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So today is (well, er, was) Saturday. Lots of things to do, and not enough time to do them all.

For the first time since I started the new job, I woke without the benefit of the alarm clock — before 9:30, which is a feat for me lately. I ate breakfast, read a part of the newspaper, grabbed a cup of coffee and headed out for a couple errands.

My first stop was at M-Boss on Grant Avenue to look at pressed tin ceiling tile for my half-bathroom off the kitchen. I dismantled the entire room for the reflooring project, and now I need to finish it before July 4th weekend. Certainly doable. I’m thinking about the pressed tin ceiling for a number of reasons, not the least of which is the lack of serious maintenance.

Then it was off to the West Side Market for groceries. I have proof of this, as well: I ran into George Nemeth from Brewed Fresh Daily and got to chat with him for a while and introduce him to a couple of my friends that work there. George bought some pork tenderloins and some ground turkey from D.J. Whitaker’s (I’m not sure if he’s aware that they have the best pork in town, but I am sure he’ll find out soon enough!).

As I headed out of the market, I spotted a nice arrangement of 6 red roses with lavender baby’s breath — for $7 (beat that, big box retailers!). Each rose was perfect. I haven’t bought my wife roses in a while, so you know I coughed up the $7 — in less than a heartbeat — and took them home to my bride.

Then it was time to tend to the lawn. I mowed and edged (when will someone design a weedwhacker with an easy-to-replace nylon wire? Can’t be that hard!), then continued with my ongoing insulation and weatherstripping project. So far, I’ve shaved over 45% off our winter gas bills — which sounds like a lot, but Euclid uses Vectren Source on an aggregate plan, which reduces our gas cost somewhat.

Not much, mind you, but somewhat — not nearly as much as the Euclid City Council advertised it would, which is typical for the connected Euclid politicians who say one thing and produce something entirely different. Last summer, the city sent us a letter telling us that the city will curtail curbside recycling in an effort to save $440,000 per year; the letter was printed with the standard Euclid letterhead which reads: “Euclid — the City of Superior Services.”

Nice touch.

I followed my work with a nice, hot shower and followed that by grilling up some nice pork chops for dinner. I just rubbed them with Adobo and dropped them on the grill, and I painted them with a hint of barbecue sauce just at the end. My bride made the salad and the red beans and rice, and we dined together.

I apologize for the banality of this post, but I just had to do it. I’ll post something more spiritual tomorrow… hehe…