7:55 |
Yesterday was much like Saturday though for Evie, it was a busy day. Neither one of us thought it would be a good idea to walk the Chautauqua Institution because the roads would be icy. So we had a leisurely morning, drinking coffee, listening to NPR, no hurrying off to yoga for me. We were, however, having neighbors over for dinner and we needed a few things from Wegman's so I drove their late morning, stopped at Ryders for a coffee, then did some quick shopping, packing up a couple of bags of food. The store was surprisingly crowded, perhaps the church crowd after a service.
When I got home, Evie has already made a couple of batches of gingerbread cookies, and the kitchen smelled like Christmas. Once they were all out of the oven and cooling, she made our breakfast, the Sunday special, eggs, bagels and three pieces of bacon, no more. We finished just in time for NFL football but to my dismay, the Browns game, the debut of Johnny touchdown, was not on TV, a good thing because the Browns lost 30-0 and Johnny had a miserable day. Go Browns. So while I watched some of the Bills/Packers game, Evie worked in the kitchen, putting together of our dinner, listening to Jimmy Donovan narrate the Browns dismal loss. I also was finally able to clear our stoop and walk way of ice, after five days.
Dinner With Maryanne and John Johnston |
After dinner, we sat in front of the fire, Maryanne had made an apple pie, so we had it with a dollop of ice cream. I also made some Turkish tea which John really liked and I showed him how Turks make their tea in a samovar. It was a fun evening and we really enjoyed getting to know them better. We then took about twenty minutes to do up the dishes and clean the kitchen so we did not have much of a mess to wake up to this morning.
Its now 7:30, the sun supposedly has risen though I still can only see our trees, the lake hidden by fog, the flag flaccid, not a whiff of wind.
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