Delivery #5

Today, being Sunday, was a very busy day.  I played hooky last night by hanging out with my family and not cooking the pot of soup for today's meal that I should have so today wouldn't've been so harried.  But I got it done.  We got home from church about 2:30.  I had the makings for broccoli cheese soup but I had not even asked anyone for me to bring it to.  So when we got home, I changed clothes and went across the street a few doors down.  I don't know this couple well but I do know them and I asked them if it was too late of notice for me to bring them a meal for tonight.  She already had a pork loin marinating, she said, but would love to have for it for tomorrow night because she is cooking all week for Thanksgiving.  So I walked away and saw the neighbor across the street from her pulling into her drive.  Now I have taken a meal to her and her husband recently.  No reason then except that I had made a big pot of vegetable beef soup and thought I'd share so I took it to her (uninvited) and she brought back my tupperware the next day with a sweet note thanking me.  So when I told her that I was starting a project to make a meal for my neighbors she said, "Oh my, how can you do that?"  And I said, "Well, just one day at a time."  So she graciously accepted a meal from me tomorrow.  Now I scurried home because the one thing I did not tell you already is that we had a chili supper at my church at 5:00.  Fortunately I only had to bring a dessert so I was able to get it done in time....... oh, okay, we were 3 minutes late to church.  But here's what I made for them.  I made the soup (takes no time......recipe to follow) and on the counter next to the soup had my mixer going for a cake I made for the chili supper.  This was the first time I'd made this cake and I gotta tell you it was one of the easiest things I've ever made to be so tasty but when you find out what all is in it you'll know why.  I realize this is not a part of the meal I took but I was cooking so I might as well share.  The cake is made with a regular yellow cake mix (I bought mine from the dollar store, can you believe it?) and you make it exactly according to the directions.  THEN, you fold in a can of pecan coconut icing.  Yes, you heard me right....icing....right into the mix.  Yuh---mee.   Then I put mine into a bundt pan.  Haven't used mine much because I don't bake much but it turned out nice.  Then you ice the outside of the cake once it has cooled with another can of the pecan coconut icing (ya know the same kind you icing you use for a german chocolate cake).  It was mighty fine.
After the cake was out, I put some more chocolate chip cookies on and pulled those out of the oven by 4:20.  While the cookies were going, I made another bowl of the 5 cup salad.  I pulled out a portion of that for the family of 2 and put it in a to-go container.  Derek helped me get the cookies ready to transport.  Then I put the soup in a container.  I laid that altogether on the counter and ran to powder my nose. (I try not to look like a hag, hee hee).  By that time the kids are ready and I gave the meal to the kids to walk over.  While they were doing that I iced the cake.  Derek covered it for me and we were out the door.  Picked up the kids on the way to church.  Whew!  And every bit of it was worth it.  Plus, my meal is done for tomorrow except I may have to make some more cookies because the cake was gone (I thought there might be some left and I could take that tomorrow but that's okay......  I was loving on people at church too). 
We have a saying at our church, our mission statement, if you will.  Loving God, Serving People.  But I'm finding out that I love God and I love people. Have you loved someone today?