Dinner with friends

Justin and I were the guests this evening of our friends Stephanie, Erica and Jean, Stephanie's mom, from Janesville, WI. Jean is going home at the end of the month so the ladies wanted to have us over before she was gone. Jean made a chicken and rice dish for us, candied carrots (wonderful!), dinner rolls, and homemade cranberry sauce. All was delicious and the company great.

We had to leave rather abruptly, however, as we were parked behind Erica and she had to go, too. Erica, besides being a student at UNF and her internship, is also a dog sitter so had to go and tend her charges. Justin had plans to meet his friends later on so it was time for us to head out. 

Justin and I needed a nice dinner out after the big job we faced earlier in the day. It was time to put on my new comforter set (thanks again, Mom!) which also meant time to flip the mattress and box spring. Oh, and while you're at it, the area under the bed must be vacuumed out. I don't know how in the world it gets so dusty under there, but it does. There I go with that dust talk again. 

He is a good sport about the whole thing, though he did criticize the condition of my mattress pad. The sides, where it wraps around the mattress, is starting to break apart ("waving a white flag", as he described it) but the top is in excellent condition. I can live with it! My sheets were washed, then dried, and reapplied, by me, alone.

                            

Glenn Beck and Marcus Luttrell

Justin would have helped me but had gone to see "Lone Survivor" with his friends. He said the movie was extremely good, but I didn't need to worry about not seeing it. He said that since I already know Marcus' story, I didn't need to expose myself to the filthy talk, "cussing", as Justin described it, or the horrors of war. Not sure how much of the movie would be left after the editing for TV was done, when that time comes! But I am a fan of Marcus and will stay that way. Justin said he held himself together well in the movie, until the very end, when the man in front of them stood up and snapped a salute. All three guys were so moved, all wiped their eyes a bit...