1. Debbie and I hosted this week's family dinner, but not at our house. Taylor, Cosette, and Bucky came up to Carol and Paul's for the weekend and we agreed that it would be much more comfortable for all of us to gather at Carol and Paul's.
How cognizant was Bucky that this was his first family dinner? Ha! His happiness being at the table and being lovingly attended to didn't seem to depend much on his awareness of what a big day this was, but, no doubt, one day when he is older, he'll get to see pictures of what was happening on October 19, 2025 when he was at the table at one of our family dinners for the first time in his young life.
2. Our dinner was awesome. Tonight's cocktail was a simple rum and coke. Debbie made a couple of terrific appetizers. One was a Triscuit cracker topped with pumpkin hummus and a cucumber slice. The other was a Mexican corn pinwheel.
Debbie also made a terrific pot of jambalaya. We'd never had jambalaya before at family dinner and some at the table were eating it for the first time ever. Christy brought back her sweet and delicious cornbread and Carol fixed coleslaw that combined flavors from the New Orleans area. We finished this remarkable meal with Christy's delicious Creole bread pudding, a perfect way to top off this Louisiana-y dinner.
3. After dinner, I drove Debbie home and joined Cas, Aaron, and Doug at The Lounge for an exclusive once-in-a-lifetime private viewing of Game 6 of the ALCS. We were all pulling for the Mariners, but tonight was a tough night for them at the plate and in the field and they lost the game, 6-2.
That was disappointing, but not the yakkin'. We talked about a lot of fun stuff and had some great laughs and left hoping the Mariners could come back and win the series in Game 7.
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