I'm here!

Have some Jarlsberg and pity me. I somehow hurt my back/hip this weekend. Stayed home with vicodin yesterday. It is a little better today. I'm out of ibuprofen & acetominophen, though.

Let's recap my weekend:

Yardwork: Got some new veggies planted in the garden (cantaloupe, zuchinni and cucumbers) and started to landscape an area in back of the house with some woodsy perennials. Had to pull a billion crappy weeds first.

Cinco de Mayo: Went to dinner with friends at a restaurant I dislike. I still dislike it. Went to a "beer unveiling" party afterwards. We met a guy at a party a few months ago. He was new to the area & was trying to open a brewery in Spring Green. Had trouble with zoning, but wanted to get the brews out regardless. Chris hooked him up with our favorite Madison brewpub owners to brew the beer. It all worked out and now they have two beers kegged and goint in for bottles. So welcome Furthermore beer to the Wisconsin microbrew market. They'll be grassroots pimping it across the area.

Fishing Day 1: Well that didn't go so well. We are boatsitting a very nice fishing boat for a friend while he's in Iraq. I've never driven a boat. Last year I helped Chris launch the boat once. This time, I launched it much better. Although, he forgot to put the drain plug in & we had to take it back out. Sigh. Still launched it ok. Loading it back on the trailer didn't go so well. He left me in the boat to drive it onto the trailer (it was either that or back the trailer in. I don't do that well). But I'd never driven a boat & it's the kind where the steering "stick" is on the motor (there's a word for that, but it escapes me)...no steering wheel. I ended up coming in sideways & driving the boat over the trailer wheels in the water. Only slight, easily repairable damage to the trailer, boat was fine.

Fishing Day 2: We had never been on the Wisconsin River near us, so decided to explore it with the boat. Launched it just fine. Yay! Then, we had to maneuver through about 1.1-2.2' of water for a distance. That sucked. Then we had to maneuver around sandbars. At least we found SOME deep water eventually. On the way back it was worse. Going like 2 MPH in shallow water we hit something (likely a log or rock). Broke a chunk off the prop, but luckily it was the crappy prop (at least we planned ahead for that). This time we decided to manhandle the boat back on the trailer. We were wet, but no stress & damage.

Goat herding: The John Deere Lady was gone for the weekend. Her goat got out of the pen. I decided I should put it back in. I tried reasoning with the goat. It decided to shit & piss instead of listening to me. I decided to get behind the goat & shoo it back into the pen. It ran in circles around me. I decided to be brave & take it by the collar (it has horns & made me nervous. do they bite?). Finally got it shoved in after about a 20 minute ordeal.

Garage cleaning: How do garages get so dirty & unorganized?