Awake: 6:36am sleep 6+17 frost, then sunny overnight @ Seattle, WA.
Merry Christmas everybody! Kathy started the breakfast preparation before 7:00am; then Katrina came down stairs around 8:00am & joined in helping Kathy.
Next, Zack got up about 9:00am & just in time to join Katrina in a (30) min run with Coco.
Nick & family arrived @ 9:20am. The Christmas special breakfast: (egg, bacon, mushroom, potato casserole, apricot fruit slices & cutie oranges) was served after Katrina & Zack returned from their jogging.
Then the Christmas gifts were brought out from underneath the highly decorated tree by Jerry, who distributed them according to the names on the packages (of course, he needed a little help in reading the names). There weren't that many gifts given, but they were thoughtfully selected & most welcome indeed. Jerry was all smiles; he was delighted with his gift of Geomag magnets & immediately began building "structures" on the kitchen table.
Jerry's smile became even more evident when he discovered his gift of a remote control fast car. He couldn't wait to go across the street & run that fast car on the asphalt covered school playground. I believe that car had to be recharged (5) times during the afternoon.
My job today: diagnose a running toilet upstairs & fix it if possible. After a (10) min close inspection, I decided to simply shut off the water valve for now & when one needs to flush, open the valve; then close it until the next visit.
Dinner: We hammed it up for Christmas; baked ham with pineapple, twice baked potatoes, cooked corn, mixed salad & our special Vollkorn 6-grain seed bread.
Tonight's entertainment: besides watching & listening to Jerry, some of us watched the movie: "Ice Age." I tried...but could not stay interested in this movie.
Daughter, Melissa called from Indiana, PA; we all waited in line for our turn to talk with her & enjoyed hearing about their day. Even tho the day was less stressful, both in PA & here, we still missed our whole family being together.
Lights out: 12:36am.
Merry Christmas everybody! Kathy started the breakfast preparation before 7:00am; then Katrina came down stairs around 8:00am & joined in helping Kathy.
Next, Zack got up about 9:00am & just in time to join Katrina in a (30) min run with Coco.
Nick & family arrived @ 9:20am. The Christmas special breakfast: (egg, bacon, mushroom, potato casserole, apricot fruit slices & cutie oranges) was served after Katrina & Zack returned from their jogging.
Then the Christmas gifts were brought out from underneath the highly decorated tree by Jerry, who distributed them according to the names on the packages (of course, he needed a little help in reading the names). There weren't that many gifts given, but they were thoughtfully selected & most welcome indeed. Jerry was all smiles; he was delighted with his gift of Geomag magnets & immediately began building "structures" on the kitchen table.
Jerry's smile became even more evident when he discovered his gift of a remote control fast car. He couldn't wait to go across the street & run that fast car on the asphalt covered school playground. I believe that car had to be recharged (5) times during the afternoon.
My job today: diagnose a running toilet upstairs & fix it if possible. After a (10) min close inspection, I decided to simply shut off the water valve for now & when one needs to flush, open the valve; then close it until the next visit. Dinner: We hammed it up for Christmas; baked ham with pineapple, twice baked potatoes, cooked corn, mixed salad & our special Vollkorn 6-grain seed bread.
Tonight's entertainment: besides watching & listening to Jerry, some of us watched the movie: "Ice Age." I tried...but could not stay interested in this movie.
Daughter, Melissa called from Indiana, PA; we all waited in line for our turn to talk with her & enjoyed hearing about their day. Even tho the day was less stressful, both in PA & here, we still missed our whole family being together.
Lights out: 12:36am.
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