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Ahhhhhh....
October 23, 2008

That is the big sigh of fabulous relaxation I've been given the last week. Yes I've had a nasty cold, but whatever. I was trick free for 6 days and I went to battle with the cob webs living high above me.

Seriously - what is with those? 12 foot cielings are conducive to 'out of sight, out of mind' but there just comes a time when you can't get your guests to believe those are Halloween decorations.

I need a housekeeper. Pronto.

I only went to The Restaurant one day last week, and the rest of my days have been spent deep cleaning and getting ready for the coming holidays. The deep clean thing was oh so needed. Besides the aforementioned cieling dwellers I found a block of what I thought was a gorgeous bleu cheese - turns out it was originally Fontina.

Penicillin, anyone?

I cannot believe I am going to say this outloud, but we are one short month away from The Most Adored Food Holiday In All The Land, aka The Great Turkey Violation; and two short months away from... Christmas. Sadly I won't be in New York City this year, or coming up close and personal with The Green Monster. But it does mean I will get to watch Charlie Brown in the comforts of my own home. And not violate the bathroom on a Delta flight with whatever intestional disorder I picked up as a nice parting gift from friends.

It also means Holiday weddings and the irrational brides that come with it. I just sat with one last week who was shaking and teary-eyed when she said to me, 'Do you have any idea how stressful it is to have a wedding during the holidays?'. My response to her was, 'Then why pick December 27?', to which she responded, 'Because it has always been my dreaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaammmm..." and then she started to bawl.

Can't wait for that one.


But for now I have my cobweb-less high cielings, my mold free refrigerator, and a few glorious days before it all starts again.

Care to join me for a lemon drop(s)?

Posted by Foodwhore at October 23, 2008 11:07 PM

Well I did get married on President's day. We catered ourselves, counting us there were 43 people, my five year old and a best dog. The dog was not invited to the reception and the five year old shouldn't have been. It was in her father's living room.

It was a special day for us, one year to the day we met. It was also a day that my mother was in China, proverbially the other side of the earth. My brother's and I have been married five times total (3 of us), my mother has been invited to exactly two of those weddings. I would match her against any two mothers of the bride/groom that you have ever met.

Posted by: ntsc at October 24, 2008 12:56 AM

youve stll got a whole week before you need to get rd of the cobwebs ;)
we eloped n dec. best choce EVER!

Posted by: Tonja at October 24, 2008 08:50 AM

My birthday is Dec 27 and it is beyond me why anyone would want to have an important anniversary anywhere near Christmas. I would love to have a summer birthday, or spring, or fall, so no one would be tempted to combine birthday and Christmas celebrations. It's not the number of presents, it's the dilution of both days.

And it didn't help that I never ever got cupcakes for my birthday at school. I can tell you, that left a scar.

Posted by: Merry at October 25, 2008 08:44 AM

What's a "cieling"? You used it many times in this post. Inquiring minds want to know.

James

Posted by: James at October 26, 2008 09:03 PM

James,

I think she forgot the "Le" in front of it. Then it would have read correctly, "Le Cieling". This is a French term for a tiny circus floating in the air above.

Biggles

Posted by: Dr. Biggles at October 27, 2008 12:22 PM
 
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