Day of leisure - Day 5

Day 5, September 5, 2011

We are going to hang around the house today: do some laundry, some fix-up, watch TV and eat cake. Sounds good after running around for the last few days.  Look at Manny.  He knows how to relax.

Louis made waffles in the morning.  He didn't have his regular recipe, but was able to find something similar online, and used it successfully.  The waffles were super fluffy inside, and crispy outside.

While Paula and Ann were busy doing the laundry, Louis and I worked on fixing the faucets in Sue's room, and the guest bathroom.  (Louis did all the work.  I only hand him the screwdriver when he needed it.)  This involved running out to Home Depot multiple times.  On one of the trips, we stopped to get Paula a birthday cake - a yellow cake with strawberry filling.

We changed the light switch upstairs and telephone plated too.  Tomorrow we will fix up the dinning room chairs.

Sue put a dozen (xxxx) flowers in our room for Paula.  Paula really liked it and asked me to take pictures of the flowers.  Thank you, Sue.

For lunch, we went to a fast food place called "In and Out" burgers.  Their menu choices are simple: hamburgers, cheeseburgers, or double-double (double cheeseburgers with buns) and fries or not?
Paula and I each had a cheeseburger with their special sauce, and shared an order of fries.  We asked for lettuce, tomatoes and onions too, but I have to fish out the pickles.  For drinks I had root beer and Paula just have water.

The burgers were delicious, and the fries cripsy.  We all left feeling happy and satisfied.

For dinner, Sue made shrimp civiche. It is like a shrimp salad on Tostidas chips.  Everyone enjoyed it, and finished the big bowl of civiche.  I think this dish will even go good on salad, or eaten plain in a cup.

Besides the civiche, I also had a piece of pizza leftover from yesterday.  Ah, another satisfying meal.  I soon fell asleep, while everyone watches a movie.




Both Paula and I loved the dish, so I am going to make it when we go home. I found a recipe online:  I will alter it to be closer to Sue's recipe.

Ingredients

• 1 pound peeled and deveined medium shrimp
• 1 cup fresh lime juice
• 10 plum tomatoes, diced
• 1 large yellow onion, diced
• 1 jalapeno pepper, seeded and minced, or to taste
• 2 avocados, diced (optional)
• 2 ribs celery, diced (optional)
• chopped fresh cilantro to taste
• salt and pepper to tast
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Directions

1. Place shrimp in a glass bowl and cover with lime juice to marinate (or 'cook') for about 10 minutes, or until they turn pink and opaque. Meanwhile, place the plum tomatoes, onion and jalapeno (and avocados and celery, if using) in a large, non-reactive (stainless steel, glass or plastic) bowl.
2. Remove shrimp from lime juice, reserving juice. Dice shrimp and add to the bowl of vegetables. Pour in the remaining lime juice marinade. Add cilantro and salt and pepper to taste. Toss gently to mix.

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Here is Paula, ready to serve her birthday cake, in her pretty pink dress.  Sue commented that the color of the cake matches her kitchen color.  Ann thought the green color on the cake looked like guacamole, and that she has never seen a cake with such straight edges.  The cake was delicious.