East, West, Home's Best

Why Go Out When Home Is So Fun?

Now that Mr. Wonderful & I are in

the "Honeymoon Cottage" stage of

our lives, (some may call it empty

nest), most Friday nights we head out

to a Mexican restaurant.  Mr. W usually

doesn't get home until after 9 on Fridays

and we find going out for a Margarita and

some nibbles is a great way to say, "whew,

we made it through another week" and to

plan what is in store for our weekend.

We both have jobs that usually include work

over the weekends so Fridays are a special

time to relax.  This weekend Kate is coming

home from Purdue and I asked her if she

wanted to go out for Mexican or stay home.

Without question she said ~ Home!

So I figured why not have a little Friday

Night Margaritaville party? 

I made homemade guacamole, mini sweet

peppers stuffed with whipped cream cheese

and topped with fig preserves and a good

old-fashioned 9 layer dip (think TGI Fridays

in the 80's).  The prep only took about an hour,

when Mr. W came home he became the bartender.

(He was a TGI Friday's bartender, in the 80's).

Gather a group of fun people, add a little toasting,

a little noshing and watch Paris When it Sizzles.

Perfect!

For over a decade, our kids spent every Saturday

night at Grammie's house and Mr. W & I had date

night.  For a number of years we went to plays,

concerts, dinners out, every Saturday.  Finally, one

of us said, can we stay home this week?  And the

other said, that would be great.  The new Saturday

night tradition of making a homemade feast began

and we still do this and after the meal we always

say, we couldn't have this good a meal out.

Home is best!