Nov. 21 Something wonderful about today... After recovering quickly from a bout of sickness,( thanks to apple cider vinegar, my favorite cure of the month) I invited our dear friends Chris and kate and Chris's polish parents, Nina and walter for dinner. For years we have dined with chris and kate under many circumstances,and I am as comfy with them in my pajamas as I am in a formal gown. But tonight I was entertaining the folks, so I intended on having the table set, me showered, dinner perfect. You see, cute Walter comes dressed always in a suit, tie, even a hat, so the least I thought I could do was be showered , brush my teethe,maybe some lipstick. Well sometimes the best laid plans, don't pan out. As it turned out my time line was off today and when they arrived they found me in my sweats in the kitchen , hair like I was fighting the dust storm of the century, covered head to toe in flour. You see , my menu was a butternut squash, walnut lasagna. The big wrench in my plan was I decided to make the pasta from scratch. The cool thing is my wrench turned out to be the highlight of my day. Although I had pictured everything neat and perfectly waiting for my guests when they arrived ,they walked into this dust storm of flour and oil and commotion, but after stepping aside from it all to mix a few cocktails we all joined in the pasta making event. Turned out to be a really fun communal event. Different than I had imagined in my martha stewart fantasies, but far more fun, I am sure. Yes I have way more fun than Martha , and I have never been to Prison, yet. So the beauty in my day was that even when things aren't as they are planned, just roll with it, just like our pasta which at first, seemed to not be working, it took many tries, to get the round gooey ball to transform into something soft and delicate and tasteful after just rolling with it, it totally transformed, into something better than we had hoped for. It turned out to be an excellent evening filled with the warmth of good friends, the aromas of roasted butternut,squash raviolis, the tart tanginess of sour lemon drops that lightened everything in the room, filling my heart with a happy ,blessed ,memory to add to my chamber of memories, to recall on those gloomy days ,when you just need to think back to something nice... Thats my happy thing today.