Breakfast Conversation

This past Sunday morning when we went to breakfast with three other couples at Wild Eggs, the conversation turned to BB guns. One of the couples there was Bill and Kathy R, and Bill told us that Kathy had a BB gun. Now, if Bill had told us that he was the one with the gun, no one would have expressed surprise, but since it was Kathy's gun, I immediately asked her what she did with her BB gun. You can imagine the reaction when she told us she shoots squirrels. Bobby immediately shook her hand, and presto, Bobby has a new best friend.

Silly Erin

Last night we met Mark & Kim, Erin & Jill, at the Summit for their Christmas at Westport Village, where they lit the tree, Santa came, etc. Bobby or I will probably post a few more pictures about our evening, but this one is regarding a short conversation Kim and Erin had while we were having dinner.

It was a very cold night and we were going to be outside a lot, but Erin chose to wear anklet socks under her jeans instead of knee socks, which would have kept her legs warmer. When sitting in the restaurant, you could see Erin's bare legs at the bottom, and Kim told Erin, "Erin, just looking at your legs makes me feel cold." Without missing a beat, and with a smile on her face, Erin said, "Then don't look."

More Christmas Decorations

I like my prelit Christmas treee. It was so easy. At first I wasn't sure, but after I stuck my red berries in it I was happy. The red NOEL hanging on the wall to the right is one I made at a macrame class Dot and I took, and it's hung in the living room every Christmas for probably 35 years. This year I placed it in the dining room. Pardon the out of place chair, but it was in the way of the tree for the picture.

This darling Let It Snow Snowman is my Christmas bonus from Julie this year. I've had my NOEL macrame hanging here, where you come in the front door, for maybe 35 years? What a rut I'm in. And I love this hanging here. It's so cute.

The nutcrackers have had various homes over the past Christmases, but this is the first time they've ever been on the landing. They must be wondering where in the world this flowery wallpaper came from - they've never seen it before.

This vase of berries sat on the mantel the last few years, so this year I put it in the bathroom.

Christmas Mantel

Been awhile since I've posted, so I decided to show you my pretty mantel decorated for Christmas. I've had these Merry Christmas blocks for at least 20 years, and this is the first time I've not put them on the hutch. When deciding not to use greenery and lights on the mantel this year, I thought I'd put the blocks here, also. Then I found these candles Saturday, just what I'd been looking for, to use in place of the lights. My decorating is done except for putting the ornaments on the tree, and that may wait until tomorrow morning.

Another Afternoon With Jill

I picked Jill up at school today, and as usual, she didn't fail to entertain. When it was almost time to take her home, she had an idea. "I have a good idea, something we haven't done for a long time. Let's stop at Walgreens and get a snack after we get Erin." It's something we used to do after getting Erin's allergy shot. I told her we weren't picking Erin up today. "Well, we could stop and get a snack anyway." So of course, we got a snack at Walgreens and took one to Erin, also.

Also in the Walgreen's parking lot we saw a woman driving a car with a poodle on her lap, the dog hanging out the driver's window. Jill, of course, was taken with how cute the dog was. I told her, yes, that sure is a cute dog, but that's not a very safe way to drive a car. Jill told me, "well, I don't think the dog is driving."

Being Entertained by Erin & Jill

The house is quiet. Erin and Jill spent the night last night, and now are home, no doubt getting ready for trick or treating. And once again we had so much fun with them. We put the mattress to the hideabed on the floor and they slept on it - something different. Erin was reading a mummy book, and noticed strange shadows. What fun. Or at least she really seemed to think so. She's an avid reader and told me about the Cam Jansing books she's now interested in. We also played battleship, Erin and me against Bobby and Jill. Erin loves this game, and Jill played for the first time and also played the entire game and liked it. However, this blog is mostly to write about a specific dinner conversation. We were talking about the years we were born, and Bobby asked them if they could imagine that he had once been a little baby. Jill looked kind of dubious, and said...a baby with a mustache?

This, That & Everything

Don't have anything special, but feel like blogging, so here goes. Last night Bobby and I ate supper out, then went to a 2-hour seminar on medicare. Wow!!! Do we know how to live it up or what. But it was informative, expecially since I knew absolutely nothing about the process or about medicare. Now, at least, I retained a little information. Bobby, of course, will be on medicare before me because he's Older than me, and always will be!!!!

Then we went by Brian's softball game. We got there during his second game, got to watch him bat, and then only stayed a very short time. It was so cold and windy. But Julie was there for the duration. What a trooper she was out in that chilly night. Still don't know if he won the second game or not (the one we were watching). If so, he was going to be playing the third game. Hope they won. But I'm sure Julie was frozen. Brian also dropped the necklace by the house that I''d ordered at Julie's jewelry party. I love it. Thank's Brian for bring it by. If I'd known we were going to be at your game, I could have saved you the trip.

We had dinner last week at the Village Anchor with friends...very pricey restaurant. But lots of fun. I've actually been doing a little Christmas shopping here and there. And tomorrow night Erin and Jill are sleeping over - which is always fun. Baking bread again today - isn't that interesting to know? I'm reading The Fall of Giants, which has started out really good and holding my interest, thankfully, since it has almost 1,000 pages. Finished Game Change, which was really interesting. The renovation on the house next door goes on and on. They're spending thousands of dollars on it. And we think the big tree in their yard is scheduled to be cut down soon. Good to know because in a storm we're always afraid of the branches that fall from it.
Ben sent me some newspaper clippings about him and his opponent running for metro council there in Florida. He called and said it was supposed to be a very close race.

Well, I'm off to the grocery. Reading this was a couple of minutes you'll never get back.