Still Packing

Dec. 9, 2008

At least, Bob is still packing. I've been playing. Yesterday I played poker with a group I've been playing with once a month since we got back. Yesterday, we went out to a ranch where the couple raises horses, cattle, and sheep. Very cool. Maggie put her Andalusian mare through her paces via voice commands. Then we drove home through very dusty back roads winding through brown cornfields with stacks of dried husks arranged artfully in some of them. Didn't have a camera with me though. Darn.

Today Jan and I went to set up nativity scenes for display at a nearby B&B, then rewarded ourselves with lunch at a new restaurant, The Creperie. Very good. We ate lunch in the sunny garden and chatted. Fun. Meanwhile, Bob was home packing. Then Kathy and Jack, Susan and Howard came over to haul out pots of plants we've collected over the past 8 months. Then more packing and dinner. We had shrimp tossed with butter, onions, and garlic in the wok; baked potatoes; and green beans sauteed with onions and garlic. Yummy. Just about finished with packing.