Thursday, February 16, 2006
Barbecues in Winter

I was meant to be doing all my homework today. Well, I did most of my german, at least. I was about to do my history homework when a thought popped into my head. "I wonder," I thought, "what would happen if I tried to barbecue a sausage using paper?" And once it was in there, it stuck. So I grabbed a bunch of printer-paper, and scrunched it up. I went outside and laid some dirt on the ground (safety first) with bricks around, to stop the fire from spreading, and to hold up the sausages. I got a sausage, and put in on a metal grid... thingy... you know what I mean. I poured a little oil on the paper, put it on the inside of my brick-square, and set it alight. It took quite a few matches to get it going. Then I put the sausages on. Time to wait.
Soon, there was a browning coat coming on my sausages. They were also starting to spit fat, which is where the fun begins. As the fire was beginning to rise, I heard a noise 'round the front (I was, of course, in the back garden/yard). That meant one thing: Dad was home. I'd have to quickly shift all the evidence (I couldn't say burn the evidence, could I??) before he found out what I've been doing. The fire was out, and I hid the sausages, but suddenly he appeared. He shuffled towards me. He asked what I was doing. I hesitated, still trying to cover up the burnt paper. He asked again. I said I was just making a fire... He wasn't angry, thank God, but he just said, "You're mad." He still hasn't found the sausages. I hope a bird hasn't taken off with them... Anyway, he's going shopping now, so I could continue my barbecue, yay!
More news of Nan? Well, apparently she's getting better. She's eating properly and they can do the operation on her leg tomorrow. Huzzah! I hope she'll be alright, though... But I guess it's as Brandon says, the more people who pray, the more God listens! :) Yay!

[EDIT - LATER] Oh wow!! O.O BEST SAUSAGES EVER! Why did I never do this before? WHHHHHHHHYYY?? That does it. On Saturday morning, I'm gonna have to make more!