...but one day you come to realize that all the unsolicited advice and comments on your life are only done out of love. It's probably around the same time that your true friends no longer blindly support you in everything you do and tell you how great you are, but offer you that same unsolicited advice and comments on your life. And guess what? You did choose your friends!
Human natures boggles my mind everyday. We are more willing to accept things from people we've known half our lives, over those that have loved us unconditionally since the moment they found out we were growing in our mother's bellies. Yet, in the end, no matter who the advice is coming from, we still do what we think is best for us. Because who knows you better than yourself (and a lot of us don't know ourselves very well either). But again, in the end, the family you didn't choose and the friends you did still love you despite the fact that you rebuffed them at every turn.
3.24.2008
3.21.2008
On the menu tonight
It's been years since I've had a dinner party. I'm nervous, but everything seems to be happening smoothly so far (I'm getting an early start). Here's my dessert recipe from my last dinner party:
1) Take homemade cheesecake out of oven
2) If you have no oven mitts, use kitchen towels
3) Think how incredibly hot cheesecake is
4) Notice that kitchen towels are on fire
5) Dump cheesecake in the sink
6) Call best friend to pick up cheesecake on the way over
So, you can see why I'm a bit nervous!
On top of that, I've never been very good at cooking meat. I have set my oven on fire (not once, but twice) trying to cook chicken drumsticks. Most recently, I set our BBQ on fire. So, my biggest worry is the meat.
On the menu this evening:
Appetizers:
Shrimp with Spicy Chipotle Roasted Red Pepper Cocktail Sauce & Lemon Tarragon Sauce
French Stick with Lemon Oregano Oil and Tapenade (these are the only store bought items)
Dinner:
Citrus Roasted Pork
Brown Rice
Asparagus and Baby Carrots in Butter
Dessert:
Chocolate Mousse with berries
Wish me luck!
1) Take homemade cheesecake out of oven
2) If you have no oven mitts, use kitchen towels
3) Think how incredibly hot cheesecake is
4) Notice that kitchen towels are on fire
5) Dump cheesecake in the sink
6) Call best friend to pick up cheesecake on the way over
So, you can see why I'm a bit nervous!
On top of that, I've never been very good at cooking meat. I have set my oven on fire (not once, but twice) trying to cook chicken drumsticks. Most recently, I set our BBQ on fire. So, my biggest worry is the meat.
On the menu this evening:
Appetizers:
Shrimp with Spicy Chipotle Roasted Red Pepper Cocktail Sauce & Lemon Tarragon Sauce
French Stick with Lemon Oregano Oil and Tapenade (these are the only store bought items)
Dinner:
Citrus Roasted Pork
Brown Rice
Asparagus and Baby Carrots in Butter
Dessert:
Chocolate Mousse with berries
Wish me luck!
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