Sunday Dinner, December 16, 2007

I know I say this every week, but it's hard to believe that it's Saturday night already, and time for another Sunday Dinner post. This week has been packed full with busy-ness and activities for me.

I've been doing a lot of baking and candy making in preparation for Christmas and Christmas parties, so that's taken a lot of my time this past week. I have pictures and plan to post them and some recipes as well in the next week.

But for now, I'm going to concentrate on Sunday Dinner and a few other items. Not that I intend to get your hopes up if you came by here thinking I might actually cook Sunday Dinner this week. 'Cause I ain't. Cookin', that is.

Lamar and I went with Jessica and Emmy to Jonesboro Saturday. Lamar treated us to a catfish dinner at my favorite catfish restaurant in Jonesboro then we went to Wal*mart and to the mall.

Can you say, "madhouse", class? Because that's exactly what it was. It was in the mid-30'sF, windy and rainy all day, but that didn't deter all the rude, impatient drivers/shoppers at all. Jessica was Christmas shopping. At Wal*mart I sat in Mc*Donald's and drank coffee while Jessica shopped. At the mall, I sat in Barnes*&*Noble with a cup of coffee and played with Emmy while Jessica shopped. Jessica stood in line for 15 minutes just to get me a cup of plain black coffee at Star*bucks!

It was 6 pm by the time I got home. Lamar, Jessica, Jason and Emmy went to Trumann to see the new Alvin & The Chipmunks movie but I wasn't interested in seeing the movie. I was wiped out and just wanted to get home and relax.

I got into my slouchy gown and watched TV for a couple of hours, then made 8 dozen homemade dog biscuits for a veterinarian friend. I make them every year for her and she gives them as gifts to her veterinarian colleagues and her dog loving friends. She's also Cecil and Ducky's boss. They've worked for her for over 20 years now and she's a friend of the family.

Anyway, all that to say I'm TARD tonight and I'm not going to be cooking for Sunday Dinner. The sisters and I will probably eat out somewhere, but I have no idea where we may end up for the noon meal. If nothing else we can come back here and have a baloney sandwich or scrambled eggs, I guess.

So, what are your plans/menu for Sunday Dinner? Just share your intentions in the comments if you'd like to participate this week.I have some pictures that I want to post, as I said, and some recipes that I'll post on my recipe blog and link to here. Cecil gave me one of my Christmas gifts early because she couldn't stand to wait until Christmas for me to see it. She and her husband, Brian went with Jessica, Jason and Emmy to the mall last Sunday and had Emmy's picture made with Santa Claus. I'll scan the picture and share it with y'all, and also Emmy's school picture from daycare.

This apparently very square and not-with-it-at-all Grandma had no idea that daycares hire a photographer to take pictures of the young'uns just like public schools do. Who'd a-thunk it?Emmy was a very sick little girl on Friday. She apparently picked up an intestinal virus and couldn't keep anything on her stomach for about 24 hours. Then she developed diarrhea. She was beginning to get dehydrated so Jessica and I took her to her Dr.'s office Friday afternoon. Poor Emmy threw up on me twice, once at home before we left and then again at the Dr.'s office. I had to shower and change clothes here before we went to the Dr, then again after I got home.

The Dr. said it was a virus and would just have to run its course. Jessica started giving Emmy pedia*lyte as she could tolerate it, and Saturday morning she took her first formula in almost 24 hours and managed to keep it down. She was much better Saturday although she's still whiny and clingy. She also threw up just as they were leaving to go to the movie Saturday night and they had to turn around and come back here to clean up Emmy and change her clothes. We think she just got strangled then and wasn't really sick. That's what we keep repeating to ourselves like a mantra anyway. Hopefully she's on the mend and will be back to her usual sunny self by Monday and time for daycare again.

I've been making mental and physical hex signs to ward off the tummy bug virus. I hope my hex mojo is up to date and working properly. I would honestly rather have a bleeding wound than have a stomach virus. I know some people say it's better to go ahead and throw up and get it out of your system, but I fight it with all my will, which is considerable, especially when it comes to sudden reviews of my stomach contents.Now that I've discussed vomit and diarrhea ad nauseum, pun intended, I'm going to publish this and rest a bit before I have to go to bed. Did I mention already that I'm TARD?

Y'all have a wonderful Sunday and a joyous Christmas season, dear friends and family. May God bless you with all you need, and enough to share.