Awake: 7:09am sleep 7+01 frost, then sunny overnight @ Seattle, Washington.
Nick called mid-morning & invited us over to play with Jerry. "1st K & I have more food shopping to do" I told him. "So you'll be over about 2:30 pm then?" he inquires. "Well, Kathy also wants to get a head start on tonight's meal so we'll do our best to see you before 2:30" I tell him.
Zack let us use his Camry so a shopping @ Trader Joe's we went. We did a thorough job @ Joe's & then made a quick stop @ Macrina Bakery just down the street from Zack's place & bought a loaf of Vollkorn German style 6-grain seed bread.
Katrina took the dog, Coco, for a good (30) min run mid morning. It's a treat for Coco to get some much needed exercise since he spends so much time indoors.
After Kathy was comfortable with her dinner prep for tonight, she wrapped a few Christmas gifts before we all left with Zack, in his car, arriving at Nick's condo much earlier than he expected; @ 1:30pm.
We sat around & gabbed for a few hrs plus watched Jerry pretend to put his small stuffed animals to bed using tissues.
@ 4:40pm, K & I & Katrina walked to the nearest Catholic Church, St Anne, & attended the children's vigil Christmas Mass. All pews were full; extra chairs were set up along the walls & still, people were standing. The microphone worked sporadically.
The school children re-enacted the Nativity story at the gospel reading & the children's choir led the congregation in several Christmas carols. As we were leaving the church at the end of Mass, I complimented the priest on his homily & the Mass...his response, "It was a zoo!"
We went back to the condo, & then, using (2) autos, we returned to the Zack house for a dinner of: Jack Daniel pulled chicken, Caesar salad, chips (salt with vinegar & regular salted).
Later, Katrina, Eriko, Kathy, & Jerry, made traditional Christmas butter cookies, which we then ate for dessert; Jerry had his usual 3.5 cookie quota.
I couldn't resist showing how Eriko gives Jerry a few lessons on Zack's drums; he's a quick learner.However, Zack is still the local king of drums.
Then the remainder of the evening was taken up by almost (2) hrs of the latest digital Mario game. The main players: Zack, Katrina & Nick. The audience: Jerry (on Nick's lap), Kathy, Eriko, myself & Coco.
lights out: 12:19am.
Nick called mid-morning & invited us over to play with Jerry. "1st K & I have more food shopping to do" I told him. "So you'll be over about 2:30 pm then?" he inquires. "Well, Kathy also wants to get a head start on tonight's meal so we'll do our best to see you before 2:30" I tell him.
Zack let us use his Camry so a shopping @ Trader Joe's we went. We did a thorough job @ Joe's & then made a quick stop @ Macrina Bakery just down the street from Zack's place & bought a loaf of Vollkorn German style 6-grain seed bread.
Katrina took the dog, Coco, for a good (30) min run mid morning. It's a treat for Coco to get some much needed exercise since he spends so much time indoors.
After Kathy was comfortable with her dinner prep for tonight, she wrapped a few Christmas gifts before we all left with Zack, in his car, arriving at Nick's condo much earlier than he expected; @ 1:30pm.
We sat around & gabbed for a few hrs plus watched Jerry pretend to put his small stuffed animals to bed using tissues.
@ 4:40pm, K & I & Katrina walked to the nearest Catholic Church, St Anne, & attended the children's vigil Christmas Mass. All pews were full; extra chairs were set up along the walls & still, people were standing. The microphone worked sporadically.
The school children re-enacted the Nativity story at the gospel reading & the children's choir led the congregation in several Christmas carols. As we were leaving the church at the end of Mass, I complimented the priest on his homily & the Mass...his response, "It was a zoo!"
We went back to the condo, & then, using (2) autos, we returned to the Zack house for a dinner of: Jack Daniel pulled chicken, Caesar salad, chips (salt with vinegar & regular salted).
Later, Katrina, Eriko, Kathy, & Jerry, made traditional Christmas butter cookies, which we then ate for dessert; Jerry had his usual 3.5 cookie quota.
I couldn't resist showing how Eriko gives Jerry a few lessons on Zack's drums; he's a quick learner.However, Zack is still the local king of drums.
Then the remainder of the evening was taken up by almost (2) hrs of the latest digital Mario game. The main players: Zack, Katrina & Nick. The audience: Jerry (on Nick's lap), Kathy, Eriko, myself & Coco. lights out: 12:19am.
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