Our host is Gattina. Come join us and tell us what YOU did this past weekend! After all, you never know when you will need an alibi!
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Easter was a good Day. Why is that? Well, all the food came out as planned, and I didn’t burn my house down! Let me back up to Saturday.
I started working peeling vegetables, making gelatin molds, and a new grape salad, which really made me happy. I started in the morning and by the time I cleaned up on Saturday it was well after dinner and we were just sitting down to watch From Lark Rise to Candleford.
Needless to say, I slept well on Saturday night, and woke on Sunday to the brightest sunshine and warmest weather than we have had in a long time! Ah how wonderful to have such a beautiful Easter morning! I exited the bedroom singing “Jesus Christ Is Risen Today”.
Once again I found myself racing to get everything done for our Easter celebration with my cousin, Janet. She and her Dave and his daughter and two grandsons were due up at 1 to start the celebrations, and they arrived right on time!
I brought out the stuffed eggs and the New England Clam Dip, and we all munched on that until the rest of the meal was cooked, and ready to put on the table.
Now here is where things got a little exciting! Janet had put her delicious rosemary yeast dinner rolls on top of the stove to rise and covered them with a sheet of wax paper. Stupid me, went to turn on the burner in the back and when it clicked on, the flame caught the paper and the next thing I knew the wax paper was burning. I tried to blow it out, but that did not work, so I grabbed the paper and tossed it into the sink!
After that the rest of the meal’s preparation was anti-climactic! All went well and finally about 2:45, we sat down and ate our meal!
After dinner we walked around my yard enjoying the fact that the snow has melted and once again spring is trying to arrive!
Before sitting down and having coffee and cake.
Now I fear I will not be able to eat for a few days! Perhaps that would be a good thing! I know today, my WW diet was ignored through out the entire meal! But oh, those rolls and the cake were just fantastic!
What did you all do to celebrate?
I’m glad the rolls were saved! And your house too of course : ) We had a wonderful day here…girls home, beautiful weather, and a delicious meal. Enjoy your week!
Wow! Everything looks wonderful!!! Our day was great! Mom made it over after going home to sleep and she looks great in the picture I took of her!
The cake looks yummy too! Love YOU, Mel
That cake looks so yummy!! Did you make it too? You are such a good cook.
We had a family gathering at my brothers house, had lasagna and salads. For dessert apple pie with ice cream. Yummy! No diet was thought of here either. haha
Have a good week!
Thanks, as always, for a great time. You are such an amazing cook and hostess and we all had a ball 🙂 Love you!
Wow ! looks like a great meal ! Our Easter was rather sad, we didn’t do anything, Mr. G. being sick I told son and annexe not to come, too dangerous for a little baby. We were not hungry either, I ate too much in France and he had no appetite. We had some fresh Raviolis. But the weather is gorgeous we have temperatures like in summer !