an evening with friends
Love to entertain!!! 
Pork Chops, Mashed Potatoes, Mixed Fresh Vegetables, Bacon Wrapped Jalapeños! 
Red Wine. 
Peach Cobbler. 
Awwwhhhhh… — withClark Tarwater and Heather Tarwater.

the plate!…
the beverage of choice tonight…

the dessert…


HAPPY 40th BIRTHDAY Michelle

One of my friends, Michelle, turned 40!  Of course, you have to have a PARTY!!!  No matter if they say: I want the day to skip me by, I don’t want a party, I don’t want anything, I want to ignore the fact that I am turning 40.   Kathy & I have been planning… Continue Reading

This month, I did something different…instead of having company for lunch…I took dinner to a friend who had surgery recently and is trying to recover.  The plans were made late in the day, so I had to do some last minute planning.  I worked until 3pm and then had 3 errands, the last one being… Continue Reading

Today was my scheduled day for company…I made plans a week ago to have Eric & Suzanna and Kelly & Erica and families over, along with Terry. Menu: Manicotti French Style Green Beans Glazed Carrots Rosemary Bread w/olive oil & garlic for dipping Green Salad Blackberry Sage Iced Tea Apple Crisp w/Vanilla Ice Cream (if desired)… Continue Reading

Today was my scheduled day for company…it took some work to find some people in town that could accept the invite to attend lunch at my house but in the end I got confirmations from Terry, Sherry, Steve & Roseann, and Jody & Linda.  Menu: Chicken Pasta Primavera Pugliese Artisan Bread (“pool-yee-ay-say” the southern italian… Continue Reading

It is June, and I am still purposing to keep to my goal of having company for lunch once a month, I made plans to have company for lunch today two weeks ago for this Sunda.y  I am not sure after such a busy week that this was the best plan, but it was already in the… Continue Reading

It is February, and to keep to my goal of having company for lunch once a month, I made plans to have company for lunch today!  A week ago, I invited Steve & Betty (who had to cancel on me once before when I invited them), Jon & Tracy and Terry.  All seemed to be going pretty smooth as… Continue Reading

One of my New Years Resolutions for 2010; have company once a month.  So how do I think I am going to achieve this better this year than the last yes, nearly 3 years in my own house?  I am going to be different:  I will put it on the calendar. The weekend after my wonderful house cleaner has come… Continue Reading