Celebrating our anniversary

Our 43rd wedding anniversary was on Thursday.  Since G worked that day, he was a bit too tired to really celebrate.  We did go out for dinner.  But last night we went to dinner and a musical.  The title was My Mother's Lesbian Jewish Wiccan Wedding.  It is based on a true story.  It was a comedy but had serious parts too.  Did you know that only four countries have legalized gay marriage?  Belgium, Spain, the Netherlands and Canada.  Who would have guessed Canada.  They did mention the states in the US too.

G has taken vacation until January 2.  We are just staying around home so I am hoping it will be relaxed.

Another holiday party

Last night G and I attended another holiday party.  It was the family party for the owner of the company where he now works. It was held on the campus of the University School which is a private high school for boys.  In attendance were a couple hundred of their closest friends.  As is the custom, the program was a report on Dan's latest motor cycle adventure.  This last year he went with three other men from the southern to northern tip of Africa.  You can read his blog at http://www.dantmoore3.com.  He has a separate blog there for each trip he has taken including the Continental Divide ride that G took with him. We met people who had known him and his family all their life, other motorcycle riders, and people currently working for him.

Playing with my sunrise pictures

Yesterday I was looking through some of my pictures and came upon this one.  It is looking toward the west but is a sunrise picture.  The sun is lighting up the trees from the east. I was standing on my deck.  This is a great memory picture because now the trees are all bare.  The grass is still green however.

This is a sunrise picture standing on the deck of the bedroom from the house we stayed at in Spain.

This view is standing on my front porch looking east.

Holiday celebrations

We have had a real full schedule of Holiday lunches and parties with organizations and clubs we belong to.  Saturday is the last one for a while.  One club actually has its party in January which is nice.

Last night a local service organization we belong to had their party.  For entertainment a women (immigrant from Russia) did a dramatic presentation of the story from the Nutcracker.  She had everyone in the audience help in acting out parts, like the march of the soldiers or fighting mice. The group were all adults so she told us to pretend we were children again and have fun.  It was a success because everyone had a smile on their face.

Annual Holiday party over

I finally feel like I can breath again.  The dinner for 18 is over. I had to clean the house, decorate two trees and the alcove above the stairs and make the food.

For the meal I set up a salad bar and had everyone make their own salad.  The entree was three soups, again served buffet style.  There was a  Chicken Tortilla soup, Beef stew with carrots, peas and rutabaga, and a Corn and potato chowder.  For dessert I made a "Lava cake"   where you make individual chocolate cakes in a large muffin tin, cut out a bit in the middle and fill it with hot fudge.  It is then warmed in the microwave and served with ice cream.  All my guests wanted to bring food but I told them no thanks, so they all brought wine.   So a good time was had by all !!!  I did have a helper for four hours.  She has come for several parties and says she enjoys it.  The alternative would be to be a home milking cows.