This year I am doing all the cooking and have a small gathering of family for dinner on Thanksgiving. We sometimes get the whole fan-dam-ily together, but this year many of the brothers and sisters made plans to be elsewhere. So I am hosting for the ones in the area. No matter if the crowd is large or small, it will be a nice day for loved ones to share a feast. And if I am cooking they know it will be delicious.
Cooking dinner
Late night dinner for two
Last night was a great night. Once I got the kids fed their dinner (pizza), bathed and down to bed, I started cooking dinner a Deux. My man had to work really late and I knew that I wouldn’t sleep until he got in, so I figured we could have a nice relaxing dinner on the patio for just the two of us. I made Grilled chicken Asiago with cheese tortellini, a tossed salad and Italian seasoned bread. A nice bottle of chilled white wine and some candles and I was set.
We really enjoyed the time alone and he was very impressed with our dinner. It was actually easier to make then you would think, but we won’t tell him that. I tell you, it was long over due for some quality alone time. If you haven’t done it yourselves lately, take a page from my blog and go for it! You won’t be disappointed.
This child is a hot mess
I love him unbelievably, ad he keeps my in stitches of laughter constantly. He does some of the silliest stuff. Last night as I was cooking dinner, he came and asked me what was for dinner.
Me; food.
Child; What kind of food?
Me; The kind you eat.
Child; What kind of food you eat?
Me; Liver and onions.
Child; Yay! Yummy to my tummy!, and then he skips away.
Never in a million years would I ever have thought that I would hear such words out of a child’s mouth. Ya gotta love em!
Easy dinner tonight
I think I will make an easy dinner tonight. We are going to have steak sandwiches and french fries. The kids love them, especially the fries and I don’t have a lot of clean up. I have a lot of work to still get done, so easy is the word of the night. I might even allow my eldest son to help make the Steakums steaks while I do the fries. He just loves to cook and always offers to help. His specialty is pancakes though. He makes them almost every weekend for Saturday breakfast. I am slowly teaching him little by little, but I am an over protective mom and get afraid he will burn himself. I have to learn to curb that a little bit. Ah well, gotta get back to work. Talk to ya’ll later.
Out to dinner
I think we will have a treat tonight and go out to dinner. I really am not in the mood to cook and I have a hankering for Chinese. There is a great Chinese buffet not too far from the house, that we all love. It is a very large buffet with a dessert bar as well. The kids really love that part. I let them make their own plates, ecept for the little guy, but he goes with me and chooses what he wants. He makes pretty good choices since he loves all types of foods. I love that my kids are not picky eaters. It makes for a much easier life, not having to worry about that. Anyway, I hope everyone has a great night. Later Gators!
Date night
Tonight is our date night. The kids are at my sisters house and we are going out to the comedy club to have some laughs. We are going to have dinner and probably a little dancing later on. I am so excited. I can’t wait for him to get home. We haven’t had a date night in a while. Life sometimes gets in the way and we tend to forget to take some time for ourselves. I am going to start writing it on a calender for at least once every two weeks. I don’t have to have e very week, but every other week is a definite must. Have a great night, I know I will.
Back to the store
I hate it when I go grocery shopping for the week and then have to go back, because I forgot a main ingredient for whatever I am making for dinner, then it becomes a rush rush on dinner. My days are full of kids and work and planning and preparation, that when it gets a little off because of something everything get thrown off. It is so unbelievably annoying.
Crowded with Easter Shoppers
I have a bad feeling that when I get to the grocery store this afternoon it will be extra crowded because of Easter. I know that a lot of people like to have a big dinner on Easter Sunday, and so do I.
Most of the time I do the cooking and go all out with the big meal. We get a half ham – I make sure to get the butt end and not the shank – and then we have all kinds of side dishes and desserts. But this year my sister in law says that she wants to cook and the deal is that if I go do the shopping, that she will do the cooking.
That sounds great to me1 I’d love to have a day off from cooking and cleaning and just enjoy myself for a change. I’m really looking forward to Easter – now I just have to deal with the crowds at the grocery store and buy all the food for tomorrow’s dinner.
A glass of wine
There is nothing better than a glass of wine after a grueling day and today was one of those days. It started at four thirty this morning with a dog acting up and continued until just a little while ago. I am not even sure it is over as far as that goes, but one can only hope. The kids are being great though and dinner is cooking. I finally have a few moments to myself to unwind and relax some. I am thinking about taking a nice long bubble bath after dinner and bringing my wine with me for good measure. Calgon take me away!