Planning for a party

                                                     CHAPTER 32

  So I recently have been inspired by a movie to do a dinner party and dessert buffet towards the end of Summer. For the last week and a half to two weeks I have been going through recipe after recipe. I finally found a recipe today that looks worthy of such an affair. I was thinking of going with Cornish hens or quail in the first place but this recipe really stuck out to me, it's "Cornish Hens with Kasha Pilaf."

I was also hoping to add some seafood to this affair but I haven't really found any winners in that category yet. I do,however, have many ideas about the dessert. For one thing the whole theme of the party will be "Chocolate", so of course much of the dessert buffet will be chocolate.









One thing I highly reccomend for any chocolate lover is

Gianduja (Zan-doo-ya). It was created in Italy many years ago when chocolate was being rashioned(sp?).  Italians quickly learned that in order to make their chocolate last they had to add something to it, so they add ground,pureed,chopped etc, hazelnuts. Wham o' now we have Gianduja, us Americans generally know it as "Nutella." Now the Gianduja dessert I am speaking of is like the epitome of all things chocolate. I could not find a picture of the cake I am going to make but I found one similar in ingredients.  Now these are not the only things I wish to make but their a good start I think. At least my 8 year old thinks the chocolate cake is a good place to start.;)

Seasons

                                                      CHAPTER 31

 These last two weeks I have lost two loved ones, a cousin and a very close family friend. This is the main reason I have not been posting that and I had food poisoning and Troy developed an abscess tooth. So it has been a very hard couple of weeks for me. I am almost fully recouped. I should be able to get back into the groove of things in the coming week. :)

Getting better

                                                     CHAPTER 30

  Yesterday and today were much better. Still have some pains here and there but am better. I hopefully will be back in full force soon.

Getting better

                                                    CHAPTER 29

  You know how people tell you to cook the sh*t out of your food, I agree with that sentiment. The reason I have been out of blogland lately is due to a rather horrible spell of food poisoning. I still am a bit shaky today but I can feel myself getting better. I will give a full report tomorrow.

Barftacular

                                                   CHAPTER 27

  My apologies to my small fan base, I haven't kept up very well in the last two days. I have been very ill. I am hoping I will feel better tomorrow then I can give you the full report.

Another two for one Special

                                                    CHAPTER 26

 Yesterday was fine and dandy even a little on the boring side. Paul and troy had school in the am and while they where gone Gabriel,Em and I went out for lunch with my parents at Sweet Waters Restaurant. The rest of the day was spent homeschooling,cooking and cleaning. A friend stopped by in the evening and we watched a movie online then Laz got home and we put in District 9, my friend went home. I fell asleep on the couch during the movie and then Laz woke me and we got into bed at around 11. I woke up at 4 in the morning with a killer stomach ache so I went and took some tums (had heartburn too) and sat on the couch. I fell back asleep like this. When I got back up around 7 am this morning I still had the stomach ache and I kept burping these nasty burps....yuck. Eventually the tummy bug quieted down a bit but whatever it was has completely wiped me out and I still feel a little sick and uber tired, I am thinking maybe, possibly....food poisoning. Going to rest for awhile now.

This is the Day that Never Ends

                                                     CHAPTER 25

  It's been one of those days. You know the kind that drive normal women like myself (ha!) to do crazy things like eat abnormally large amounts of chocolate,ripping one's hair out, drinking copious amounts of coffee and leaving us with the overwhelming urge to sit and cry.

  My children seemed to have some sort of vendetta against me today and I don't even know why. Perhaps it was because I wouldn't let them just have carnation instant breakfast this morning. Maybe it was the fact that I made them clean their room or worse yet perhaps it was because I'm a stickler for consistent discipline,lol. Whatever the case today was filled with lots of screaming (surprisingly not me),hitting,biting and crying(that might have been me). Truth be told it wasn't the worst day I've had but it seems when one child has a massive burnout the others are soon to follow. A sort of snowball effect or domino, if you will.

  The day seemed to drag on forever because of the foul mood hanging over us. Homeschooling took forever today because I constantly had to stop what we were doing so I could break up Em and Troy. Though Troy is 3 years Emma's senior they are at about the same age mentally. So it's basically two,two year olds, which is pretty much a love,loath relationship. I guess it wasn't slow just because of that though. Gabe started semester two of his Phonics and it's been a real change up. I think it'll at least take a week or two before we get use to this new schedule.

  When Paul got home all hell broke loose. Sometimes I think I might as well set up a boxing ring in the living room and just let him and Gabriel go at it. If I could put percentages on everything I'd have to say that the "tattling" went up 70%, the crying,hitting and screaming went up 90%. I am glad to say that they are all in bed right now and things are finally quieting down.

  Don't get me wrong I love my kids but there are days where I am completely overwhelmed by everything. It's like suddenly everything hits me at once and I feel frantic. I could sit here and type out everything that weighs on me but I know I must not do that, I must leave it at the cross.