BACK AGAIN

Abundant sunshine. High 88. Winds N at 5 to 10 mph.





I am back after a long absence. I don't know what comes over me but if I miss a couple of days it just seems too overwhelming to try to catch up and then it just gets worse and worse. What I should do is not worry about try to write about what has happened weeks ago but just concentrate on the current events.





This morning the carpet cleaner came and cleaned the carpet in the living room. I also had him shampoo a chair and the couch. I had taken the cushion covers off of the couch cushions and wahed them so he only had to shampoo the rest of the sofa.





Last night my husband and my cousin and I celebrated our best friend's birthday. I have never cooked a port roast before. I was always afraid that it would never come out as good as my mother's but when my friend requested it as her birthday dinner I could not refuse. It came out delicious. I rubbed the roast with salt and pepper and put small slivers through the meat on top and stuffed garlic down inside the roast. Cooked it on 400 degrees for 10 minutes then a slow 250 degree oven until the meat thermometer reached the pork setting. I served roasted sweet potatoes, mashed potatoes, gravy, buttered carrots, applesauce and a tossed salad. Everyone said everything was delicious. The birthday cake was a white layer cake with strawberries and cream between the layers and on top. We hung out on the porch until almost 9. We had a lovely night.

A LAZY HOT SUNDAY AND GUESTS FOR DINNER ON SATURDAY

We got up early this morning and had a nice cup of coffee and a light breakfast on the fornt porch. My favorite thing to do. We decided to go to the outlet stores over in the next state to ours. My daughter took a store managers job in one of the stores there. It was a nice ride and I got to go to the Jones of NY store and buy an outfit and my husband got some new Eddie Bauer polo shirts, his favorite.

We were going to stop for lunch but it was so hot and we new we had a nice cool porch to sit on waiting for us and leftovers from the night before.

On Saturday night we enterained my daughter's future in laws. I made a dinner of roasted cherry tomatoes in a balsamic vinegar and olive oil and garlic, served over angel hair pasta. My husband grilled chicken breasts and we had fresh Italian bread. For an appetizer I made hot crab dip with crackers and a pitcher of my famouos white wine sangria. They brought Italian pasteries for dessert for a local Italian bakery. Everything was delicious. My daugher even stopped by after work.