A Wonderful Life

Wow, so I'm off to a really great start on this posting everyday thing.... Ah well, I'll keep trying. Sometimes a day just gets away from you. You spend the morning and most the afternoon couponing and shopping, and suddenly it's an hour till dinner. You make a delicious southwest salad and fresh baked rolls for dinner, and Myrtle suggests a movie night, which sounds like too much fun to pass up. You get out the TV trays, and watch Julie & Julia while you munch on salad, bread, cherries, and molasses cookies.

After the movie you realize that you mistakenly thawed out the chicken to grill it, not realizing that soup is not made with grilled chicken. Inspired by the delightful culinary film you just saw, you decide to go ahead and make your chicken and wildrice soup tonight. Myrtle and Paul are fully supportive of this idea, and everyone decides to put in another movie: The Blind Side. The soup goes on the stove at 8:30, and the delicious aroma fills the house as it cooks for the next several hours. You occasionally get up to tend the pot, the movie playing in the background. At 10:30, the soup is finished and everyone graciously agrees to sample it. The atmosphere is warm and cheerful, with lamps lighting the house, warm soup in bellies, and a heartwarming film that you watch curled up on the couch with your wonderful loving husband.

The movie finishes, and everyone chips in to help clean the kitchen. It's an easy task with so many helping hands, and by midnight you are done, ready to hit the sack, and completely unmotivated to blog. Happens to everyone right? ;-)

So yeah, that's what happened. What a wonderful evening. :-)

P.S. I put my "recipe" for Southwest Salad on the recipe page. The dressing brings it all together, and right now you can find a decent coupon for the dressing I used here:

$1.00/1 Hidden Valley Farmhouse Originals Dressing-- (facebook.com)