Date: 2007-06-19 07:16 Subject: This Takes Endurance Security: Public Tags: auburn, endurance

Auburn has been billed as the Endurance Capital of the World, and with all the events, it takes endurance just to get through another week living here. There are so many events that I couldn't event tell you what I did last week without looking at my calendar. Recently, for example, was Party in the Park on Friday night, Father's Day weekend with my kids, Old Town Auburn's Parking Lot Party (which I didn't attend) on Monday, a grant presentation to PlacerArts by the Placer Community Foundation on Monday (which I did attend), Tuesday is dinner with friends (in Roseville of all places ... I mean, who drives to Roseville for dinner?) after putting the paper to bed, Wednesday is something that I can't recall at the moment (without my calendar, that is), Thursday is Rachel's birthday but there is a ton of stuff happening that day (from meetings in the morning, my radio gig at 9:30 a.m., lunch meeting from noon to 1:30, Boys and Girls Club hosting a chamber mixer at 5:30, to the Auburn Alehouse opening its doors for the first time), Friday morning is the city's Power Breakfast then around noon I leave to help film the Western States Endurance Run at Squaw Valley. Saturday afternoon I return so that I can then attend a party for said run, and, on top of all this, we decided to invite a few people over for a barbecue on Sunday. What was going to be just a couple and their two kids ended up with invites to two other couples, one with two more kids. With all the children who'll be here (mine won't, unfortunately), it looks like we'll have a dozen in our house and I have absolutely no idea when we're going to have time to prepare! Then, next week, it starts all over again (minus the barbecue). I'm tired just thinking about it.

Date: 2007-06-19 08:19 Subject: Stuff This Security: Public Tags: meat, sausage

For Father's Day my wife bought me a meat grinder and sausage stuffer. Right on! It doesn't get more manly than that ... unless she'd given me pipes and smoking jackets ... er, well, okay, maybe guns and camping gear ... fishing pole and bait ... or grill accessories ... fine, have it your way! She also got me a great book about smoking meats (that didn't come out right) and stuffing sausage (um, that sounds so wrong). I'm going to TRY to make sausage sometime this week before the big BBQ. After posting about all the things happening this weekend, I received an e-mail from the CEO of the Auburn Chamber of Commerce reminding me that I have a chamber board meeting at 7 a.m. on Wednesday. I also have a board meeting with the Salvation Army of Auburn that day at 11:30.