Snowflakes

Last night, my parents, my sister and her husband and 3 of their children came over to eat and have a little family night.  Originally we were going to get together because my niece wanted to get together and cook.  However, she was asked to baby-sit and the babysitting time was extended so menus were changed and the only thing we cooked together was the frosting for the cake I had baked (which was delicious by the way).  We attempted to make our own shish kabobs. 

1. Lesson number one – maybe each person should watch their own shish kabob or somehow mark which one belongs to which person. 
2. Lesson number two – cut the yellow squash into smaller pieces next time. 
3. Lesson number three – when sliding the food off the kabob stick, do not squish the little red tomato.  Since I do not usually eat tomatoes I did not realize how this little thing will explode and squirt on you like a spitting camel. 
4. Lesson number four – have a few extra kabob sticks filled with meat to give to hungry guests when their supply is quickly eaten. 
5. Lesson number five – make sure you husband has his propane gauge, that he got for Christmas, on the propane tank so you know when you are about to run out of propane and so you will have plenty of time to warm your oven to cook the rest.

I am not sorry I tried the shish kabob meal.  I have been waiting to make shish kabobs since 1980.  I traveled to England and Holland with a friend and her family in 1980 and one of her Aunts’ made shish kabobs and I thought that was so fun and yummy.  When I returned home my Mom purchased these nice metal shish kabob sticks but they sat, unused in their pkg. and had never been used until last night.  I brought the kabob sticks with me when I married and I purchased another package of the exact same metal kabob sticks yesterday and I finally had shish kabobs.  I don’t regret making the meal last night (even though there were issues) because I have always wanted to have people over and have shish kabobs…it only took 28 years.   I really don’t want to wait so long to do things I have wanted to do, even it it’s a silly little think like making shish kabobs.

Some of the guys played crouquet and we were hoping to have another game later but we had quite a rain while we were eating. 

All-in-all, it was a nice evening with family and you can never have regrets about such a lovely evening with ones you love.

gs