Monday, July 6, 2008

Breakfast Tacos in the morning, then off to the pool.

Lists were made and Lucy, Dolores, and Nancy were off to shop for the ingredients for that night's meal. (Susie: I felt kind of guilty for hanging poolside instead of joining the shopping expedition, but they went earlier than originally planned, and I assured Nancy that I was only a phone call away. In fact Nancy called with a couple of questions: Where to put the "kids"--I don't know why she was talking in code since Karen and Jennie couldn't have heard her on my cell--and whether the butter should be salty or non.) First stop was Costco, then on to Central Market for the good stuff.
Straight to the seafood department to pick up the lobsters Lucy had ordered in advance.
Everything purchased on the list except a big pot to cook them in. Lucy's idea to try Big Lot's and success! A perfect big pot.
(Word of advice- when purchasing lobsters, remember they are alive, and later to be consumed, so don't name them or become too attached; they are dinner)
Lucy and Susie were the brave gals to volunteer to cook the lobsters. (Susie: I wish I could say I was that heartless or brave--I really only volunteered for other aspects of the meal--the less animate parts like salad and corn.) After waiting over an hour for the water to boil in our new very large pot, the dinner was ready. Nancy created a terribly clever menu from a Word Perfect template--it took longer for us to figure out how to print it than it did for the lobster water to boil. We are not even going to try to attach it as we have a shopping expedition planned and tech knowledge and services here are somewhat limited.
The setting for the dinner was supposed to be the new gazebo, but the rain interfered and it was moved to the dining room. The decorations we had purchased for this event was a 5 foot lighthouse, a life preserver, a string of lobster lights, and Larry the lobster blow up. The servers' uniforms, discovered in Karen and Jennie's costume, were wide brimmed pink bridesmaid's hats.

Dinner was a great success and since the rain had stopped, the peach pie and ice cream were served in the gazebo.