Waddle, waddle, waddle. It was my Mom's 85th b'day. My cousin brought down a tonme (well, maybe not a tonne, but a decent amount) of fresh walleye he caught at Birch Beach, LOW, Tuesday night per my Mom's request. He also brought a wild rice - walleye soup, a wild blueberry pie and banana bread. I had asparagus, coleslaw, and quesadillas ready, and then there was that b'day cake.
I was frigging stuffed. And, I didn't have cake. I could hardly waddle through the kitchen to get the dishes done (what was I thinking using the good china, sterling, and crystal)? But, I also ran the dishwasher twice excluding that stuff. As my Dad said, "you know it was a success when you have to run the dishwasher at least twice and wash just as many dishes and silverware by hand." Such GREAT memories of this day will be held in our hearts forever.