Well our garden is fairly small and would look quite funny with a ten foot fence lol I said we should get a big trap? jk

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How about a dog?

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hey hops....love the patriotic elephants...

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Thanks Jenna the PSU elephant dances again.....Thanks PIP for my Star..

Thanks, Bay. It's amazing what Pip can do with elephants.

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Pretty good, just hangin out...etc..staying in my own lil corner of the world!
Hope everyone has a beautiful weekend!! I will..just not until Sunday!!

sounds like our star is working all weekend again....I am working tomorrow morning and afternoon and then it is a pool kind of weekend for us.....you all are welcome to come on over and have some cocktails and maybe a dip or two....

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Thanks Jenna the PSU elephant dances again.....Thanks PIP for my Star..

Sorry Bay, can't make it. Have to stay home and bake a birthday cake. Strawberry cake with strawberry frosting. At least I won't be eating much of it, if any.

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you were missed hops maybe next time....Having a rain storm today well it is trying to at least, it is very hot and muggy.....good day to hang with the AC and when the storm passes it'll be a good time to hit the pool....

Hope you are having a fabulous sunday.....

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Thanks Jenna the PSU elephant dances again.....Thanks PIP for my Star..

I'm done with cleaning, or at least all I care to do. I might scrub the sink later. I'm done with the prep work for cooking. Tom is cooking a brisket in the smoker. I made a cucumber salad, and I've got the green beans ready for boiling. The cake is done too. I was worried, cause the batter was a bit runny, and it took forever but it finally got done. Someone asked me a question while I was measuring the water, and I lost count. I think I put too much in. But all's well that ends well I guess.

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Well, the insanity continues. I now know why it took forever to bake the cake. My oven is shot. It won't even heat up beyond warm anymore. I'm forced to use the toaster oven to make the scalloped corn. I don't use it often enough to be familiar with cooking time variations, so this ought to be interesting.

We've given up on the brisket. It's been on the smoker all day and is still only at 156 degrees. Backup plan is pizza. I wanted to make breadsticks, but the toaster oven isn't big enough to handle that. So I have some breadstick dough in the fridge that I'll have to use sometime. Or maybe I could freeze it?

Anyway, the party as moved back two hours, so in half an hour, people will be here to eat the strangest variety of foods ever. But we do have cake.

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