The Best Saturday Ever!

Today was probably the best Saturday in recent memory. To begin, it is mid october, slightly crisp air and the sun is out to keep me warm. The morning started at 6 and was filled with breakfast and house cleaning, not ideal but a good start. That was followed by a Financial Peace University meeting. It went better than I could have expected.

Now for the good part. Remember the sun is out. At about 11am I went out to my hammock and fell asleep. Yep, perfect rest, in the sun, nice and warm. I woke up and just stayed there till about 1pm. That's when I went in and joined Amber, Cari and Sharon for lunch. I had Boston Baked Beans with smoked salmon and buttered toast. Oh yeah, with hot apple cider. That was great. Next I went back to my hammock, read Outside magazine for another hour or so. My nieghbor Jay promised tell me when he was ready to prep his salmon for the smoker, it was time. I spent about an hour or so watching him fillet and salt his salmon, with occasional tips being passed on to me. We talked polotics, followed by more polotics the whole time! After that I went in and talked to Cari and Amber while they carved pumkins. Then I saw smoke comming from Jay's firepit.

I went and hung out there, Dan, the other neighbor showed up. We talked for a bit and it was decided that beer was needed. Dan supplied a round of mirror pond ale, mmmm! It was close to dinner time, we all agreed that a nieborhood dinner was in order.

We went off to prep the food. That night we an outdoor feast lit up by a lantern and candle light.

The menu:
Coho salmon, cooked over the fire
little potatoes and little onions, cooked over the fire, from the farmers market
Organinc, grass fed, oregon cowboy raised beef meat loaf
homemade goat cheese on homemade bread
Salad with croutons
freshly roasted pumkin seeds, salted
homemade rasberry and blackberry wine
pear crisp, vanilla ice cream

Long conversation and lots of laughter. A perfect day. A connection with nieghbors, a feeling of community.