Life of Wry

Matt’s coming, so’s Chris and Pam, also Betsy, Paul and Janet..and of course our wonderful Peter. We’ll have a week of guests, lots of meals and I hope some fun times together.

Matt’s already here… somewhere… maybe still on the last few miles of I-80, but on his way. We’re having dinner with him downtown somewhere. P and Boo arrive tomorrow. C&P on Wednesday and P&J on Thursday. I’m done with all the menu planning and shopping, the fridge has been cleaned out and a bunch of stuff’s been relocated to an ice chest. I’ve drafted a cooking and baking plan for the next three days and it seems totally manageable.

We’re doing something new and easy this year: In addition to the the usual Honeybaked ham that we get, I also ordered (and picked up today) a Honeybaked smoked turkey breast and plain roasted breast.. we’ll see how that turns out. What are we going to do with ourselves if we aren’t stressing about how to finally roast a tasty, moist turkey after decades of failures? What will we do without a huge, greasy, nasty carcass to deal with?!

Boy, am I excited about this!

And… Miguel and Mary worked their magic on the house and garden today.. and everything looks clean and spiffy.

Mary planted some welcome flowers…

I’m so looking forward to the week. And will be thrilled when Monday of next week rolls around. Bring it all on!