Ribs

For those of you who love baby back pork ribs but don't want to bother with the barbecue, here's a mouth watering solution!  I used the same cooking format as my never fail pork chops and first put these ribs in a 9x13 pan and covered tightly with aluminum foil.  I just sprayed the pan with Pam and added nothing to the ribs.  I cooked them for 3 hours at 275 and after that I placed them on my broiler pan, basted them with any good barbecue sauce and back they went in the oven for another 45 minutes at the same temperature, uncovered this time.   They are so tender!

"Bloggette"

I guess my mind isn't very organized today as I could have combined this with the previous entry but I have finished another Shutterfly book, this one of our trip to Alaska.  It took me a long time to look through almost 1000 photos but once that was done it was on to Shutterfly and their updated, faster and more creative website.   They are really making it fun to put a book together and I'm pleased with the new one as well.   From the time I ordered it online and its arrival was less than a week.   Such a wonderful way to keep a quality record of photos that you can enjoy in hard cover format without all the cut and paste.  

Purging, Chapter Two

BJ hauled a whole truckload of stuff to the Exchange, which is our Goodwill like drop off next to the dump here on the island.   They took almost everything except for one of my coffee pots, (they only like stainless), an ironing board and iron, (they say no one irons anymore!), three pole lamps, and a couple other miscellaneous items.   I got rid of so much stuff in my pantry and after giving it a thorough cleaning and reorganizing, it's almost scary to walk in there, it is so spacious and bright!   I had so many Rubbermaid containers that I didn't use...do those things multiply on their own??

New Home

Today we got our boat, KAVIAR, settled in her new home.  BJ has been thinking for a long time about moving her to a more convenient marina and today it finally happened.   It was hard to leave the other marina as it is so picturesque but this new mooring is so much closer to home that he can go down and check on her frequently.   We think it will be a good fit.  It seems strange to see her in a new place and the only drawback is that we cannot come and go in the marina at low tide so we have to give a little more consideration to that.   But there will be no channel wave action from other boats and the ferry which will be much better for the hull.   We have one more boat outing the first weekend in October and then that will probably be it for the year.   She gave her best performance in Alaska so deserves a long winter's nap!

Purging

No, I have not embarked on swallowing some new fangled bowel cleanser but this makes me feel just as good.  We have a reasonably large house and one of the problems with that is stuff collects...and collects.  It is not a good thought to think of BJ or I being alone some day and having to sort through all this stuff so we are on a mission to check every nook and cranny and check it twice and if we haven't used it in several years, out it goes.   I have four coffee pots.  And they all work.  And we don't even drink coffee.  Are you getting the picture?  I have four irons...ok, one is in the guest house, but still.  This is going to take awhile but I will feel like a new person when it has all been cleared out.   Wow, I feel slimmer already!