soup's on

We're having a soup party today! Won't you come and join us? S made mushroom barley soup, saag paneer (with kale and spinach and cheese he made himself), and leek & sweet potato soup; I made Annabella's Oatmeal Soup, which is a vegetable soup -- black-eyed peas, zucchini, carrots -- and I also made black bean brownies, which have no flour and are scrumptious. S is gonna make scones, plain ones and chocolate chip/candied orange peels (that he made himself - such a homosexual in the kitchen!).

People are gonna start coming over at about 2:00, and we said the party would last until 8:00, at least the eating part. We don't care if people hang around a little longer, but I for one am gonna start cleaning up. Forty-five people RSVP'd for the party, some of them are children, but still, there's a lotta people coming. A couple more won't hurt; if you just sneak in, we won't even notice you. Well, we might notice, but we won't mind.

I've had fun the last couple of days putting things together for the party; this is such a fun house and property in/on which to have a party. There are lots of chairs around, lots of yard space, two porches, a fenced-in yard and three-plus acres of unfenced area. Our housemate/landlord worked on Spy Kids the movie, and they have a giant cherry from that movie, which I "planted" in the front yard. It looks great; very inviting. They also gave us a big red light-up cross (like the Red Cross cross, not the Jesus cross) back when we lived at the other address from the excellent movie Idiocracy; I have it against the front of the house. It can be seen from half a mile away.

Fun, fun!

Oh, and if you come, could you bring a ladle; we're shy a couple.