SPECIAL PURPOSE

Remember back when Steve Martin as The Jerk discovered what his special purpose in life was?

Ever wonder what your special purpose is?

I've thought a little lately about what mine is. No, it's nothing like The Jerk's.

Of course, my main purpose is to take care of my family.

My "SPECIAL" purpose is to entertain my friends. I love doing it.

A normal Saturday night for me is having friends over for dinner. Usually we end up playing cards. Sometimes we watch movies.

We've even had themed nights. We did a Twilight themed night last summer. Everyone had a good time. I have it in the back of my head to do a few more of those.

On weekends that we don't have friends over, I feel lost.

I need to be useful and take care of my friends.

It's my special purpose :)

PURGE

I am so proud of myself today.

I decided that the pile of paperwork on my desk had reached it's maximum and it was time to clean out the file cabinet and purge old paperwork to make room for the new.

New file folders have been made. I even used my favorite font, WillingRace, to label the folders.

Every piece of paper and every paid bill has been filed away in it's proper place.

Did I mention how proud of myself I am?

I really am because I am such a procrastinator. If procrastinators had a queen, I would be it.

What I found in the old paperwork was rather interesting.

I found a receipt to a JVC stereo that was purchased in April 1991. We haven't even owned that stereo since around 2000.

Tax papers I'm not quite sure what to do with. I've kept all of our taxes since 1993. I'm not sure how many years you're supposed to keep so I kept 10 years. It sounded like a good round number.

Other than the bag of papers that I need to figure out how to dispose of, everything is neat and tidy.

I'm good to go now until at least the year 2020.

Love,
Queen Procrastinator

YUMMY SOUP!

Chicken and Gnocchi Soup

1 cup chicken breasts, cooked and diced
4 tablespoons butter
4 tablespoons flour
1 quart half and half
1 14 ounce can chicken broth
1/2 cup celery, finely diced
2 garlic cloves, minced
1 cup carrots, finely shredded
1 cup onion, finely diced
1 cup fresh spinach, coarsely chopped
1 tablespoon extra virgin oil
1/2 teaspoon thyme
1/2 teaspoon parsley
Freshly grated parmesan cheese – optional
1 pound potato gnocchi

Sauté the onion, celery, and garlic in the butter and olive oil over medium heat. When the onion becomes translucent, add the flour and make a roux. Let the butter and flour mixture cook for about a minute before adding 1 quart of half and half.

Cook gnocchi according to package directions.

Into the roux add in the carrots and chicken. Once the mixture becomes thick add the chicken broth. Once the mixture thickens again, add the cooked gnocchi, spinach, and seasonings, simmer until soup is heated through.

My guys don't like spinach so I added it to mine as a garnish.