It's a Beautiful World

...and I'm not ready. The cold is settling in, an indication of the weather's transition to its' next cycle. The leaves are now turning red and gold, and will soon fall. It's autumn.. Much of tonight's dinner conversation was about this coming friday's dinner menu. My son announced that he has some friends coming and my daughter seconded with her intention to invite some of her friends to join in to celebrate halloween. It's halloween already? Can someone tell me where all the time went? All I know is I have to buy bags and bags of candies for the children who come every year, clean the house, organize my office and my bedroom, catch up with my blogs, go for my medical appointments, buy my medicines, cook dinner, wash the plates, bring my car for oil change, talk to my customer, check my emails, open mails and packages, call my sister to thank her for the birthday gift she sent to me, check on my Facebook pages, clear the pile on my desk, bring my car t

Samantha's Christmas School Artwork 2007 Who has time to drink a glass of wine? Preparing the lobsters for dinner.. This is so late but I would like to share them with you. Last christmas holiday, we had family visiting from Manila and I was really busy. My son, Romulo III wanted to eat lobsters for dinner so we went to the asian store and bought some. The NY- cut striploin steaks were bought from Molly Stone's. Sorry I couldn't take pics of the finished products because I was cooking and serving them. The steaks and the lobsters were almost cooking at the same time but I had to cut each lobster in the middle and crack its claws and legs before serving. As a dip, I made lemon butter sauce with a dash of freshly ground pepper and salt. The steak was cooked medium -well, not because they wanted them that way, but I guess I was not quick enough to get them out of the grill pan in time. They had no complaints. My divided attent