1. Having a birthday two days after Christmas -- and for our family my birthday is also one day after Christmas -- leaves me in need of rest and time to myself. If there were a movie theater in the Silver Valley, I would have gone to a movie today. I've done some great movie viewing in the past on December 27th. About six years ago, December 27th was a workable day for a bunch of us guys who grew up in Kellogg to get together in Spokane for lunch and what really made that work for me was that I went to Spokane the day before, enjoy oysters, bourbon, and trivia with Kathy and Mary, and stayed in an airbnb. I was rested and refreshed when I saw all the guys.
But, rather than list more fun days I had out and about on birthdays past, I'll just say that today I stayed home and had a most enjoyable day of rest and relaxation, of cinnamon tea,a repeat of the whole Messiah, and a dinner out of the wok. I had leftover rice, pork dumplings, and Caesar salad bar chicken and I combined with onion, mushrooms, and yellow squash to make a terrific bowl of food topped with soy sauce and Green Dragon Hot Sauce.
2. I didn't eat breakfast until around noon. I fried some bacon and then I heated up a container of leftover Icelandic caramelized red potatoes, added mushroom slices, and created a scramble with two eggs.
3. Debbie and I had some catching up to do and talked for at least an hour late this afternoon. I told her all about our great Christmas Day get together at Carol and Paul's and our perfect light dinner later at Christy's. I also reported on yesterday's Icelandic Christmas dinner and how good the food was and how fun it was for us all to be together.
Debbie told me about movies she's seen and about what it's like worshipping at Pohick Church, an Episcopal Church established in Loring, VA in 1732. It was George Washington's home church and, among other interesting things, the church has box pews, enclosed areas with benches on three sides of the box. Debbie told me she'd send me better pictures than she has before of the box pews and maybe of the sanctuary itself.
Alas, Debbie's Idaho license plate didn't arrive today as estimated and, as proof that the delivery gods do not favor either one of us, the Amazon box she had sent to me was also delayed and didn't come.
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