I am having a guest for lunch today. My sis-in-law Liz will be here this afternoon. We had been planning to go out to lunch and I thought neither of us want to drive after having a glass of wine, so I will fix us a nice lunch here and we can share a bottle of champagne! Now that sounds much better to me.
I am hoping to eat outdoors at the patio table and I am quite confident we will however now gray clouds threaten and we could have little shower. We have already had heavy mist this morning. I have the oversize umbrella so if it is misting we can be out as it is very warm and muggy once again.
For my little luncheon I am preparing a bay shrimp louie. I just made a batch my mom's thousand island dressing. I will make a butter spread with minced Italian parsley, garlic and fresh grated parmesan cheese to spread on a crisp hot boule of sourdough bread. For dessert it is apple crisp with vanilla bean ice cream.
So it is a light simple but tasty little lunch and no one needs to drive as Liz lives four houses away!
My house is in good shape now. I had a lot to catch up on when hubby started his working marathon this past week. It seems when he is home I do not do much and I do not really know why. It just seems I am not in the mood for deep cleaning and the extra things I do to keep my home the way I like it. What would I do if he were retired, would I live in a house of disarray and dust?
I have started a new book. Now this book is not a light read. I am intrigued with the first chapter though it is set in the 1800's in Spain so it takes a little concentration as I am not familiar with the surroundings. The reviews are wonderful, it is suppose to be suspenseful a thriller where the sub-plots even have sub-plots. I surely hope I can follow it but it has certainly snagged my interest.
I am short of time this morning so I will be on my way now. I must go pick tomatoes and cucumbers for my salad, take a shower and clean the patio table as well as a few other small chores.
I would adore it if the sun came out......pretty please.
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