As soon as Mike and I returned from Montreal, we headed over to Rob and Janice’s place where there was a BBQ happening. Mike had all the necessary tools for the deep frying of a turkey so we had to make sure it was in working order before everyone showed up.
I managed to chat with Matt a little before leaving for Rob’s. Matt is staying over for a few weeks as he is in between moves into a new house in Westboro. Pretty exciting times for him but I’m sure he’s not too impressed with the need to throw all his stuff into a storage locker for a few weeks and then move it all back into his new house. At least I wouldn’t be!
Armed with my trusty new hat and bathing suit, we headed to Rob’s, helped set up the deep fryer and started things up right. I had to go pick up Duncan at Place D’Orleans and when I returned I got to take a dip in the pool (which was sneakily suggested by Janice considering there were a few kids who wanted to get into the pool). Unfortunately for the little guy that I brought into the pool, I think the pool was a little too cold for him as I brought him into the water and he froze solid and started shaking. I realized that this was a dumb move on my part; to bring him into the water so fast. If *I* have to take five minutes to get into the pool, any other human being will need to take five minutes to get into the cold pool! I felt bad for him but he went on his way and I floated in the pool while chatting with Jeff for an hour.
Joe ended up showing up to the party which was a great surprise as I didn’t know if he would show up from Brockville. He also had some excellent Heineken in tow that he needed help getting rid of. We both headed down to Place D’Orleans again to pick up Carrie and we stopped by the Mazda dealership to check out the new colours on the Mazda5’s, as Joe is looking to purchase one considering the man now owns THREE dogs. Good Lord!
Upon return, we cooked up some corn and started the deep fryer up. It takes awhile to get oil up to around 325 degrees and we were behind schedule. Some obligatory pictures were taken with the turkey before dunking it into the oil. Unfortunately, 35 minutes wasn’t enough for the turkey and we had to turn the fryer back on and dunk it in for another 15 minutes. Too bad we only found this out AFTER cutting into the turkey. Ah well.
The place was a preverbial daycare inside as there were tons of kids running around. I personally thought it was great to see Eric and Annie bring Philippe over as I don’t really know how many kids he hangs around with so I thought it was nice to see him roaming around the area. I also made a comment of how you never know if Jenna and Philippe will end up together in the future and Rob declared that he is not allowing his daughter out of the house until she is 25.
In the end, the turkey dinner was a success (although Rob was disappointed that he burnt all the potatoes!) and it was a good feast. As people eventually left the party, we cleaned up the place and played some video games with Ryley for awhile and then finally headed home. A great BBQ had by all.