Today started off very ordinary, and that was fine. We ate our normal breakfast, drank our normal coffee, and played normal games. The weather, during this spell of "normalcy," however, was anything but. Yesterday, it was 73 degrees and most of Kansas City seemed to have congregated at one park to enjoy the day. Even hubby came to the park after a long day at work to hang out with our son. It was delightful!
Then this morning, it began to drizzle. The sky started spitting giant, wet snowflakes. Then it was back to rain. It was like the weather was playing a tennis match. Back and forth. The snowflakes finally declared game, set, and match. Suddenly it felt as if we were inside a snowglobe, watching the snow swirl, dance, and blow. But it never stuck.
We went on an ordinary shopping trip, once the sky stopped precipitating in all its forms and fashions. Afterwards, I caught the greatest show on earth. Nope, I did not go to the circus. My son picked up his play guitar, danced his little heart out, and sang made-up songs with no words. It was AWESOME!
Alas, dinner had to be made, so he took his final bow. He and his dad went off to play while I tried a new recipe for Shepherd's Pie I'd recently found online. I'd made my list of ingredients and bought them a few days ago. I pulled up the internet and went straight to my bookmarks. It wasn't there. No problem, I thought. I'll just search through my history. Not there either. For 20 minutes, I rack my brain and ransack my computer, looking for this @)*&%$@$! recipe!
I finally gave up and decided to wing it. I made it up as I went along, hoped and prayed for the best, then baked until bubbly. It actually turned out quite delicious! All three of us really enjoyed it and discussed small tweaks to make it even yummier (if that's a word.) I actually remembered this time to write it down as I went so I could replicate it if it was worth doing again. I couldn't decide what to call it when I was saving the document on the computer. So it is (at least temporarily) called "Not Shepherd's Pie." I kind of like the name. It's rather telling as to what it is and isn't.
Anyways, that is my extraordinarily ordinary and fantastic Friday.
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