Weekend round up

Saturday morning, we started out with lots of cleaning. It's amazing how much dust was around the house if I look for them. S was helping with dusting. She's proud when she's able to collect lots of dirt on her rag. She also enjoyed sweeping the floor so she got that duty too. Hubby was outside, mowing the lawn, cleaning the patio furniture and trimming the trees. I had the pleasure of stabbing marinated chicken cube on the stick and that would have been more fun with some help. At around 5: 15 PM, hubby's brother M's family arrived. They are the most punctual ones out of his side of the family so sister-inlaw S got busy prepping the shrimp veggie kabob. Everyone else were more than fashionably late like always and I've learned to live with it.
One issue I have with outdoor dining are the flies. They decided to join the party and some of us ate inside. Over all we had fun eating, puzzle fighting and getting together. Half an hour after everyone left, sister inlaw Q called and said "Did you call Dad's cell?"
Me:"No, not us. What number did the caller ID show?"
Q:"He doesn't have one. Oh. by the way, Dad thinks that he left his wallet on you couch. Can you check?"
Me too exhausted to go down stairs so started yelling from upstairs: "Hub, can you check the couch and see if you can find Dad's wallet?"
Hub: "What?"
Me to Q: "I'll call you back later"
Me to Hub: "Dad thinks he left his wallet on the couch"
Hub looked on the couch: "It's not there. Let me look out side the house." He did his investigation and I heard hubby called dad inlaw in his native tongue so I couldn't eavesdrop on the conversation. When hub finally came upstairs.
Me to hub: "Did you find the wallet?"
Hub: "No. Dad left it home."
We didn't go to bed until 12 AM.


Mango cake

Stir-fry Gai-lan

Center: Vietnamese rice noodles, bologna with fish sauce. Upper right corner: Cajun shrimp & veggie shish kabob.

Yummy chicken satay. I used heavy duty skewer and it worked out great.