Life Is Picking Up In Texas

A Sassy Granddaughter

It's later than I thought, 7:41 and I have been up since 6:30.  Rami took Marisa to school a half hour ago, so it's just Beth and me, as Evie and Tyler are still sleeping.  After I got up, I drove off to the shopping area, five minutes and picked up a half dozen bagels at Einsteins, much to Marisa's delight, so it was worth going.  It's nice to see a happy girl in the morning.

My Good Buddy Looking For Crumbs

We did not do anything exciting yesterday as Evie was still suffering from a cold, Beth from lack of a good night's sleep.  So our plans to do some sight seeing have been put off for a couple of days which is fine with me.  We did end up doing some shopping in an area which is quickly developing into a very busy shopping center.  We first hit the local grocery store, Tom Thumb, to pick up the usual groceries, then on to our favorite, Trader Joe's, a new one that just opened.  It was not much different from any of the other Trader Joe's, just somewhat larger.  We got the necessities and some of the extras, like good cheeses and wine.  We  got home around 12:30, just as my grandson, Tyler was getting up.  I remember those days, a long, long time ago.  We both had lunch, the leftover soup and turkey and bacon sandwiches.  Yum.

We then spent the afternoon watching some TV, usually Chopped, occasionally the depressing news of the new conservative appointments, especially Tom Price, Secretary Of Health And Human Services, an avowed and outspoken opponent of Medicare and Social Security.  When I have had enough of the news, my answer is to walk Cody, clear my mind and embrace the moment, the beauty of a fall afternoon in Dallas.  It works.  And later, when Marisa went off to Gymnastics, I walked uptown, to the large shopping area, literally a five minute walk, to all kinds of restaurants, spas, gyms, stores and high rises.  It's always a crowded place because parking is at a premium.  I basically walked for an hour, looking in the windows of all the upscale stores, wondering who has the money to buy the clothes, jewelry, and spa treatments.  It's not quite Chautauqua Mall.

Back From Gymnastics

Finally, Relaxing

When I got home, it was wine time, so we sat down and watched Beth put together our dinner of two spatchcocked chickens roasted on top of potatoes, from the Smitten Kitchen.  It's an easy and good dinner.  Evie cut and roasted the cauliflower, as Marisa and Rami both came home.  Despite Evie and Rami not feeling well, we had a nice dinner, enjoying the food and talking about our day.  Rami had  all day meetings which he somehow managed to attend and participate.

Dinner's Ready

We talked a lot about our favorite movies and TV series and we mentioned to Tyler that we loved the FX series, Fargo.  He had never seen it so the three of us went upstairs and watched the first two episodes while Marisa did her homework ( a good girl) and Beth and Rami watched their show in the bedroom.  Tyler loved the series, so we will no doubt watch more of it tonight.  We went up to bed around 10:30, ready for bed although Tyler was just beginning his evening.