Awake: 5:47 am Temp downtown 19 Light snow 5 hrs 32 min daylight
9:30 am. Nick & Eriko go downtown for errands & To Kinkos to copy e-mail
letters, passports, photos, etc., to prove that they have been dating for
more than one year....this is required to obtain citizenship for Eriko
after she and Nick are married in Japan. They also visit the 5th Ave Mall
for those after Christmas sales. They return @ 2:30.
Kathy & I start our serious organizing today for the things that we want
to stay in Anchorage, things to be sent to our home on wheels & things to
be given to our kids, donated, or tossed. We are aware that only 9 days
remain until the closing on our house. So we must get serious.
Sometime later as I am going through stuff in our lower garage(formerly
the Laboratory) I have a phone call from Woody, our home buyer. He asks
how we are doing on our packing & how were our holidays? Then he asks if
we could use some more time before our closing....whoa, now we're talking.
He tells me that he & Chong could use some more time if it's ok with us.
Hot diggity, we needed that! The new closing date is now 18 January, 2005.
We are delighted.
Zack's friend Stuart visits to play the computer game Starcraft. Before
Stuart arrives, Zack does his best to talk me into allowing Stu to use my
new Dell laptop computer, infrared mouse & my computer station for their
dueling computer gamming. It was a struggle but I finally convinced Zack
to use Kathy's desktop computer, her mouse & play their computer games in
our den away from our peaceful & comfortable living room. Part of our deal
included me fixing Zack's mouse which, when taken apart, only required the
cleaning of a wheel running on a dirty ball. Their computer games went on
for hrs.
The Foote family arrive @ 3:00 pm. Little Matthew is really walking
everywhere now, climbing stairs, sofas, foot stools, anything that is
within his height limit & Melissa allows. He's a busy fellow as well as
keeping Melissa & Kevin busy just diverting him from harms way.
Katrina arrives @ 4:30 just in time for wine time.
5:30 Dinner: salmon & halibut(from Kevin's summer cache)with wild & brown
rice, creamy parmesan cheese sauce, fresh salad, toast & jello. Foote
family leave @ 6:40. Nick & Zack clean up the dishes.
Mid evening: The rest of us minus Eriko, watch Nick's video(now given to
Melissa) "Meet Joe Black." It's a good flick with an emotional finish.
Katrina returns to her apt after the movie is finished.
Lights out: 12:29 am
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