A Leisurely Sunday, A Shopping Monday

Marlena with Her Dad 

Up at 6:00, to another cold day.  Nick is up as well, showered and ready to go  to school by 6:30.  The high school here starts very early, so Nick leaves before 7:00, in Bermuda shorts and Nike slides, with socks at least.  He says he's out in the cold air for about 10 seconds so why not wear this...smart boy.

Sunday was just another day to hang out, watch football, play with the kids and of course, eat.  It all began with some religion, at the Church of Costco, worshipping at the foot of Mammon, doing our best to help Obama keep that economy cooking.  Between Tom and me, we did or best.  Evie, of course, just walked down aisle after aisle and liked 'this' and 'that' but as usual, bought nothing.  In fact, no LED TV this time, no camera, no pot or bowl...just lots of fixings for the Big Bird Day, the turkey, veggies, stuffing, wine, dessert...we are set for the next three or four days, easy.

Marlena Chillin With Her Friend Brooklyn

We got home around 1:00, had some breakfast and settled in on the couches, to waste the rest of the day watching first, the Chiefs lose in the final minutes to San Diego, a very disappointing outcome for my son Tom, an avid Chiefs fan.  Evie and Marlena decorated some cookies, along with Marlena's friend Brooklyn.  Nick had a buddy from school over, so they spent the afternoon in the basement playing on X Box.  Late afternoon, I took Bella out for a walk but it was cold even for me, so we did not last long.

The Fashion Plate

For dinner, Evie made her famous Greek Lemon Chicken, Tom's favorite, a dish we make every time we visit.  And we have to have garlic spinach and rice as well to make it a perfect meal.  Evie at the last minute added a couple more chicken thighs, just in case, and we needed it as we devoured them, having only one left.  A great meal, everything gone, even the spinach, alas, no lunch for me.  For dessert, we had the sinful Costco cheese cake, with strawberries, and Tom, Nick, and I watched our third football game of the day, a boring first half of the Broncos/Patriots game. Unfortunately, I went to bed after the first half, only to find out this morning that the Patriots had a miracle comeback, winning in over time.  Rats.  I guess Tom stayed up till the over time but also went to bed.

Today, we have no firm plans, most likely we will go shopping some where, check out the new Ipads, so Evie can decide which one she wants, the new Air Ipad, or the Mini.  Tommy wants her to get the 32 gigabyte Ipad, with lots of memory, so it looks like that's the one she'll get.

Tonight we are having Evie's sister Jean and her daughter Jennifer and family over for a good old fashioned Slovenia dinner of beans and potato soup, Slovenia sausages, and sauerkraut, Yugoslavian comfort food.  Every Petkovsek family picnic featured tons of these sausages from Asman's, in Cleveland, Ohio. And we can still get them, made with the family's 70 year old recipe. We brought eighteen sausages with us from the lake.  Yum.