The Honeymoon Is Over

          Dear Diary:
          Monday: 

          Now home from honeymoon and settled in our new home. It's  fun to
          cook for  Dan.  Today I made  angel food cake.   The recipe said,
          "Beat 12 eggs separately." The neighbors were nice enough to loan
          me some extra bowls"  Tuesday: Dan wanted fruit salad for dinner.
          The  recipe said,  "Serve without dressing."  So I  didn't dress.
          What  a surprise  when  Dan  brought a  friend  home for  dinner.
          Wednesday: A  good day for  rice.  Recipe said,  "Wash thoroughly
          before  steaming the rice."  It seemed kinda  silly but I  took a
          bath.  I can't say it improved the rice any.  Thursday: Today Dan
          asked for  salad again.  I tried a  new recipe. It said, "Prepare
          ingredients,  then toss  on  a  bed of  lettuce  one hour  before
          serving." Which is what led up to Dan asking me why I was rolling
          around  in  the garden.    Friday: I  found  an  easy recipe  for
          cookies.   It said, "Put  all ingredients in  bowl and beat  it."
          There must have  been something wrong with  this recipe.   When I
          got back, everything was the same as when I left.   Saturday: Dan
          did the shopping today and brought home a chicken. He asked me to
          dress it for Sunday.  (oh boy) For some reason Dan keeps counting
          to ten.   Sunday: Dan's folks came to  dinner.  I wanted to serve
          roast but all I could find was hamburger.  Suddenly I had a flash
          of genius.   I put the hamburger in the oven and set the controls
          for  roast.   It  still  came  out  like  hamburger, much  to  my
          disappointment.   Goodnight, Dear  Diary.  This  has been  a very
          exciting week.  I  am eager for tomorrow to come so I can try out
          a new recipe on Dan.  If we could just get a bigger oven, I would
          like to surprise him with "Chocolate Moose."