lorrieonline's Journal

Stopping to take a rest.  My son had asked, if it wasn't too much trouble, if I could cook up some stuffed shells for the birthday celebration today for he and pop.  I said of course, that's no problem to do - stuff like that always tastes great - I could make that the day before.

So after shopping for all the ingredients for birthday today, I was so tired, I could barely walk.  So much for baking a day ahead - When will I learn to start several days in advance.  Seems so basic but I'm still taking my old energy/agility for granted AND I DON'T HAVE IT ANYMORE!!!  Yikes! 

So. . . I have made the spaghetti sauce from scratch, including with ribs and ground beef - (grandma's way, lol.)  New Orleans influence caused me to boil up some cajun style shrimp for appetizer.  Now I just have to muster up the energy to stuff the shells and make the tossed salad.  Oh, and we don't do regular birthday cakes if I can help it so I'm decorating a store bought cheesecake.  

My break includes a diet coke and the downing of 4 ibuprofens to cinch the body temp issue - air is already set at 75 so hopefully, I'm set.  While resting, I'm going to try to make some CD's of top hits from the day my son was born for him. . . and for my dad, I can't find music "older than dirt" on a top 40 list online so I'm just making him the top 40 from the year he and mom got married. . . 57.  I've got an hour to get all this ready, get the table all set for company, get a shower, so looks like my lil break is about over. 

Plan for the future. Make house ready 3 days prior, Shop 2 days prior, cook the day before.  Morning of family function - shower, decorate, relax. Geeze, but it's me, always everything all at once.  Could someone remind me that a) I'm not 20 anymore b) my body doesn't work like that of a minute man anymore  c)  it's so enjoyable to be prepared ahead of time, lol.  yeah, right, eh?   In a perfect world, I believe there would be chaos also - seems a requisite.  hehe.  Better get back to my lil schedule.