Three Beautiful Things 04/15/18: Day Trip, Superb Family Dinner, To the Grocery Store (Finally)

1. Not long after I finished my morning routines, I leapt into the Sube, drove to Kingston, and picked up Ed. We pulled into the Cash and Carry store in CdA so Ed could pick up some supplies for the Subway restaurant Nancy manages and then we headed to the CdA Casino in Worley. We had a good ride down and talked about a lot of different things. Once at the casino, I played for a little while and it became obvious I was having a lousy day, so I quit playing before too long. I hate trying to spend myself out of bad luck! I won't do it.  I went to the deli and had a bagel and a cup of coffee, wishing I had brought a book, and wandered around a bit. Ed seemed to be having better luck than I did and I caught up with him before too long and enjoyed watching him play until he was ready to go. We had another great session of solving the world's problems on the trip back home and returned to the Silver Valley very early in the afternoon.

2. Christy hosted tonight's family dinner. We ate dinner in the shed she has worked so hard to have remodeled and that she has elegantly decorated. I especially enjoyed that we were in the shed while there was still daylight and and enjoyed the way light comes into Christy's space. Dinner was superb. We began with a glass of wine and a toast to Christy and Carol's success in changing their eating habits and their success at steadily losing weight. Our dinner was a masterpiece, all prepared within the limits of Christy and Carol's dietary plan. Christy slow cooked a meatloaf in the crock pot and served it with sides of steamed cabbage and a crisp, fresh green salad. Different things going on the next two Sundays will, I think, keep us from having family dinner. I'll miss getting together, and look forward to resuming in May. It's going to be really fun when (if?) the weather warms up and we can begin to eat outside.

3. I've been a cross between lazy and negligent about getting to the grocery store lately, so I braved this evening's monsoon conditions of wind and rain and stocked up on a few things at Yoke's. I'm especially happy to know that I have just what I need to fix myself dinner on Monday evening.