Sunday Dinner......

Sunday dinners are one of the things that I look forward to most in the weekend. It's fun to plan the menu and gather family for a few hours of fun. Jose loves to spend his Sunday afternoon in the kitchen - either prepping the food or looking for new recipes. I love to bake the yummies! Eric and I made chocolate heart flourless cakes with ganache in the middle - served warm with a small dollop of whipped cream - it was heavenly! Here are a few pictures I snapped yestrday at dinenr time. As you can see Brooke was very much enjoying the afternoon. And - Eric and I being silly.

I am reading a wonderful book right now that I would reccommned to anyone. It's called -

How Starbucks Saved My Life. It is written by Michael Gates Gill and it is a TRUE story of how a former ad executive from J. Walter Thompson suddenly finds himself fired from the company & obviously out of a job at the age of 53. After a series of unfortunate events - Michael now 63 and nearly broke d by chance ended up at a Starbucks and when one of the managers asked if he needed a job - he said yes. So, now Mike is working at a Starbucks in NYC - where he was the minority - age and race- and realizing that a fancy title and a large company really doesn't mean everythng. This book as a great message - less past more future. I am hoping that I can take that lesson and apply it to my life.

Happy Monday - ENJOY YOUR WEEK!!!