I am happy to report that I can see the end of the project. It's very near. All the floors are in. The kitchen cabinet doors are back and look fabulous - no more dents, no more scratches, no more stains. Tomorrow the French doors are being installed. And hopefully the sunroom tile grout will be sealed.
Fellow Pittsburghers know that yesterday was a warm day. So warm that the temperature in our house rose from 67 degrees (our winter temperature with the heat running) to a balmy, throw open the windows and turn on the ceiling fans 78 degrees! We had a hard time sleeping last night because we were too hot!
In honor of what seems to be the real arrival of spring, we decided to rotisserie a whole chicken out on the grill. I was so excited about our first grilled meal of the year. Plus, minimal kitchen mess to clean up! We even had a full tank of gas for the grill. SP stuffed the bird, skewered him, tied him up, and got him rotating on the grill.
About 5 minutes later he popped into the living room where mom and I were sipping orange martinis, watching golf, and dozing off and asked,"Who wants pizza for dinner?!"
There was a mishap. The chicken caught fire. It was blackened in seconds. He swears he stepped away for just a second, but the bird caught fire, flames shot out the grill, and this was what dinner looked like:


Better grilling luck next time... At least it was just a $4-5 chicken from Costco, not an expensive leg of lamb or steak!
That's happened to me more times than I care to admit. I have real problems grilling chicken...it either goes up in flames or takes forever to cook. Pizza looks good, though, so at least it wasn't a total loss.
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