Day 183 Kabob It Up

Today has been a mucho busy day, my family and I had an impromptu lunch at my grandmother's house, followed by shopping and the movie, Larry Crowne. The lunch was decent, the shopping yielded no results, the movie was OK but not the best. I guess you could say it was a satisfactory day. Tomorrow we are having a cookout, complete with grilled vegetables from our garden and we're going to see the fireworks show in a nearby town. Fun and family, somebody give me a hoorah! I'm making yet another Blackberry cobbler and some baked beans for the get together, my mom is making everything else...yeah that seems fair. I love the fourth of July almost more than Christmas, if it weren't so hot, it would probably move up on my list of favorites. Here's to a great holiday, good food, sparklers, and sober driving! Don't forget, never shoot bottle rockets or any firework for that matter from between your teeth...it's a good way to lose a tonsil or worse. Have fun and be safe!
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Day 128 Mother's Day Lunch Throwdown

Today, my aunts, my mom, and my grandmother, all cooked it up like a mother! We had pasta salad, baked beans, baked chicken (which I did not eat), deviled eggs, yeast rolls, cherry cobbler, and strawberry shortcake. I'm stuffed like a pillow and quite relaxed after a pleasant get together under a beautiful sky, it was downright delightful. For dinner, I'm having nothing...well I may have some rum raisin ice cream to round out the day and at the moment, I'm enjoying the warm breeze, a glass of peach tea, and the lull of Spanish tongues outside my window...perfection. This week promises to be nothing short of a 26 mile marathon, so later on, I must prepare my food situation for being on the road Monday through Thursday, thankfully Friday I can sit on my butt all day in an audit preparation training, fun.
Enough blogging, I have two books to read and not much of a weekend left.
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Day 127 Scratch Rolls For Mi Madre

Well, today I temporarily went with beauty products instead of groceries, my intended trip to the grocery store, went terribly awry, when I spotted the Ulta store; I've been tapping my magic, never ending foundation container for three weeks and the end finally came. Not to worry, there are still beans and rice in the cabinet and leftovers in the fridge, not to mention, tomorrow is Mother's day and my mom is cooking it up tonight (what a good mom to cook for me on her day). My only job for tomorrow is to bring the rolls, since this is my only chore, I'm going with the most difficult, most time consuming rolls known to man. These will not be your average dinner rolls, I'm making them from scratch because my mom loves yeast rolls and yeast rolls she shall have. Now, I just have to find a recipe, actually make a trip to the grocery store, and concoct them in the morning. Apparently, rolls have to be timed or something, like an hour to rise or some such nonsense, this means I must prepare in advance, not usually my strong suit. I think I'm also making baked beans because I am the queen of beans so to speak, not to toot my own horn (hee hee), but my baked beans will make you reconsider your destiny, I'm not kidding. Here's to good food and good mommas!
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Day 112 Community Potluck Shinanigans

So, my little anti-drug action group is hosting a community potluck, this is a big step for me, because it will mean eating food, prepared by others in unknown kitchens. I guess when I was eating meals out a lot, it was pretty much the same thing, only this is more personal. I know that most people eat hot dogs and such, so we are going to take advantage of the grills in the park and start off with a hot dog cook out, hopefully some other people will show up and bring other stuff. My mom is bringing drinks. That is it so far......I can only hope that people want to meet their neighbors and have a nice afternoon, we're also having a water gun war, super excited about this one! Anyway, I need a really good, community boosting recipe, that won't make anyone sick if it's in the sun too long and will be economical, as well as delicious, and filling, perhaps a bundt cake? I don't know anything about bundt cakes, but I think people like them? Or baked beans, I make killer baked beans and everyone likes those. This is going to be so fun, I can't wait to start cooking and mingling. I feel confident that building community is the first step in eliminating drug crimes, so let's get to it!
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