Shabbat Lunch Menu (with Bonus Dinner Dessert)

This Shabbat, we're out for dinner (though I'm making dessert -- brownies) and home with guests for lunch. My menu is mostly based on requests from one of the guests (the other guest, being under 2, doesn't really get a vote on the menu). So, here's what I've got planned:

-- Gazpacho
-- Macaroni and cheese (requested by guest)
-- Some veggie (maybe a salad? Maybe something else?)
-- Mint brownies (requested by guest)

Plus, of course, challah and grape juice. Perhaps I will roast a head of garlic to go on the challah (as it reheats nicely on the electric hotplate).

To Counter the Grey Weather We've Been Having...

I present Things that Make Me Happy Today:

-- The existence of a sewing kit in my desk drawer at work to resew the button that came off my rain coat this morning
-- The rain seems to be letting up, at least for a bit
-- mabfan's Town Meeting win yesterday
-- Progress made yesterday on a knitting project
-- Discovering that Boston fans are not the weirdest fans in the US (thanks to a friend's locked post for the link)
-- Dinner that is already made
-- Long-standing friends with mazal-tov-worthy news

So... What makes *you* happy today?

Who Lives in a P/i/n/e/a/p/p/l/e House Under the Sea?

Apparently, lots of people:

Almost a Quarter of US Homeowners Are Underwater

I know it's been raining, but I didn't think it had been *that* bad.