Tonight we are sitting around in the family room watching TV, a relatively quiet ending to the day as compared to last night when we had our house full of dinner guests. For our dinner tonight we ate leftovers which means we ate at home two nights in a row! I defrosted a container of my 15 Bean Soup plus we had the remainder of Lynn's potato leek soup. Another huge mess was made from my soup as it cooked over in the wave, added to the already horrific spatter from when I heated marinara sauce Wednesday night. Yikes! It was all over the back of the wave, the sides, top, and door. I can reach half way into the microwave and the door but not the rest of it. Justin will have to do that for me when he comes again. The directions for heating up the sauce said nothing about covering it before cooking but Lynn said it is best to always cover anything tomato. From now on, I certainly will!
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We had a lazy start to our day, no lovely sunrise for Linda to watch, only clouds. Sadly I had only a few hours of sleep because my teeth, sometimes top and bottom on the right side were aching me. It was after 3:00 a.m. when I finally fell asleep and was awake again before 8:00 a.m. with broken sleep. Today my teeth have been fairly quiet and I pray that is true for tonight, too. Why do these things always seem worse at night??? Anyway, once up, we enjoyed the river room and conversation before we began our day. The plans were to go to Great Hangs Ups, eat lunch at Koko's, and see a movie. Done, done, and done!
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As we sat around chatting at Hang Ups, my phone rang. It was Justin and as soon as I answered, he asked, incredulously, "How did I know it? How did I know you were going to be there???" He said at 10:00 a.m. he was thinking about us and thought to himself, "I bet they will come up here and go to Hang Ups and Koko's......" And as he drove by, he spotted my car in the lot. Justin was too busy today to join us at all but couldn't get over having predicted our plans! I must be predictable or something.
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Dee joined us for lunch which was so wonderful and fun. Julia had to mind the fort while we were gone but Dee took her some lunch from Koko's. The waiter came out to our table to ask me if it was okay to use shrimp because the chef thought I might not want it. He was assured by me that it was fine to keep the tiny shrimp in the mix but I was tickled that they cared enough to ask me. I just do not eat the large shrimp but the teeny ones were tolerable. Oh, it was such a delicious meal and the company equally so!
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After lunch we went to Kohls so Lynn could get some shoes and to just shop. All I came away with was a pair of earrings from the sale rack! Lynn and Linda both got plenty including shoes for Lynn and off we went to Kirklands. From there to the movies to see "Dear John" where we had a great cry, enjoying the movie very much. My head ached from crying and Linda claimed at one point she nearly sobbed out loud. My plans to play "The Bucket List" tonight were not good since we had already cried so much and instead we watched "August Rush" which the two ladies had never seen. In a minute I am mixing together my ingredients for the egg/cheese souffle for tomorrow's breakfast. The ladies might get up extra early to see the shuttle go up at 4:39 but we shall see if it's going to happen. Hopefully the sky will be clear enough to see the shuttle go up and that it is not postponed. Or, if it is postponed, that it is scheduled for a more reasonable hour!
