Linda, Adrienne, and Kathy came over for brunch.
Brunch with friends
Thursday at Merrilyn’s
Savory and sweet this time. Chicken drummets and Walnut cranberry pie:
Unfinished v finished
When my flight on December 27 was postponed for 24 hours, I was at a loss for something to do to pass the time. Therefore, out came a jigsaw puzzle. I kept working on it after I got home, quite obsessively at times, but it was rather slow-going. Today, it went back in the box. I need my table back!
On the other hand, I did finish two t-shirts when I wasn’t trying to find another puzzle piece.
Swimming and basketball
Carson had a full day:
Bike party
“Get your glow on.” Another short fun ride.
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.
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