Dinner-Chorizo and Shrimp pilaf-Everyday Food recipe in the November ’07 issue. The plum tomatoes are from my garden and I just picked more tonight plus bunches of Italian parsley and rosemary.
I do believe my commenters have diagnosed some of my current lack of domestic interest. I will say I use to go to the store thinking of what would be good for Sean to eat; him being the child and getting his taste buds to wake up. I will say as an adult, he’ll eat almost anything. This I miss. But as I said earlier, if I make too much, I can freeze it for my uncle.
The other thing is never getting help in the kitchen. I am seeing the holidays looming and some big dinners and lots of cleaning I have to do by myself. Bri’s dad hasn’t been here since Easter(!), mainly because Bri doesn’t want him driving over in his 17 yr old car. My holidays are usually spent in the kitchen while the men sit around watching football. If my mom is here, she’ll pitch in if she is able to. Doesn’t sound like fun for me does it? The one and only Thanksgiving we went out to dinner, Bri’s dad choked on lettuce because he was talking too much or nervous about being in a crowded restaurant.
So you see where I’m coming from? I am not a total slave to cooking everyday. I love to go out to eat, it’s a real treat. We went to Pizza Hut and then to AC Moore on Saturday, and that lifted my spirits tremendously.
It got pretty chilly last night and I brought in some of my plants. I need to find room for them somewhere. I hate to lose the pretty ‘freebies’ from the nursery as they are blooming like crazy right now.
So my 30th high school reunion was set for Nov 23rd-the day after Thanksgiving. I sent in the check before it was due on the 13th of this month. I check to see if the reunion guy has cashed it yet-he hasn’t. I’m wondering if people are showing enough interest in attending? There was a 25th. And there are over 100 people on the MIA list. We only had 480 in the class. I’ll keep you posted. I have new gray slacks, a garnet red sparkley top and pewter shoes (and jewelry) for it too. I was to attend the planning meeting and I would have suggested a picnic type reunion not another expensive sit down meal. The weather was so bad, I didn’t go. Not to say they would have picked the picnic.
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Yum, Di, your dinner looks great!
I think you may be slightly depressed since Sean went away to school and that is why you have lost a little spunk. It takes a while to get used to being just the two of you.
My husband does not cook much either. He can warm up stuff he buys, like deli chicken or heat and serve BBQ ribs. Every once in a while it’s nice when he does that.
That whole thing about women cooking on the holidays and men sitting around enjoying it all is getting pretty old for me, too! I have not even thought about Thanksgiving yet. If I don’t have to work, I will probably cook and have my Mom and Dad over.
What a yummy dinner!
Since my oldest dd left, I don’t get much help in the kitchen – except for clean up which I insist on most days. But then that’s the kids, DH rarely helps with clean up (never with cooking, but then he often works late and has for so long that we don’t hold dinner till he gets home. When the kids are gone things will be different, but I’m not sure that’s ever going to happen, lol.