Awake: 7:37am Temp 35 sleep 7+33 partly cloudy overnight @
Indiana, PA.
Kathy makes the traditional early morning phone call to the Foote
residence asking for the grocery list of needs for the day. We then take
the list, visit Wal-Mart, Martin’s & the state run Wine & Spirit
store….arriving @ the Foote house around 1:00pm.
The house looks good: it’s organized, the kids are calm & relaxed & Kevin
is already preparing the dinner meal in advance.
About 2:25pm my brother Don & his wife Josie arrive. This is the 1st time
they have been to the 1921 Foote mansion, so Kevin gives them the $2.00
tour, not to include the basement. To include the basement would be an
additional $3.00. After their elaborate & exhaustive tour, up & down many
sets of stairs, we offer Josie some wine & Don some beer with cheese &
Triscuits to help quench their thirst and hunger. Josie brought a bottle
of wine with her for the occasion, so in the shadows behind the kitchen, I
cleverly blended some of my cheap wine that I was generously giving to our
kids, with Josie’s expensive wine & somehow managed to turn the glasses of
wine into “very good wine!” It was magical…..almost like a miracle. We all
sat in the living room & had many good chats on various subjects. It was
truly a very nice visit. Don & Josie leave @ 4:35.
K & I attend the 5:30 Vigil Mass @ Saint Bernard’s church overlooking the
city of Indiana. From up there, it was a great view.
To keep with tradition, dinner was served around 5:00pm which we missed,
but there was enough leftover chicken stir fry and rice to satisfy our
stomachs.
No games tonight; the young Foote boys had not yet recovered from their
latest bug, so we all sat around the playroom & casually whiled away the
hours.
High temp=50 Lights out: 11:48pm
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