday. I may need Valium by Thursday.

As penance for his nay saying and general "unsupportive attitude", I'll soon be the recipient of two new gardenia bushes. OOOOO, la la.....I can hardly wait. We had researched one that is more hardy but you end up trading all that hardiness for flowers that don't really smell much. I want the kind you can pick, place, and then perfume my entire house, and if I have to go through buying a new one every few years, well, then that's what I'm gonna do. If I can't smell it when I come in the door, I don't want it.

We just returned from dinner at CPK. We like to sit at the counter so we can watch all of the workers cook. Another couple was already there and the lady asked me if I didn't want a pizza oven just like CPK's and wouldn't it be fun. I told her yes, and that I'd already seen one that was only 2-4 thousand (eye roll-me) , depending on size. Her response was and I swear this on a stack of Bibles, "well, we just got one of those green egg things and I've cooked one on that...those are just the neatest things!" I told I her had just bought one today, as I glanced over to watch the color DRAIN from Fred's face. He was soooo busted. I did not even know these people, nor did I bring up the Egg. I told them I'd wanted to be an Egghead for months. And then the husband jumped in and went on and on about how he loves it, has cooked for twenty some odd years on hardwood, and how the Egg is the greatest thing ever! He gave it to himself, this past Christmas. Fred...was... dying. Knowing it was coming, he prepared for the worst. I outed him, and they howled.

I told Fred on the way home that I was taking that little incident as a sign from God that my Egg purchase was right on time. (Eye roll-him.)