A Very Interesting Day!

Well, Sunday was quite the interesting day!

The day started with a gas leak! When we arrived at church, there was the smell of gas, so we called the gas company to get it checked out. They found two places where there was some amount of leaking. So they shut the gas down. Fortunately for us it was a mild day, so we could open the windows to air out the sanctuary and not be too cold. Hopefully our landlord will get this fixed quickly!

We also decided to celebrate my wife's birthday on Sunday. My daughter and I came up with a plan for a homemade dinner, but bit off a little more than we thought! Our menu: homemade ravioli (vegetable and cheese) with a cream sauce topping, green beans, fresh bread, and apple pie cupcakes with cream cheese frosting and apple compote on top. First we made the cupcakes so they would have enough time to cool - that went fine. Then we set at preparing the vegetables for the ravioli - an eggplant, zucchini, pepper, tomato, and onion combination. All that prep took us a bit longer than we anticipated. Once we got that simmering, we started on the pasta . . . and this is where it really started to bog down! Kneading the dough, letting it rest, getting it through the pasta machine, cutting the pieces for the ravioli, and then putting it all together . . . wow! That was a lot of work! But we got it done and it did taste good! We served it all with a Rose of Pinot Noir wine. 

After dinner, dessert, presents, and clean-up (yeah, we made quite a mess!), we were wiped! So I actually didn't see much of the Super Bowl, just a little as I went to bed and before I quickly fell asleep. :-)