Afternoon Walk

We've been in the habit of taking a 45-60 minute walk after lunch. Dave is more disciplined about this than Edie, go figure. Here's what it looks like as we leave our home.

Crisis of Credit

Here is an explanation of the situation in basic terms that anyone can understand. No politics, just the facts. It is a little longer than our quick blurb/People magazine articles that we've grown accustomed too. But it is well worth the investment of time. Oh, and you should wait until it's fully loaded before you begin watching or it will stutter. And select the HD option.

Great News!

We just came back from the doctor and Dave's test numbers are really low, negligible.

Encouraging Words

So I've noticed that many of you have become a Gloomy Gus. And since most of my good buddies are Christians, this does not compute! We know the end of the story and should be living our daily lives with a smile on our face because we know how this ends. Fret not!

Here's what my Max Lucado's daily devotional calendar has for today:

I will be with you always, even until the end of this age Matthew 28:20

Remember the Lord. Remember who is in control. Remember His goodness in the past. Remember God's closeness in the present. Remember His power for the future.

Dinner at the Millers'

Dessert! My favorite! This is a lava cake, made by Jan, with heart shaped vanilla ice cream.......served on a paper heart doily....on a table with a pink runner sprinkled with confetti shaped in XXX & OOO and Lips. There were hearts hanging from the chandelier too! A definite Valentine theme.

The main meal...beef tenderloin with blue cheese filling, roasted brussel sprouts, barley, and a great green salad with fresh strawberries. The beef is a recipe Jan & Doug found in the newspaper...a little labor intensive, but well worth it. We had a long discussion on what, if anything could have been done in advance. Doug didn't seem up for visiting while he was in meal prep mode. The whole meal was delicious.
Jan even made heart shaped ice cubes. The second batch was red and turned the water red when they melted. The dinner guests all found that thrilling and drank more water. Then someone had to bring up Red dye #2, but we all laughed and kept on drinking. We are easily amused!

My handsome husband Dave doing the honors of opening the wine. Three of the eight were not drinking so the others had to drink more than their share. Not a problem with this bunch. Of course we all had plenty of water with the heart shaped ice cubes. Oh, and Jan had cut up various fruits and placed them in the water for flavoring, and it just looked exotic and great.

This is Doug, reluctantly pausing for a photo op, while slaving away in the kitchen. We all appreciated the fruits of their labor, but it did cut down on visiting time. That's okay, we all stayed until midnight. That's very late for us old folks.

The photo does not do justice to this table. It was absolutely beautiful....beyond Martha Stewart. The orchids were tall and full and healthy, not like the ones at our home. For napkin rings, Jan had tied pink woven hearts around the cloth napkins....which Diane later hung from her ears for earrings, but that's another story. The other big entertainment was opening up the heart shaped Dove chocolates and reading the messages in the foil. That occupied us for a long time.

I should have taken photos of the bathroom....totally hearted out. Even the shower curtain was hearts! And there was a heart waste basket, heart candles, cute hearted fingertip towels, with heart soaps! Just all so Valentine-y.

Lunch ride to Walnut Creek

Donna is going to ride with the big bikes....all the way to Hubcaps in Walnut Creek

Bad Influences on Josiah

Josiah Swenson LOVES the Harley! He likes Edie's better than Dave's....probably because it's red. He sits on it and makes varoom noises, very cute. It looked a whole lot safer than when his dad, Wesley, was tossing him in the air to his Uncle William....Carolyn was not too happy with that one, but Josiah loved that too...

Then Wesley gave Edie Mac lessons....