Family Forum / Parenting / Mothers / December 2004

LOL...  what perfect timing on this post.

I'm coming down with a cold and feel pretty crappy.  I spent the afternoon
doing some final xmas shopping and was planning to jsut relax.   DH is off
at tennis and DS is off with his dad.   I took out ground beef and had
planned on making spagetti

Ever have one of those nights where you start to cook knowing that you
*always* have spagetti sauce on hand.  (especially after the last episode
where both you and DH picked up lots of the stuff so you had a huge stash of
it).

I got the ground beef cooking on the stove, added in the diced onions and
garlic and seasoning.  Got the Spagetti squash cut and steaming in the
microwave.   Planned to make a baked spagetti squash casserol.   Go to the
cupboard to grab one of the jars of ragu and .....

There is none.   OK, so I'll improvise.   I found one can of diced tomatos
and go searching for the paste...  nope, none of that either.

So, with half the meal already cooked, not feeling well and certainly not
wanting to venture out in the rain to go to the store for a can of Ragu...
I'm totally improvising.