Cookin'

We're going to a surprise party for a friend in Frisco later today. Her mom is going to take her shopping this afternoon so she won't suspect anything, and in the meantime a bunch of her friends and co-workers are going to sneak into her house and take over her kitchen to get ready. I would hate that. Not the people in my kitchen rooting around, but the shock of seeing all of them when I have end-of-the-day bad hair and a shopping hangover. I guess it's the control freak in me that's uncomfortable with it. But this friend is a better sport and I'm sure she'll love it. I would tell you her name, but this might be the one day she decides to read this silly blog and that would spoil the surprise.

So this party means I get to cook. I haven't always loved to cook--I suppose I grew up in the Midwest and it was all about meat, potatoes, and different variations of gravy to go over both. I got bored with that. Not to mention fat. But after college I discovered there is more to life than gravy. I love to cook now, especially fancy stuff like crab cakes and shrimp scampi. Those are the best nights, when Angela and I just hang at the house, put the Pottery Barn dinner music CD on (hey, it works), open a bottle of wine, and cook something interesting together. Then we watch a movie and fall asleep. (Kidding.) We're just taking spinach artichoke dip and s'mores bars to this party today. Just fun food.

I think we're making tequila lime chicken tomorrow. Angela's grandmother will be here, so I'll try to lay off on some of the jalapenos. We may still put on the Pottery Barn CD. Have a good weekend!