Awake: 6:18am Temp 51 sleep 6+19 sunny overnight @ Las Vegas, NV.
We use our Lady Garmin to locate a nearby Catholic church, which includes the phone number; then we call for the Mass schedule. (6) miles later we attend the 10:00am Mass @ St. Thomas Moore Catholic church in Henderson, NV. This church is very modern, very large & today very crowded but also very organized.
Back in our motorhome, while Kathy makes a veggie omelet for breakfast, I spend some time on Skype with Ray in Ocean Park, WA. During our conversation, Katrina calls while shopping with her roommate Sara; they are looking at an outdoor grille to purchase at a Target store. For more grille options, I recommend to Katrina that they find a Home Depot and/or a Lowe’s store as they will have many more units to choose from.
Kathy calls her friend Marge in Grand Junction, CO and they spend almost an hour catching each other up on their activities & health as well as that of their families.
Kathy calls Zack in Seattle & gets lucky; he not only answers the call but also has the time to talk to both of us for over an hr. Our coverage included his getting over the flu bug which he passed on to Katie; his Masters program make up schedule; his work @ Isilon; his Camry car; the animals & his thinking regarding a possible change from the house he rents now.
Dick C. calls to remind us that dinner will be in his motorhome @ 6:00pm today. Both he & Christine are the chefs.
Melissa calls from PA and we both talk with her, me first. Nathan wakes while Kathy is talking with her, so Kathy also gets to talk with Kevin. He, unlike some of my cousins, is enjoying the snow & playing in it with Matthew. Andrew does not like being outside in the cold & snow; probably takes longer to get him dressed for the outdoors than the length of time he stays outside. Matthew has had the staples removed from his head & is doing fine. Melissa was having a difficult time controlling his blood glucose levels, especially preventing him from going too low on the insulin regime the hospital put him on.
So, with their reluctant approval, she changed to giving him a shot of short acting insulin each time he eats plus a shot of long acting insulin for night. This new plan is providing much more glucose/insulin control; only problem, Matthew now has to get six shots a day! When she first started this system, Matthew decided he wasn't hungry for lunch or snack and wanted nothing to eat. It didn't take Melissa too long to figure out why, but it sounds like things are slowly getting better for them.
K & I walk over to Dick & Christine’s camping site for dinner; “you are early” says Christine. “We’re (2) min late” I tell her. Oh, then we realized……somebody forgot to spring forward with their clocks. “So we have more time to chat and drink wine” Dick responds.
Christine & Dick’s dinner: Edamame (a preparation of immature soybeans in the pod boiled in salted water and served whole); halved avocados in the shell served with Christine’s special vinaigrette sauce; beef stroganoff over rice, & Sara Lee cheesecake for dessert. A very well planned & delicious dinner.
DVR movie: “National Lampoon’s Christmas Vacation” with Chevy Chase, Beverly D’Angelo, Randy Quaid, Diane Ladd, John Randolph, Julia Louis-Dreyfus, etc. Funny saga of the Griswold family’s disaster-filled holiday season, with Chase as the terminally stupid head of the household. 1989. With all due respect, K & I do not recommend this movie to any sane & intelligent individual.
High temp=66 Lights out: 12:20am
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