Yesterday was a post-call day for David, which means after more than 24 hours at the hospital he gets to come home.  Sometimes he comes home and goes straight to bed.  Sometimes, like yesterday, he managed to get four or five hours of sleep at the hospital and the day kind of becomes a day off.  This is pretty great when it happens since he one day off per week and sometimes not even that.  ( let's get a yippie for residency!)

After all of this kitchen business and illness business, we decided we should take a mini break and go have a fun lunch.  Oh, I am so glad we did.  The sun was shining.  We were able to eat outside, which is probably my favorite thing ever.  And I managed, despite the funny looks by the business suits, to snap a few polas.  Boy,  those suits really need to loosen up and have a few ritas!

While we were eating Zoe noticed that there was a family of birds living in the eaves of the restaurant.  She kept saying

"Me have one? Baby bewd (bird in grown-up speak)?"
"why bud no come me?"
"here bewd!"
"peep! peep! peep!"
"me want baby bewd mine!"

And, yes, that is a grain of rice in her tiny hand.  She was trying to lure them down with mexican rice, with little success. 

POW!  (that would be my heart exploding)

We also went over to the hardware store for some kitchen research, and stopped by the nearby grocery store.  They had these sweet onions in a big galvanized trough.  These are the kind used as drinking troughs for cattle.  Ever since I was a kid I wanted to have one of these as a soaking tub outside.  That is sounding pretty hick as I write it, but hey, I did live on a farm until second grade.  I bet my neighbors would love that here!

And Don't forget!  Today at 3pm CST is the shop update!  Come by and look around!