Monday Morning

yesterday we had such a great time at my parents bbq. it wasn't a huge crowd, but we had a lot of fun. my uncle jeff's family there, and of course, my parents and grammy. we had all kinds of grilled meat and things to go with it. my mom also made sausage and peppers.

sadie had so much fun playing with her cousin natalie. they exchanged email addresses. i think we're going to try to work something out where they can spend the weekend with each other from time to time.

more later...

Today has been...

...wonderful so far. Slept in. Had a crazy dream about being chased through a huge old house with some of my friends from nursing school. I think I was back in the frame of mind I was in during preparation for our presentation: a lot of pressure, a lot of fear, and the same people all over again. I'll probably never stop dreaming about these familiar themes from school.

We cleaned up a little, lounged around, watched an excellent movie (Cold Mountain), and cleaned up a little bit more. Sadie has spent her day either working on cataloging Rob's record collection and playing the Sims. Rob has been helping with chores all along. He also met with the contractor over at his parents' house to see about getting the attic refinished. He'll give us the estimate sometime next week.

The plan is to order some food for dinner, either delivered from the Grill or picked up at Bensi...

Dinner and Beyond

We just finished eating our dinner: steak, mashed potatoes, glazed carrots. Now it's on to a television odyssey: Jeopardy, and movies from Blockbuster with the family and the dogs...til tomorrow...

Middle of the Day

So this day has been OK, I guess. Extremely rainy. Hard to get around in the car. Between flooding and traffic, it was an adventure just going to the store.

Sadie and I had a really nice lunch. Homemade chicken broth with elbow macaroni, celery, carrots, and scallions. We also had crackers with a spread I made: chevre, scallions, port, all kinds of seasoning, and tiny, minced ham, celery, and carrot pieces. It was so good. And I treated myself to a little nip of port while I was at it :-)


Rob will be leaving work soon. He's planning on stopping at Blockbuster to get us some movies for the weekend. I hope he gets something good. We watched the movie of my choice last weekend, which was Monster.

Today I found out

that my license is going to arrive at my house within the next 10 days!!! Yippeeeeee!!!

On the more mundane side of things, I'll be leaving the hosue for the the grocery store soon. We need some more DrainO, bleach, dryer sheets, and other things.

Steak for dinner tonight.

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