We Interrupt This Broadcast...

...for an installment of the Cooking Catastrophe Commiseration Club.

Well, ok, there are no cooking catastrophes yet. And there's nothing but excitement...yet.

At the beginning of the year I asked Mama (in an attempt to continue developing my slow-growing desire to cook) if, in the months that have 5 Sundays (there are 4 of them this year) I could take the fifth Sunday and decide who I want to have over, what I'm gonna make (down to the dessert) and all that good "hospitality stuff."

She said I could and March is the first one with a fifth Sunday. And this coming Sunday is "my day!" Actually, it's the Lord's Day but anyway....

So, the plan: have the 4 deacons and their families over for enchiladas, chips and homemade salsa (thank you for the recipe, Mrs. Larson) and guacamole, and salad, and chocolate chip cookies and ice cream for dessert.

Well, the first "catastrophe" (though not a cooking one) is that one of my deacon's families is goin' to Florida this week. Fine. No big deal. I'll just make enchiladas without them. See how they like it :) Well then, another deacon is leaving for Florida. Come on! Aren't these trips to Florida supposed to be in the summer? At least his wife will still have lunch with us :) But hey, that's cool. The Lord has better plans for us. I just figure it's a good excuse to do this again!!

So, yesterday I'm at church thinkin' of other people to have over. I mean, I'm sorry but 21 isn't enough. I need more to fill in those empty places I have now (by the way, the 21 includes the Blairs). So, I invited a couple more people. So my deacon lunch of 23 has turned into some deacons and some others lunch of 23. I am so excited about this weekend.

We just got home from grocery shopping. I had my whole shopping list made out and got all the stuff I'll need for somethin' like 5,001 enchiladas :) I can't wait to let you guys know how it turns out. Lord willing, there will be no catastrophes. If there are, there will be lots of people to witness it :)

So, I was waiting until this week to see if ice cream would be on sale so I could make chocolate chip cookies (at a deacon's request :) with ice cream. So guess what the sale was this week? (by the way, we're very picky about our brand of ice cream so it's important that the particular brand is on sale otherwise we don't get ice cream) Anyway, the sale was buy 2 get 3 free! Can you believe that? The Lord had it all planned out for this particular week. What a sweet providence.

Oh, and the other thing (just one more) that I'm so excited about is that in March we don't have Sunday school. We have Sunday school April-February. The kids learn their catechism questions and answers and then they learn their memory verses to music. So the first Sunday in March we have a Sunday school program where all the kids present what they've learned (they do such a great job. It's so wonderful to see 'em all up there...little cuties :) and then for the rest of March we don't have Sunday school while the teachers (and pianists) work out the curriculum and music for the next year. Well, this is still March and so that means that after worship (we have Sunday school after worship at Redeemer) we're free to hang or whatever. So it greatly increases the amount of fellowship time we have. See now everyone can come over and be at our house before noon and we don't have to leave until 4:30 for evening worship. It's a whole day of sweet worship and fellowship with the saints! But then, that's just me and my super social excitement :)

Ok, I've interrupted the broadcast long enough. I just had to give you guys this "talk time thing." :)

Sarah