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Afternoon At Old Bust Head Brewery

It's 7:15 and I am settled on a couch, starting the blog, and enjoying my coffee with Drew who has been up for an hour, working from home. We hope to be off by 8:15 and arrive home by 3:00 and the weather looks fine, cold but no snow or rain. 

Christmas In Nokesville

Thursday was a day for all of us, little if any cooking, wrapping presents, or drinking. We woke in the usual order, Drew, then, me, Evie, Hayden, Jill, then finally Halle, the only one who had to go to work at a pizza place. So we were in no hurry, watching the news, having a second cup of coffee and writing the blog. Halle left for work at 10:15 and Drew and Hayden were working from home so they basically got on line and started working when they got up. 

Around 11:00, I had some yogurt and granola. Drew decided to go for a four-mile walk and it sounded go to me to get some exercise so I walked around the neighborhood for 35 minutes, just long enough and far enough to work up a sweat. I then showered and Evie followed because my sister Ellen was coming over for a visit at noon. She lives in Herndon, a half hour away. We had not seen her since the clambake in Euclid in late September. We had a good time catching up on family, especially her two grandchildren Anna and Luke, who live only twenty minutes away, not a 14-hour drive. 

Ellen, Summer, 1971

We also reminisced about our summer trips in Europe, in our VW van, in both 1971 and 1974. I was able to pull up quite a few photos from our trip so it was fun. She left about 2:30 and by 3:30 we were on our way to Old Busthead Brewery, a favorite. 

Brewery

It was surprisingly busy but we easily found a table and ordered beers. We stayed for only an hour and headed home, tired from doing practically nothing but sitting around most of the day. We watched some TV but mostly we were on our devices until it was time to order our sushi dinner.  The sushi was delicious although Jill ordered too much. It will be their lunch. We were not sure what to watch so we started with an episode of a documentary on the 2004 Tsunami, then switched to an episode of Squid Game, but ended up with a hilarious comedy hour on Netflix featuring Nate Bargatze. Evie and I rarely watch comedians but he was worth it, a good way to go to bed.

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