I’m Sorry

I’ll say right now, I’m sorry.  I haven’t posted in a month, ouch that is a long time.  I promise to do better, please forgive me.

There is a reason why I haven’t posted in so long, and it wasn’t any nefarious plan to hold out recipes.  We have had a super crazy month.

Florida

My father hybridizes daylillies, he has something like 30,000 of them.   For the last few years he has spent the winters in Florida and the summers in Utah.  That allows him to get a head start on each year’s new crop.  Every April he drives back with all his seedlings and several plants he’s been working with.  This year he brought back 4000+ seedlings and about 100 potted mature daylillies.    The 36 hr drive is a long drive alone, so my wife and kids and I flew back and drove with him.  It took two full trailers to bring back all his flowers.

So that was one week lost.  No worries though Florida was fun.  We ate BBQ almost the whole way back and I can highly recommend one particular BBQ place.  It is a food truck in Brooksville, FL.  The place is called Barbiecue, they advertise themselves as Florida’s sexiest BBQ.  I’m not sure how sexy BBQ is (my college prof told us that at his age the smell of BBQ is better than perfume).   This place was really awesome though, they had the best green beans I’ve ever eaten, with chunks of brisket in them (oh man I’m drooling just thinking about it).  The ribs were great, but just be sure to get there early or call ahead to be sure you get your food.  Also while you are there go see the mermaids at Weeki Wachee Springs.

House

So once we got home, we worked on our house.

A little about us here.  A little over a year ago we bought a home to remodel.  I took it down carefully to the point that we could rebuild. That was when major foundation issues where discovered (missed by the home inspection company, yay.) and the house was condemned.  This all happened last October, and I spent the wettest winter in 100 years (yay again) rebuilding a home for my family.

Right now we have it framed and water and power run to the house, with plumbing and electric underway.  fingers crossed we will be in this summer.  I spend all my daylight hours possible down there doing some project or another.  So that was the last few weeks.

Well there you have it my excuse for no posts.  I will get back on track now I promise.