Father's Day Weekend 2014

William Shakespeare, "It is a wise father that knows his own child."

Friday-

We pretty much just cleaned house and got the spare bedroom ready for our visitors.  When we were finished, we got caught up on our DVR recorded weekly shows and then hit the hay.

Saturday-

Damon's folks came out to spend Father's Day weekend with us.

 

Knowing his family was coming out, we had already planned a make-at-home dinner for Mom and Dad, but we were really surprised when they offered to take us to "Jake's Pizza" in West Fork for dinner Saturday night! 

 

Living where we do, we don't usually get the opportunity to eat at restaurants very often, so that was a tasty and wonderful surprise to get to go to Jake's for a yummy veggie salad and way too much pizza (and I'm so mad I forgot to take a picture of those amazing pizza pies)!

 

Thank you Mom and Dad for surprising us by treating us to dinner out on Saturday night!!!

Sunday-

Happy Father's Day!!!

Dad had mentioned that he loved the homemade pies that "Grandma", the owner of our only local restaurant "Grandma's House Café", makes and offers on her lunch buffet.  

 

So, for Father's Day,  we wanted to take Dad out to lunch at Grandma's House.  Grandma's is always a good place for some good, stick to your ribs, southern home cooking, not to mention that she offers 9 different kinds of homemade pies on her lunch buffet!  

 

So, for Father's Day lunch, we went to Grandma's buffet and we all ate entirely too much. We were all so full after the buffet lunch, and all the pies, that none of us wanted to move.

Anyway, after waddling our behinds back to the car, we headed home and just hung out, fought off the food-coma, watched some TV, talked, and strolled the grounds around the house.

Mom and Dad taking a little rest in our picnic area......

Then, much later in the evening, when people started to get hungry again, we started to make Dad his Father's day celebration dinner.  

We started it off with a glass of chilled red wine and a classic Caesar salad, as the first course.  Then we quickly moved on to making Chicken Parmesan, as the main course. 

The first thing I did was to make the homemade marinara sauce....

Then, I butterflied the chicken breasts, coated them with panko breadcrumbs, and pan-fried them in olive oil.

Then we topped the breasts with the homemade Marinara sauce, whole milk Mozzarella cheese, Parmesan cheese, then finish them off in the oven...

Lastly, we serve them on a bed of fresh cooked pasta with a little fresh Basil garnish....

It turned out pretty awesome if I do say so myself!

Happy Father's Day!

May 30th, 2014

The West Wing, President Bartlet, "Post Hoc, Ergo Propter Hoc."

Which translates to "After it, therefore because of it."

Another busy Friday Night in Winslow!!!

So, I'm on the Board of Directors for a local non-profit that feeds hot meals to the elderly and needy, and well, anyone!  I've been voted to step up to President from Treasurer, and Damon has been voted in to take over as Treasurer.

So that basically means we are going to be very busy!  Just how busy you ask?  Here's Damon working at the island.  This is his first lesson in being Treasurer.  He's not confused, he's focused!

Anyway, it's a great service that many people in the community rely on, so we're happy to help.  I only wish that more people would take advantage of our services.  We serve lunch Monday through Friday and all are welcome!  And of course, all donations are welcome as well!

The goal is to get everything on the business side of Winslow Community Meals all caught up and in order.  We want to make sure we document all the policies and procedures, and that they are in place for everything, so that if we ever need to step down, anyone will have the information they need to take our places and continue to keep Winslow Meals alive to support our community.

If you're going to do something, do it right!

 

May 23rd, 2014

Andre Maurois , "Without a family, man, alone in the world, trembles with the cold."

So Sunday is my mom's 65th birthday and we've invited her out for the weekend!

We wanted to do some fun things that she used to do back in the day, but when we get older we don't always make time for.  We thought of miniature golf, but it's suppose to be pretty warm this weekend so we're opting for indoor and air conditioned activities.

We're going to meet her for lunch tomorrow and then not tell her what we're doing.....  It should be fun!

......After lunch, we went bowling...........

Look at mom go, she's on fire!!

Mom had a great time and so did the rest of us!!

Then we headed home for cake......

And of course presents!!!

To finish it off, we taught mom how to make homemade pasta!

Yummy!!! We did a cheese, basil, and pepperoni ravioli. I and it was great, the cheese cooked off a little more than we intended so next time we probably need to bulk it up with something else!  We added a side of fresh green beans with a little olive oil and garlic.

Happy birthday Mom, we hope you enjoyed your birthday as much as we enjoyed sharing it with you!

Mothers are so important, remember to pamper yours from time to time!