Our spaghetti dinner party went great last night. One of our guests, Susie, was diagnosed yesterday with RA, which wasn't a huge surprise to her, but still left her a bit bummed. I'm hoping the comraderie of last night helped her through that initial realization as she took it in. The other couple, Gus & Claudia, coming home from a 6-week Australian cruise, got delayed a full day when the last leg of their trip home, a 45-min. flight from Vancouver, B.C. to Seattle, was cancelled due to weather. They rolled from the Seattle airport to home (about an hour trip), dropped their bags, and rushed over here, only 1-1/2 hrs late. Almost purrfect timing, all things considered! All of our food turned out great, and everyone went home happy. Now the dishes are done, the house is clean, the laundry is caught up, and the purging is FINISHED! I finally cleaned out that pesky linen closet and we dropped our last carload of stuff at the Goodwill donation door. Today is MINE! I'm going to make a decision on what block to make for the Swing Into Spring Swap, fuse bunnies for my baby quilt, and "read" my audio book while I work. Going to be a great day!
JANA - sounds like Christmas is slowly disappearing at your house. Maybe Michael should build a track that runs all around your great room at the top of the ceiling and leave the train up all year long . . . . Just an idea . . .
CHICKIE - did you get to eat out last night? What was the topic for the Audobon meeting? And did you finish D's quilt?
BECCA - Denise inspired you and you inspired me! Now we all have clean cabinets! Most of my inspiration for almost everything comes from forum friends! Thank you! The difference, for me, anyway, this time I seem to be keeping my cabinets, drawers, nooks,and crannies clean and clutter free! (most of them, anayway) Only took me 50 years of adulthood to manage this.
BECKY - my 'jammies' are usually knee length sleep tee shirts and I often don't get around to getting dressed if I really get into chores. I had one once that had a silk=screened picture of a curvacious female body in lacy teddy and garter belt on the front. I forgot I was wearing it and answered the door to the UPS man, chatted with him a bit, and it wasn't until I'd closed the door and caught a glimpse of myself in the mirror in the entry way that I realized how I must have looked to him! I still wear my jammies to do chores, but I'm more careful about answering the door now!
Does that tater tot recipe you have include baked beans, hamburger, and tots? My LDH#2, Roy, made something like that. I think I still have his recipe!CAROL - You are in So Cal, right? Our neighbors (the landscaper neighbor) are in that area now in the RV for the month of January and texted that they are 68-75*. Wonderful in January, but dont' think I want to be there in August! Happy cabinet cleaning! It's catching and it spreads!
We have just enough spaghetti left over for tonite. I bought a packaged Ceasar salad for yesterday but thought the lettuce wasn't worthy of company so used my own fresh lettuce instead. So tonight we'll eat the questionable salad. I also got a 6" cheesecake at the store - a selection of eight very small portions of four different varieties. It was the purrfect dessert - not too much. And there's still 2 slices left!
So no cooking tonite! How about you?
