We had a nice family get-together on Saturday, but son, David, and his family couldn’t come as they were sick. Too many previous Christmas parties, I think! However, Bill and his family came, bringing daughter, Randie too. We had a nice time, stuffing ourselves with all the goodies, opening presents and more visiting. I’d made a beef roast and turkey breast plus homegrown veggies, of course. The two Hopi Pale Grey squash “pumpkin” pies were a hit as usual. This year, I added chopped pecans to one and a nice meringue to both. Pretty good, I’ve got to admit!
Bill had brought his trailer up at Thanksgiving, hauling a garage door my sister, Deb and her husband, had replaced. David’s garage door was toast, and he could hardly open it without danger of falling apart. Bill left the trailer here though, as he’d hauled it with their Bronco and it got horrible mileage. For a Christmas present, he and Will loaded up my big 4-wheel drive golf cart, which had quit working, to take home and repair in his heated garage. What a great Christmas present!
Randie is staying for the week, so we’ll be able to visit and tackle several projects. We might even take on a puzzle. I haven’t done one for months, as I’ve just been too busy. Last winter I was healing up from my second knee replacement and didn’t feel up to sitting and working a puzzle.
As our new seed catalog is out, we’re getting nice seed orders every day. Randie volunteered to help pack seeds. How nice!
Last night, we watched, for the first time, the movie, Blood Stripe, that David and his pickup-truck were in. The film was shot locally and the producer caught David at McDonalds, asking him if they could rent his truck for the star to drive in the movie. They also used him as an extra in the movie. (He’s the “second” hunter, looking kind of evil in his beard and sunglasses.) It was fun, seeing him and lots of local locations in the movie. (It was shot just a couple houses down from our friends, Sherri and John’s place.)
Will’s busy today, working on the truck’s snowplow pump, as it quit working entirely. No up and down. No side to side. Today is cold, with a high of 6 degrees F, but the sun’s out. He took it off and is now working on it in the living room. Hopefully, he’ll discover the problem and fix it. I have total confidence in him. — Jackie
