Happy Monday, y’all. It’s yet another gray one in TinyTown. We fell asleep with Podrick under the covers with us. He woke me up early this morning, looking for a fingertip. Once he found one to latch on to, we fell asleep for a couple of hours. Pippin is sulking; not only is Podrick still here, but we won’t open the back door due to the chill outside.
We had a somewhat busy Sunday. Shawshank puttered and decluttered. I started working on dinner before lunch. First, I made meatballs, Sicilian-style like my grandmother used to make, loaded with raisins and parmesan. I skipped the pine nuts, because Grandma never added them either. I took a break for lunch, then seared them all. All in all, 20 balls.
A couple of hours later, I started the sauce. Unlike the rest of my family, I don’t subscribe to the “all day gravy” method. I prefer my sauce to still taste like tomatoes. When the sauce was well underway, I pulled out half of it to save. I added half of the meatballs to the remaining sauce so they could finish cooking. All the rest went into the freezer to save for another day.
We added a loaf of garlic bread, and everyone feasted. I found the meatballs slightly under-seasoned, but everyone else liked them. Podrick was on his best behavior and didn’t try to attack Shawshank‘s mom. Pippin stayed on the bed. While she didn’t come out to socialize, she didn’t hide in the bathroom.
Today, we’re just relaxing.
