On Friday afternoon at 3:00pm, I received a text from my middle born who asked if the guys could come for dinner. My answer, as usual, was 'of course!' because, well, I just love all those boys. At 4:00pm, the text said 'the guys are bringing their families too, ok?' and I just had to laugh. I mean, what else can you do?
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The house wasn't clean, but then again, it's never clean enough. Supper, which was going to be baked chicken with pesto pasta on the side, quickly became a huge bowl of pasta with pesto mixed with chicken, pine nuts and sun dried tomatoes with a huge salad and lotsa bread on the side.
Dessert? My standard...pizelle's and a tub of nutella. Nuthin' fancy schmancy but pretty yummy, if I do say so myself.
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The garden heaters were put up, the candles were all lit, Frank Sinatra and his pals were serenading us and the evening? Perfect. Everyone ate lots, laughed even more and I am still, three days later, feeling blessed. These families have loved my boy(s) like one of their own and I am so very, very thankful for them.
On Saturday we recouped...and then cooked some more because it just so happened to be a weekend of parties. At one point I looked out my kitchen window and the sun was shining so brightly that I threw on my flip flops and walked around our lake. It was sunny and warm and the birds were chirping and the bees were buzzing and the boats were sailing...it was the perfect little afternoon delight.
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Sunday...we got to see this handsome guy perform his graduate recital. He's a pretty cool guy with some pretty cool friends...hard to believe that he was once a little shy guy who only wanted his momma.
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He wanted 'real' food for his reception...so 'real' it was. Italian beef (20 lbs, cooked all day the day before) sandwiches, veggies and dip, chips and for dessert...a cannoli. Or 50. Of which 5 were left.
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Monday morning hit hard...and the cold that has been chasing me, caught me. Oh well. I've got kleenex and tea and vitamin C...and a partner in crime. That guy that I like so much caught it, too...not a great week for either of us to be down, but there's not much we can do about it now. There's a nap in our future...it won't happen until Saturday, but we're both counting down the days.
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