Don't add way too little breadcrumbs to your meatballs so they end up tasting like lumps of beef straight from the cow....
Don't buy garlic bread that is so garlic-y everyone in the house has to be quarantined for two days so the smell can dissipate....
Don't wait until the last minute to plan decorations and end up having the kids scribble on scrap paper while mom hovers over holding the tape and checking her watch....
For goodness sake, try not to burn the lasagna so much the top half is barely recognizable....
DO breathe a huge sigh of relief that the inside of the lasagna looks like this....
...And an even bigger sigh that they are all still smiling at you.
Thank goodness my family accepts my lack of culinary skills....next year on my hubby's birthday the only thing I'm making is reservations.
