Memorial day days

this weekend will start the grilling and picnicking--family get-togethers and pool openings in many areas----

as we celebrate and remember our dear veterans that paid the ultimate price for our wonderful freedom-

my family certainly thinks and reflects on the true meaning of memorial day, but we also use this weekend to celebrate my son colin's birthday, and now his wife, kelli's----colin was born, almost on memorial day, as i went into labor with him on that day and he was born around 1 something the day after memorial day-

this is why i am always saying labor day when referring to memorial day----

when i first started blogging, i felt the need to mention all of my kids and grand-kids on their birthdays---it became too much, so this is not a birthday post per-say-----

i make deviled eggs, probably once a year if that---it is on this birthday of my son colin--as of course, they are one of his favs--

i am not yet committing to preparing them---we will see how things and time go-----a dish that my mother could whip up in no time, has always proved a huge challenge and dread for me---fact is, kelli made them for our Easter family dinner----i can't get her to do it because her birthday and colin's being so close, it is her party too-

a couple of years ago---i remember it well----robyn and i were making the deviled eggs, pasta salads and cakes--one for both colin and kelli----ahead of time---it was a Sunday and i was bone tired from church and just a long day---

that night robyn had made colin's yellow cake---it was in a sheet cake pan------it was ready to come out of the oven and the chocolalte batter was ready for the next pan for kelli's special cake--i was hurrying to get the pasta pan off the burner and out of the way of colin's cake pan----

while i was draining the pasta at the sink---i hear a noise that i do not recognize, it was an explosion kinda like a cross between a bomb with gun shots----i froze----only to hear robyn screaming----"i'm sorry mom, i'm sorry----

i was stunned, i couldn't figure out what had just happened--i turn around and glass is all over the kitchen, tiny shards of broken splattered cake and glass---the cake pan, which was the clear glass kind had burst into a trillion pieces at least-----

i went into emergency mode---talking in hushed tones as i tried to calm robyn and myself down---good-no one was hurt------but what in the world made the cake go kaboom---

oh no--in my hurry to remove the pasta pan, i had left the burner on---right where the cake pan was placed-

it was clearly my fault, i assured robyn----as tired as we both were---we had the most colossal clean up to do---

we managed to get it all done---both cakes were ruined and the pasta salad--too many crunchy glass pieces---

but thank the good Lord those dag gone deviled eggs had been put away---otherwise i might have gone crazy and i would not even be pondering this weekend about those devilish eggs--