Sunday Surprise

It was a typical Sunday, well no Sundays is typical, but it was typically normal for us here in Thailand. We arrived home from church, everyone darted into the kitchen to get some food and then it was NAP time- well at least it was for me!  I was dreaming of sitting with the SUN warming my back after a nice hike when my alarm went off - DANG time to cook dinner.  So I lazily get up and rub the sleepiness out of my eyes and make my way to the kitchen.  I have it all planned...

Chicken Tikka

Indian lentils (spicy)

Rice

Asparagus (grilled)

I am one of those cooks who cleans up the kitchen as she cooks, I like to keep my kitchen neat and tidy.  I had the chicken marinating in the yogurt and spices overnight so it would be tender and tasty.  The rice was in the cooker and the lentils were soaking waiting to be cooked. The asparagus was cleaned, olived oil and seasoned ready to grill.  Things were shapping up, then I had a little Sunday surprise... and John and Laura helped me with it...

Normally I am used to bugs, I am the spider killing momma around here and have been known to catch a fly in midair with my hands - but I have to admit when I went to wash the dishes I left in the sink and a nice little gecko jumped out of the sink and on to the counter ,well I yelled for JOHN.  He was pleased to come to the aide of his mother, he knew what we were having for dinner and wanted nothing to keep me from cooking!  All ended well,  my little Sunday Surprise visitor Mr.Gecko was captured, removed and let go outside our back door and the dinner was "heavenly".