This morning had the lovely pleasure of finally having to do the dishes. It took me over an hour to finish. I can't tell you just how much I miss having a dish washer. Which is funny because I did not grow up with one . Even when I had my apartment in college I never used it. When I was pregnant with my son my husband in I moved into an apartment. He told me how to use it , but I wasn't really paying attention. There was no need to use it. Well I was singing a different tune when my bundle of joy arrived. I decided I had to use it I didn't have time to do dishes. Well I loaded it up and I squeezed in dish washing liquid I side. Of course 10 minutes later suds started coming out everywhere. I looked like something out of a comedy show. Moments later mother in law walks in , at that time she was living with us. That story is to neglect for another time. She looks at me smirks and doesn't even offer me any help. So I am running around laying down as many towels as I can find. It was a mess , my husband comes home and he is laughing . He points to the dish washer packets , I felt so stupid . But once I got the hang of it , there was no turning back. Now in this house I am without the basics a dishwasher , garbage disposal and and normal city septic tank. The problem is I am one of those cooks who pretty much used every pot and utensil in the kitchen. After that I make breakfast and clean up right away.
Today is my friends birthday and I am cooking her dinner. I don't know when I became the cook for everything but I guess now I am. I don't mind doing it because she is such a good friend. I just wish I had the ability to do more for her. During the day I wasn't feeling too good and I began to worry would I have the energy to cook. Luckily it subsided and an hour before she was due over I started to get things together. This week between the two dinners I easily spent enough to fill my fridge with food.
I made her a taco bar. I had 3 platters one had sour cream, salsa, fresh tomatoes , Mexican blend cheese and lettuce. The other platter had ground beef, chipotle sauce , steak fajitas and rice. Third platter had tortillas, hard shell tacos and green peppers and onions. Everyone enjoyed I had the fill the platters back up a second time. I was so tired by the end I could barely finish entertaining. I think I am getting too old for all this partying .
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