Good-Bye Party

Last Sunday before we left the Brainard Lake area, the staff gave us a “good-bye” party.  Anna simmered brats in beer and then Thom put them on the grill to crisp them up….they even got me a piece of salmon to eat.  The sides carried on the German theme with sweet red cabbage, German style potato salad to go along with a wonderful pot of beans.

 

 

 

Here’s Thom with his plate of food, mugging for the camera

 

 

 

 

and a picture of Betty’s yummy angel food cake with pistachio pudding and pineapple, Anna’s delish Blueberry Buckle (European cobbler) and weeee bit of Marty’s tasty date crisp.

 

 

Even Basil (Thom and Anna’s dog) gets Betty to wipe off his face after a snack from Thom.

 

We all gathered around the fire pit.

         

And we even took a group photo to remember us all.  Thanks, Monica, for taking this photo.

Remember, you are loved.
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Dinner Mishap

Jim asked for a tuna casserole for dinner….sure, I can do that.  Oops, don’t have any mushroom soup.  That’s OK, I’ll drive to City Market after I finish doing laundry (8 mile drive into Granby).

So after finishing laundry I do that…get the mushroom soup and even bought some frozen peas to add to it.

Come home about 4 p.m. oops, one of the camphosts wants me to check his paperwork to see if he’s doing it right.

So 5 p.m. and Jim is still involved in setting up a new 6.5 KW generator that he’s been working on since 9 a.m.  That’s OK I’ll just cook up the macs and peas and wait for him to come home to finish it off.

On comes 6:15 p.m. and Jim comes home.  We tell each other about our day while I preheat the oven and put the finishing touches on the tuna casserole.  We’re talking, sharing…..I make a roux, add milk to make a white sauce….then I grate cheese and add it, add a little cayenne….mix it into the macs and peas, add a little diced onions….grate more cheese on top and pop it into the oven to heat up and melt the cheese.

Then 30 minutes I take it out of the oven and serve it up…..Jim has a second serving, complimenting me on the taste as he always does. Then after dinner I clean up and wash dishes……

OMG what’s that on the counter?????

It’s a can of mushroom soup and a can of tuna fish!!!!!!

I got distracted talking to Jim and ended up making macaroni and cheese for dinner instead of a tuna casserole.  Dumb, dumb, dumb.

Guess what we’re having for dinner tomorrow???

You are loved.
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