03-20-21 dinner company!
I had set an alarm just in case but as it happens, there was no need. I was up and showered and ready for our monthly ABC’s zoom gaggle. Not everyone was able to make it this time … oh my Lord, just as I was about to type here that The Hearnden’s missed knowing we had a time change and couldn’t make the session, my Google Home out of no where started playing a funky version of the Winnie the Poo song . They are the ones who took me to the 100 Acre Wood in the UK. It was honestly one of my best days, but I really didn’t need Google to start reading my mind now!
The Zoom was great as always. Poor Colleen shared pictures of the newly lowered shrubbery in her yard after I inquired about the final results of the terrible winter storm they were hit with in Oregon. Such devastation. We spoke of jabs or lack of them, Ruth’s Hyperbaric Chamber appointments, Carol-Anne and my similar jobs doing mystery shopping, Lynda’s non-cancerous nose, the soon to be closed New Mexico senate (?) and North Vietnam. There is such a wealth of experience in this group that there is always something interesting to share or hear about. I like this monthly check in, honestly never thought I would but I do.
Yesterday I had asked the Campbell’s to come for dinner as they are in the middle of a major kitchen renovation and we hadn’t all gotten together in a long time. I took meat out of the freezer and got busy finishing the kitchen, just ready to have Danny do the trim. The wallpaper turned out better than I had hoped. It is so sturdy and stuck well. I am pretty pleased with it and decided to accept all the beautiful compliments Diane gave when they got here.
Sean, Diane and Zoë came for dinner. I really deked out by preparing frozen Macaroni and cheese, chicken thighs and beef sausages in the oven. We enjoyed a good framily meal together and then Diane and I played a game of Patchwork while Sean and Zoë watched Futurama. Diane won as usual!
After that we played three handed crib for a couple games before it was time for them to go home to make beds ready. Was fun to hang together again. I settled into sorting for a new puzzle and watching Crazy, Not Insane on Crave. It is an interesting documentary about serial killers. It amazes me that the woman the movie is about has been able to stomach all of the details she has dealt with.
triumphgal 