Cate was trying to cook. It was after work and she seemed stressed.

Bridget walks in the door,and starts sniffing around. The house smelled

like it was on fire. "MOM! Something is burning in this HOUSE and its

not Grandpa's cigar!" Cate turned around. The stove was spewing black

smoke. "OH SHIT!" Cate said in ultimate horror...as she ran to grab the

roast out of the oven.It was now a pitch black mess. Cate started

crying.What was she going to do? Minutes later,she decided on something

to eat for them all.

Jim decided to walk in. He smirked and said,"Now Cate,what did you burn?

Cate turned to him with a sad look. "My roast has burned to a crisp and

I need to do another dinner!" Everyone looked at her.She seemed worried.

Cate ran over to her daughters and said,"Girls,take the minivan and go

get us another roast at the grocery store." Kerry and Bridget dashed out

with Rory and hopped in the minivan.This was a job for the Hennessey

children. A knock came to the car window.

It was CJ,decked out in his cowboy duds and eating a twinkie with his

"favorite blue sprinkies", as he liked to call them. Jim had always made

fun of him,because at the age of 32,CJ should have fully grown up. Kerry

opened the window and said,"What do you want?" CJ stood there twiddling

his thumbs and said,"I want to go with you and ride the pony..." Kerry

looked at Bridget,who screamed,"Mooooom! CJ is being stupid and wants to

ride that stupid carosel pony again!" Cate looked at CJ weird and said

with a laugh,"He can go. Just don't scare the five year olds!" The girls

went to the supermarket. As they were walking,they were chattering

happily. Kerry made a complete stop in front of the meat counter. Right

there was Mr.Gibb,buying a cut of meat. Bridget went up to Mr.Gibb and

said,"Hi Mr.Gibb. What's the beef for?" Mr.Gibb laughed and said," I am

making dinner tonight and inviting your mother over to share it with

me." The girls stared at each other in great disbelief. Bridget pulled

out her cell phone and dialed Cate. Few minutes later she got off and

told Kerry that Cate said that the roast was for them and they could

pick out their own dinner. Rory came running back with some tacos

and two 2 liter bottles of soda. "This is our dinner,because Grandpa is eating

out and CJ's eating with us." The girls hugged Rory. It was a way to end

the day.

FIN