Warming Up In Darien, CT

Granny with her Grandson, Tyler, a College Freshmen

Up at 7:00, to a quiet house but not for long as the entire gang's here for at least part of the day.  It's colder here in Darien 42º then Chautauqua, 50º.  Rain forecast for the next couple of days but no snow as it's warming up to the 60's tomorrow.

Yesterday was not a typical day in Darien, except for the morning, when we went shopping into Norwalk.  Beth needed to pick up some art supplies at Jerry's, an amazing art supply store which has just about anything an amateur or professional artist might want.  We then stopped at Bob's, a huge clothing store in a strip mall, a bit like a Dick's, but we did not buy anything as our real reason for being there was to visit the wine store, Total Wines, the largest, most diversified amount of alcohol I have ever seen in a single building.  We needed a map to find the labels we wanted; it was crowded with customers, with at least 10 to 15 sales persons walking around on a Friday morning, helping to pick out the wine/booze/beer. We ended up with a case,which should take care of us for the rest of the week.

Mitch and Marisa came home from school about 1:00, as they had only a half day.  The rest of the afternoon was spent making dinner, a chicken dish, baked and drenched in a green tomatillo sauce. Beth also made two different kinds of cookies, and Evie made one, so we are set for the rest of the week.  We saw little of the boys, which is so different from our usual visits as they are becoming much more social.  Tyler worked out at the gym for quite awhile, then went over to a buddies house, spent the afternoon and evening.  No more hanging out watching films with Mitch and him like the good old days.  The same with Mitch, who was hanging out with friends during the afternoon, went out to dinner with them, and did not get home till 10:00.  So we were stuck with only one grandchild, Marisa, who loved it,  I suppose, the full attention of both grandparents for a good part of the afternoon!  She helped with the cookies and our only respite was an excursion to the library, where she returned at least eight books, picked out four or five more to read.  She has become an avid reader, like our other granddaughters which is great to see.

The Good Old Day of December,  2012

There were only four of us for dinner, so we had the chicken thighs with rice in the Sun Room and watched Chopped, then Diners, Drive Ins and Dives till Marisa went to bed around 9:00. Rami did not get home until  8:30, watched some of the shows with us, ate his dinner, till he picked up Mitch from a friend's house around 10:00.  We went to bed around 10:30, and Tyler was still not home.  We remember those days, waiting up for your kids to come home till you were so tired you just said the heck with it and went to sleep.  Ah youth.