community, cake and cooking school

Dated: 9 Oct 2005
Posted by rhonda

Last night, the families that live in the houses next to me came to eat at the restaurant where I work. Then I saw them at church this morning. And while I was walking home from church, one of these same neighbors asked me if I could watch her two kids for a couple of hours this afternoon. Which I happily agreed to, in exchange for her letting me borrow some milk. Then about 30 minutes later, another of my neighbors brought over some lilac suckers that she had dug out of her yard, thinking that I might like to plant them. I shared some of the bounty of my garden with her. While I was watching the girls, I baked a cake for the son of one of the ladies that I work with. (He is 4 years old, and this was his first birthday cake :) )

This is community to me. And I love it. It makes me want to stay here.

And a story to reinforce what an old lady I am. :)

I never take Friday nights off. I did take one off the weekend of my sister’s wedding. And for a few other important things, but it is rare. Sure, it’s because usually I have nobody to cover for me. But this week, despite being super short on waitresses, I was able to tweak the schedule, so I work lunch instead of dinner. And what am I doing on Friday night? Going to a Taste of Home cooking school.

During the entertaining 2-hour presentation, you’ll hear humorous anecdotes plus handy tips, garnishing ideas and much more to make meal preparation easy and fun. Every guest will leave with a gift bag full of product samples, valuable coupons and the newest Taste of Home Brand Name Recipe Cookbook with over 150 recipes.

I think the cookbook alone is worth the $12 entrance fee. (I bought three of the past year’s cookbooks at the thrift store and I love them.)

4 Responses to “community, cake and cooking school”

  1. brandi Says:
    October 10th, 2005 at 12:07 pm

    I think that sounds like a lot of fun! I love cooking classes and stuff like that. That doesn’t make you old, it makes you AWESOME. :)

  2. scott Says:
    October 11th, 2005 at 5:02 am

    just so you know, they do have children and cake mix in north carolina too. :)

  3. julie Says:
    October 24th, 2005 at 5:46 am

    North C. sounds like a nice place to visit Rhonda!

    My neighbors are similar to that also.. makes a fun place to live.

  4. CaryAnne Says:
    March 19th, 2007 at 6:30 pm

    Ditto to Julie’s comments on the “community”… it helps keep the glass half full.

    I’ve been considering culinary school lately but maybe I should look for something like the “Taste of Home” that you attended! Time to scour the newspapers. I’ve always loved cooking and just today got to thinking when I read a post about cooking school. That’s how I found your wonderful blog! You seem like a real sweetheart!

Leave a Reply