So this is how my day went, wake of 8 am shower take a little time to relax, read the word and pray. 10 am head over to the main center to start cooking a Thanksgiving meal for about 50 people. Prep Turkeys, put them in the ovens, start dough for rolls, mistake #1. I didn’t read the direction all of the and add to much flour, so I thought well I am going to double the recipe anyway so I might as well do it now. However I mistakenly use the tablespoon and not the teaspoon when adding the additional yeast. So at this point I say forget the measurement and I just mix it till it looks right. So I add more milk, sugar and butter and hope all goes well. And sure enough the dough turns out great the first batch comes out of the oven looking delicious. Then I go the fridge to get something out and realize that I forgot to add the eggs to the dough. OPPs! They still tasted fine so at least it wasn’t like they were offal. Cameron and I are cutting Celery and Onions, well if you know Cameron you know how this goes. Actually he only cut himself once but well let’s just say the onions were not so pretty. Boil water of Macaroni and Cheese (Homemade) it’s a traditional African American holiday/Church event dish. Luke starts the greens, again a traditional African American dish. Take turkeys out ahh they are a little over dry. Put the last two trays of rolls in the oven. Boiling 8lbs macaroni, finding a dish big enough for all it, melting 5lbs of butter, make roux for the sauce, 12 lbs of Cheese then realizing that Luke picked up “Imitation” Cheese, 3 gallons of milk. (We ended up making WAY to much.) And then at some point in all the chaos, I realize the last two trays of rolls are still in the oven, oh dang it they got over done. Then at 5 pm some one says something about Potatoes Oh shoot I forgot about the potatoes, good thing we were already going to do a mix of instant and real. Ginny (Luke’s girlfriend) starts pealing, Cameron cuts. I start making gravy, Luke is carving the Turkey. Open yams, find oven space, in the ovens, and then start cooking the pies. It’s after six at this point we are just waiting for the water to boil and Cameron to get back with the milk so I can make fake potatoes. Finally, it’s all done Yeah. Oh wait the salad, here cut the tomatoes, bell pepper, carrots, toss, Ok now it’s all done, Head in to give a little talk to every one about what is going, Oh and now Amanda is going to lead us in a couple of songs. So after cooking all day, I now get to lead song a Capella. Then it’s all over way to much food left, no one even ate pie. I was so thankful for the group here from The Oaks (the Oaks in World Impacts Camp north of LA) for doing all the dishes and helping clean up. Every thing cleaned up, then I realize wait where has my Purse gone to. Oh No please say Luke moved it in to the office. Nope it’s gone, and we are pretty sure we know who took, he gave Luke a problem. So now I have to cancel and re-order a new bank card, I am out the about $30 I had in my wallet, I have to get a new driver’s license, all my insurance cards ahhhh! I should have known better then leaving my purse out. So now I have to make a dmv apt. get a new pepper spray, replace all my chap sticks for some odd reason I had them all in that one purse.
I am really looking forward to having a few days off, seeing friends, seeing family. Days like today can be really great! But also make you ask God why he has called you to the City.
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