memorial day-great time for a trim and a smokin' chicken recipe (literally)

before anything else, happy memorial day! THANK YOU TO ALL OF OUR ARMED FORCES PAST AND PRESENT FOR ALL THAT YOU HAVE SACRIFICED TO PRESERVE THE FREEDOMS THAT WE ENJOY AND OFTEN TAKE FOR GRANTED.  there are not sufficient words to express the gratitude. 

yesterday i had decided that it was time to give bruno and chaco a trim. bruno sometimes fights me on this and wiggles around, causing it to look like a hatchet job. this means that i have to go back in after the fact to do some trimming. chaco on the other hand is somewhat mortified by the clippers, which makes him stand super still-much easier. so later this evening i will probably attempt to trim up bruno's ears and mustache. i really just wanted to get them ready for summer!

 i know, i like scruffy face better too, but he just gets so much crap in his mane...he was like, "for real? stick to cutting your own hair!" ...rude.

i am also trying out a recipe to see if it will work for a birthday celebration. if so, great! if not, back to the drawing board tomorrow! let's see if this chicken grills up how i want it to, and then if it chills well...(time lapse 2 hours later) OH MY GOODNESS!!!!  wow! i just tried the chicken, and it was amazing...i may or may not have just eaten about3 chicken breasts! oops...i couldn't help myself! it doesn't look like that much when they're in 2 inch pieces! again..OOPS! so i did try to chill a few pieces, and they got cool before i pulled them out and ate them too! triple oops...so yes, i will be getting more chicken tomorrow to prepare! i just don't know if i will be able to use my indoor grill, because unfortunately it smokes...(said it was trying to quit, but i didn't see a patch or nicorette gum, so...i don't know that it was being completely honest). as i was grilling, i had the microwave 'hood fan' on high, and i was blowing the smoke toward it to make sure the alarm didn't go off-i should've closed the blinds, because i'm sure if a neighbor across the way was watching, it might be on youtube... anyhoo. delicious!

in case you want to know the marinade is a simple 3T soy sauce, 3 T brown sugar, 3T white wine vinegar, some garlic salt, ginger, 2t coconut oil, i think that's it...yummers!

i also listened to a book on cd- paint the wind i really enjoyed it more than i thought i would! i think i picked up the book when i was in the fourth grade classroom and i could never really get into it...well, listening to it on cd was a good way to get through it.

so this is what i've been up to so far this weekend- fairly relaxing.

julie