Awake 7:58 am Temp downtown 6 Clear sky 5 hrs 37 min daylight
@ 3:56 am, we are awakened by Nick at our request....to say goodbye & bon
voyage to Eriko. We really enjoyed having her with us during our family
Christmas time. She has a 6:00 am departure from Anchorage...then flies
Seattle--Narita & Nagoya, Japan. Both Kathy & I have difficulty getting
back to sleep but eventually we do.
When the Foote family arrive @ 8:00 am, we are awake but still lying in bed.
A lot of our discussion late morning & early afternoon are centered on
computer issues, computer gaming, & life in Seattle according to Nick. Now
that reality is setting in with our house being sold, where will we
rendezvous as a family during the special holidays? And where will the
Foote family relocate after a few yrs...and Katrina, she would like to
move to the lower 48 sometime as well. Our future family gatherings &
locations will obviously be unknown & different in the coming yrs but we
must strive to make them happen & be comfortable for all of us.
Little Matthew has been such a good guy on nearly all of his visits this
holiday season...but today, he's letting us know that he is after all,
human & doesn't feel well.
Kathy makes a small plate of turkey meat, gravy, sausage stuffing, sweet
potatoes & cranberries for my lunch. Chef Kevin makes 4 turkey sandwiches
with lettuce & tomato for the rest of the gang.
Foote family leave @ 4:40 pm.
While the boys are playing the Starcraft computer game, I use Kevin's Dremel
tool & grind off some high spots on the window sills I replaced in the
lower bedrooms. The more dust I make, the more I realize that a larger
tool is needed. My neighbor's small Delta table saw is waiting for action.
This unit does the job fast & easy. The sills fit perfect now & I will
nail them down at a later date.
7:45 Dinner: Leftover spaghetti, meatballs, sauce & fresh salad.
More Rubik's cube exercise for both Nick & Zack throughout the evening.
Late evening: the 4 of us watch another CD movie from Zack's collection:
"Rabbit Proof Fence." A little slow but never-the-less, interesting, as
it was based on a true story.
Lights out: 12:35 am
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