A Sick Sunday Smiles

Today I am posting my Sunday sick smiles instead of my regular Sunday Six Smiles.

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I had lots to smile about last week but I am sick today and don't really feel like spending much time on the computer. I will share my last week's smiles with you another time.

However, I was writing a quick email to Marie telling her my tale of woe when I realized how funny it is.

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So I decided to share my story with you.

Now that I think about it, it cracks me up.

I hope that it will bring a smile to your face as well.

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We had a great day yesterday but we were gone all day attending a musical E.J. and Claire were in during the afternoon and their piano recital last night.

(I will post pictures and tell you all about it another day.)

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Sometime during the day I started not feeling very well.

My nose stopped up.

My throat started scratching.

My head started aching.

By the time we were starting the 30 mile drive home last night I knew I was getting sick.

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However, I also knew that it was my turn to have Sunday Dinner at our house this week.

Mindy and I trade back and forth each week.

One week we go to their house and the next week they come to ours.

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I knew that I could call Mindy and tell her I was getting sick.

I thought of doing that...but....I knew Mindy was exhausted.

Ernie has been tied up with his high school band competitions and wasn't home.

Mindy has had to take kids back and forth to rehearsals all week.

She has not had a minute to spare for days....

She was on the run long before we were yesterday.

After the musical and the recital all three kids were totally worn out.

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I couldn't call her and make her drag the 3 kids to the store late last night to get something to make for Sunday Dinner.

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So I decided to trick the flu bug and make most of the dinner last night before I got sicker.

I put all the ingredients in my bread machine to have a hot loaf of bread made today.

I took a pot roast out of the freezer to thaw.

I cut up potatoes, carrots and onions and put them in my crock pot.

I added all the seasonings.

I made a salad.

I stored them all in my refrigerator.

I figured that I would ask John to put the roast in the crock pot this morning and plug it in.....

...and ...wha...la...

we would have dinner....

...well...

It is a good thing John overslept and was late getting into the shower this morning.

I was up sick several times during the night and feel yucky today

but since John was running late, I drug myself into the kitchen to put the roast in the crock pot and start dinner cooking.

I unwrapped the frozen roast I was thawing and got a big surprise!!!

Instead of thawing a roast....I had thawed soup bones.

Bones!!!!

With very little meat on them.

John and I love soup but Ernie doesn't.....

Besides, bones, potatoes, carrots and onions don't make much of a soup.

Can you imagine how shocked I would have been if I'd had John start the crock pot dinner thinking he was putting in a roast only to find at dinner time it was only bones???

I can just imagine the look on Ernie's face.... and mine.

Ha Ha.... the thought makes me smile...In fact it cracks me up.

...However....now I need to come up with dinner.

I am thawing some pork chops.

I'll use all the potatoes I peeled last night to make mashed potatoes.

Those will be good if I make gravy to go with them.

...But my plan of staying in bed all day sleeping or watching KBYU isn't going to work.

Do any of you want to come over and make the dinner for me?

Have a good week. Hugs, Lura