Sunday Gray

2013 Oldie -- Missing Them!

8:16

An unremarkable Sunday morning, gray skies and lake, as I am listening to Terry Gross interview Sasha Baron Cohen on Fresh Air.  It's a nice change from politics, some humor in the morning. It's 32º and we may get some rain later in the day as Spring weather creeps closer.

Yesterday was a get ready for dinner with Linda and Ron kind of day, something Evie looks forward to. It meant being busy much of the day. To be brief, neither of us skied or hiked, mostly because of the icy trails.  Around 10:00, I gingerly walked out to our car and drove off to the Transfer Station to get rid of our trash.  And that was it for the day except that I served as chief bottle washer for Evie who was busy in the kitchen.  By 11:30, she had the brisket in the oven and was making a banana cream pie, with apricot jam spread on the crust and rum added to the custard.  Needless to say, it was the hit of the night.  

Once I washed and dried up the first batch of dishes, I heated up the leftover spaghetti and meatballs and start watching a series that we stopped watching a few weeks ago called Watchman on HBO.  I want to finish it so I hope to stick with it. My afternoon was as usual, as I had lots of time to read and nap briefly before helping out in the kitchen.  Evie also had time to relax after making the cabbage and noodle side dish, sweet-sour green beans,  and salad with blue cheese dressing.  We were done easily by 5:00, the kitchen spic n span, dinner ready.

Those Were The Days: 2013 at Pine Junction

Linda and Ron arrived early, at 5:00, and Evie had big bowls of popcorn ready and we were going to watch Nomadland together before dinner.  For libations, Evie made panaches, basically half lemonade and half beer, a perfect drink for a film. Everyone loved the film and it gave us lots to talk about over our dinner of beef brisket, noodles and cabbage, green beans,  salad, and the perfect ending, banana cream pie.  We all wanted seconds but were too full to have them.  It was a fun evening and watching the film before dinner was a good idea, something we will do again since we cannot go to a movie theater as in the old days.  Linda and Ron left at 10:00 and we did a mini clean up of the kitchen, leaving most of the mess for this morning.  Ugh.