I survived the brunch. I had two hours between the time I got my kids to school and when the brunch was set to begin. After things were reasonably tidy, I got busy making my contribution – a curry rice salad. I’d made a cheese ball two days before and bought some croissants. But then I began to worry that maybe it wasn’t enough so I whipped up some banana muffins and a chocolate cake. For once everything came out as it should the first time around and I even had my dishes washed and put away before the first arrival.
All in all, about fifteen ladies showed up all bearing their own wonderful contributions. I would highly recommend hosting a brunch yourself. There was more talking than eating going on and in the end they all left the food. I have enough food to feed my family at dinner several nights this week. Not to mention the desserts!
Today, I am trying my hand at making bread. It’s an art I’ve wanted to master for many years but have always been a bit timid about. I admit it – yeast scares me. I’ve always been scared to get it going and then get busy with the children at some crucial moment. But I have met several people recently who can’t really cook other things but have no trouble with bread so I decided to give it a shot.
Lest all this talk of baking makes anyone think I’m some sort of domestic goddess, let me confess I tried making bread for the first time last week and it was a disaster. I must have killed the yeast first thing because the dough never rose. I won’t bother telling you how much I yell at my kids in a day. I’m sure they’ll write their own books when they grow up and reveal all the sordid details themselves.
But just because my hands are busy someplace other than the keyboard, my mind is still working on my current story. I’ve thought up a good timeline / outline to follow for the rest of the story and even made some connections that will really round things out nicely. I’m pretty pleased with how it’s all coming together and I can’t wait to share it with everyone. Maybe next time I’ll post an excerpt.
Right now I have to go punch down some dough.
