OK so the Gourmet luncheon LOOKED spectacular. The secret was supposed to be that all of the recipes were Weight Watchers or lo-cal. However in the course of the event, one oven turned off for about 45 minutes causing the meat to be way behind in cooking time. So we quickly adjusted the menu to serve an appetizer as part of the main course. Luckily, the ladies were having so much fun talking, we were behind schedule and one of the pork loins was checked and the meat thermometer pronounced it fit for human consumption! So all was well and no one knew any thing was out of order. The funny thing was I was going to post the recipe book and invitation that I made but they were all put in the file and taken to Janis’s house and I never got one! Now I have to make another one to show you how they looked! Oh well, I could probably put them together in my sleep. And Hayward loved the pork loin (one that didn’t heat fast enough- we split it 4 ways and brought it home) and Great Harvest bread that I served when he got home from work at 11PM.

Tonight I went up to Leesburg to see my friend Patty’s 2 watercolors (and my matting) that are hanging in a gallery. They have a really nice event every first Friday night. All the shops stay open- some serve food, there were carolers singing (I was so excited to kind of hum along with “Lo, a Rose E’er Blooming”- one of my absolute favorite Christmas songs) and an air of community wrapped me in. It was cold and crisp and I loved it.

Then I went to Home Depot to buy cinder blocks for the manger at church which we’ll put up in the morning. So the Christmas season is officially in gear for me…