OLD BAY SHRIMP SALAD AND FAMILY DINNER TIME

does your family eat dinner together every night

decreasing the chance that they will turn to drugs and alcohol

but in my house

the dinner dynamic in our household began to change

i won't be home

if i was lucky

if i a meal

something like shrimp salad would be

i used more mayo than the recipe called for

i knew junior gs wouldn't eat anything-like-shrimp-salad

so i ke some shrimp on the side

i the shrimp i had set aside

things were made clear that night

first

why don't you plan to have dinner

really missed the three of us having dinner time together

if you want the original shrimp salad recipe from southern living

some-thing-like-shrimp-salad i've had

old bay shrimp salad

recipe adapted from southern living

shrimp

celery

onion

mayonnaise

lemon juice

old bay seasoning

worcestershire sauce

pepper

salt

give this recipe a try

it might just be the best something-like-shrimp-salad ever

home and garden thursday

cooking and crafting

from the time i was a kid

it was important to me to continue this ritual throughout junior goo shoes' childhood

true

reaps a multitude of benefits

being less likely to be depressed

it was the only time of day that we were all together

could sit down to share the details of our day

admittedly

sometimes consisted of just one word -- "good

the nights when he was more verbose

compensated

and

that were important to us

our political views

our values

sometimes

just before the end of the school year

but more often than not

when junior gs finally let me know it was one place setting too many

this went on

if i assumed he wouldn't be home

it was a sure bet that he'd bound through the door

on one of these nights when i didn't know whether junior gs would be home

mr. gs said he felt like having a supper

i did a google-search

and

should he decide to grace us

as it happened

which gave mr. gs and i more than enough )

second

since you work monday - thursday till 5pm

one

two

three

nightly family dinners will be a thing of the past

i wasn't sure if it would be an opportunity )

which remained unspoken

i

sappy sentiment from mom would have surely backfired

mr. goo shoes had a "good-luck-with-that" look on his face

as i uttered my "declaration of mom-dependence

but to our utter surprise

just like that

if you want to take my word

cover and chill 2 hours before

today

best of the weekend

home home

metamorphosis monday