Laura Vegas

i think i’m ready. but i’m probably not. lol! joe’s family and some of his friends from "back in the day" are coming tomorrow for a christmas dinner. we have 20 people total. and i’m cooking! i do have a few things being brought … a veggie tray, rolls, green bean salad, spanish rice (joe’s family always has this) and a couple of pies. but the rest is all me.

so i’m cooking up boneless turkey breasts. joe got the meat guy to de-bone them all for me … i have 6 good sized ones in the fridge. pretty inexpensive really … so i figured we’d better be safe than sorry and get extra. i’m also doing mashes potatoes … and a gratin potatoe mix with all sorts of different varieties of potatoes. some stuffing … i don’t like stuffing … but others do i guess. lol! got some canned cranberry sauce that i’m going to spruce up with some good stuff. a spread-dip thing with little breadsticks and toasts. i just made some sugar cookies and have a 4-layer dessert that is in the works.

so you’d think i would be ready. but i havn’t thought about the time frame that all of this is going to happen in. lol! have to figure out how i’m going to do it … when i’m going to do it … and how to keep it all warm … and not have dirty dishes everywhere. the only thing out of a can is the cranberry sauce and the olives … everything else is completly fresh. so that seems to involve some chopping and mixing.

and i still have something for joe’s mom to finish. can’t tell … because all the grandma’s get one (we have 3) … and one of those grandma’s reads this blog. lol! i know, i know … it’s after 9:00pm … and i still have to finish them!

but on the bright side … the entire house is clean and picked up. all the "big" baby stuff is out in the garage … the bouncer, the exercauser, the jumper, the booster seat … and all the larger toys like the dollhouse and shopping cart. the kids table and chairs from the playroom are in the garage. we have the large tables set up and chairs borrowed from my parents. bathrooms are clean. floors are clean. laundry is done and put away. everything is dusted. all evidence of "clutter" is hidden away in drawers.

this post read like a "mental checklist", didn’t it?!?! lol! guess it’s my way of running through everything … trying to figure out what i forgot! well … wish me luck! and hope you all have a great holiday weekend.