“Get your glow on.” Another short fun ride.
Bike party
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Basketball game
My plane landed in the early afternoon, Adrienne picked me up, I unpacked and got ready for a 4 pm basketball game at St Ignatius. Sophia made this basket:
Field trip
Phyllis’ oldest son, Greg, married Karen in Sacramento in October. In December they moved to Deer Lodge. They arrived about two weeks ahead of their furniture and have been staying with Phyl and Dave.
View from the upstairs deck off the master bedroom:
New Year’s Day
Another revived tradition from long ago – our Chinese feast. We prepped a little each day. Two days ago I started the pork mixture for Steamed Buns (which are baked). Today we started early to finish everything up. Wrapping a 4-inch circle of dough around 1/4 cup char siu (barbecued pork):
There was also won ton soup, paper-wrapped chicken, and
fried won tons with a sweet and sour sauce. Everything was so yummy!
New Year’s Eve
We’ve been enjoying some of our favorite recipes from long ago. Phil made a delicious chicken-rice casserole. Yesterday, I made a prosciutto-provolone stuffed focaccia to go with her chicken vegetable supper soup. Today we made appetizers for our traditional movies and champagne New Year’s Eve. Charcuterie board, sausage in crescent rolls, bacon-wrapped pineapple, and salmon mousse cups:
We also watched the recently-released movie Don’t Look Up.
Trivia Night
Mt Powell Tap Room in downtown Deer Lodge (population about 3000).
Our team name was MT4CA1 – 4 from Montana, 1 from California. Greg and Karen, Dave and Phyl:
There were four 10-question rounds. Round 3 was spelling. Despite the fact that Phyl, Karen and I all KNEW we were excellent spellers, we missed 4. Which 4?
Chris2, Macee, Chris3 and Murphy also came by.
Deer Lodge MT
I should have arrived yesterday but my flight was one of the 1000 flights canceled on Monday. I was rebooked for this morning and got to Butte around noon. Dave and Phyl picked me up.
It’s cold! 9 degrees or -12 celsius. It will be all indoor activities for me.
Boxing Day
We all got together at Justin’s.
Ade was there too!
Christmas Day
As it turned out with various family schedules, Adrienne and I got to spend the day together. I made rosemary focaccia – an hours-long process –
Ade made a delicious Italian sausage soup. We watched football
and talked the afternoon away. A very good Christmas Day. LOL and no picture of us – it was also a sweats and care-free hair day.
Christmas Eve
At the Kral’s, Jeff and Leah. Leah is Lenin’s sister. All the Del Castillo’s were there. LOTS of cousins!
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