Monday, August 27, 2012

Good morning crew,

What are the chances? My first weekend completely free of any responsibility or obligation and I get sick. I don't know if that is good timing or bad timing.

The wife did take the opportunity of a free weekend to invite a couple of her friends over for dinner. She was excited because this was our first dinner party since the wedding.

She decided to make stuffed shells, which is a bit of work. I told her I was sick and I wasn't going to life a finger to prepare anything more complicated than a hot toddy, but after spending ten minutes watching her try to figure out how to get an Italian sausage out of its casing I decided I had better pitch in if I wanted to eat.

Once she got rolling everything turned out pretty well. And as a bonus I get to eat leftover stuffed shells for the rest of the week. That may not sound like an advantage to you, but compared to my normal diet of Ramen noodles and canned tuna that is a week of feasting.

Laugh it up,

Joe

joe@gophercentral.com

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