Sunday Dinner, November 22, 2009 & Other Shtuff

Lawsy me, what a week it's been! I've been saying that a lot lately, haven't I?

I watched Emmy for Jessica today while Jessica attended a funeral and did a few other things, so Jessica is springing for my Sunday Dinner tomorrow, which will be eaten somewhere yet to be determined. That suits me just dandy 'cause after keeping Emmy so much over the last 2 weeks, I'm about worn to a frazzle.

I had Emmy every day this week except Thursday. Lamar spent Thursday night with his Mom because his step-Dad was gone deer hunting, which meant I had the place to myself.

I had grand plans to get all my laundry done Thursday night while Lamar and Emmy weren't underfoot, but other than cooking myself some supper, I ended up just sitting on my prodigious rump, most of that time being spent here in front of the computer. And most of that computer time was spent on Facebook, commenting back and forth with friends and playing a few games.

All in all, a good evening, even if I didn't get a lot done. I did, however, finally get around to butchering the butternut squash I bought a few weeks ago, and made my own version of BUTTERNUT SQUASH SOUP. It was pretty tasty, if I do say so myself. I made enough to eat that night plus 3 more bowls to go in the freezer for quick meals later on.

I also made FRIED GREEN TOMATOES for supper Wednesday night and posted the recipe on MY RECIPE BLOG along with the recipe for the BUTTERNUT SQUASH SOUP.

I've posted several new recipes lately on MY RECIPE BLOG. If you haven't visited there lately, or well, EVER, feel free to check it out. You might find something you like. My recipes are nothing fancy, just tried and true family favorites, Southern home cooking and some of my own concoctions.For my supper tonight I have Chicken Spaghetti in the oven and boy, does it smell good right now! I made a double batch last time I made the chicken spaghetti so I could cook one then and put one in the freezer for later.

Well, later has arrived and I sure am glad I had that in the freezer so I don't have to cook tonight.

I make my Chicken Spaghetti just like I make my MEXICAN CHICKEN CASSEROLE, except I add a can of whole kernel corn, prepared spaghetti, linguine or other thin pasta, and leave out the nacho chips. Yummy!Besides cooking and watching Emmy on Friday, I pulled out some of my stored Winter clothing and comforters to wash, along with my usual weekly laundry. By the time I washed, dried, folded, hung and put away the last of 9 loads of laundry Friday night, Diane was a TARD girl. It was midnight by the time I got out of the shower and ready for bed.

As I said, I've had Emmy every day this week except Thursday. Friday when Jessica dropped Emmy off I noticed that she had a stuffy nose. Hmmm...Okay, so far so good.

Jessica had bought Emmy a cheeseburger meal from Wendy's for lunch, but Emmy just nibbled on it, so Jessica brought it in case Emmy got hungry later in the afternoon, which she did. Emmy ate almost all the burger and all but a couple of French fries and drank her milk with no problems, no complaining of a tummy ache or anything of that nature.

You see where this is headed, don't you?

Yep.

I put Emmy down for her nap and almost immediately she started coughing, which she hadn't been doing at all before that. She was doing her best to go to sleep, because she was sleepy when I put her to bed, but the coughing was keeping her from resting.

I called Jessica to ask if Emmy had any cough medicine in her diaper bag, and just as I hung up the phone Emmy called out, "Grammaw, I'm sick!" And boy, was she ever! And I discovered that along with her runny nose she also had a low grade fever.

I'll spare you the gory details, but I had to change Emmy and change her bedclothes, which made for yet another load of laundry.

After I got Emmy cleaned up and in clean clothes, I gave her a dose of cough medicine and put her back down to take a nap. Unfortunately, apparently Emmy is one of those kids that instead of the cough medicine making her sleepy, it revs her up and makes her hyper.

I never got around to reading the label on the cough and cold medicine, but I suspect it has *Benadryl* in it, and although it makes most people sleepy, it has the opposite affect on some. It doesn't affect me at all, so it figures that Emmy would be one of the ones who vibrate in place when she takes it.

Emmy dozed a little over the next hour or so, but never really slept any more, so I got her up and tried to keep up with her runny nose.

She still has a runny nose today, but isn't coughing much and so far hasn't had any more fever, praise the Lord!

I'm hoping and praying that it's just a cold and not the flu, either the piggy variety or the seasonal type. A cold would be bad enough, but a little thing like Emmy really doesn't need either type of flu and neither do I or Lamar.Another week done and closer to the holidays. Hard to believe, but Thanksgiving is this coming Thursday! And only a few weeks after that and Christmas will be upon us.

My Chicken Spaghetti is probably hot now, so I'm going to wrap this up and go eat my supper. I still have to study my Sunday School lesson and do a few more things before bedtime, so I'll close this by wishing everyone a Happy and Blessed Thanksgiving.

May God richly bless you by meeting all your needs, and may you have enough to share, dear family and friends.