Let’s see…it must be Sunday Jan. 11, 2004 I was upstairs at around 8:30. Corin and Junior had already left for the Mouse Kingdom so I didn’t get to say “Good-bye.” *Sniff* SuziQ was making pancakes and g’nad was frying the bacon. “Have some Irish Cream in your coffee,” he says. Not for the first coffee of the morning. I waited until after pancakes, bacon, and two cups of coffee before adding the good stuff.The church-going folk have gone to services so they put on the South Park DVD.
The sun is out all the way today and it’s warming up enough for short sleeves. The wind has picked up and the surf is heavy. One reminder: don’t try to play the whistle in that kind of wind. I had gone out there to practice a bit and ended up at the bottom of the steps that went down from the back deck into the yard. G’nad called me up to the patio (they could hear me from the other side of the house. I did “In Dreams” and that nice part at the end of FOTR for them and tried “Red-Haired Boy” which I guess was pretty good considering that I didn’t have my music there and don’t have it all committed to memory yet.
G’nad, theboy and thegirl tried out the pool briefly but said it was too cold and are out again.
Ruthy and trini are leaving now, *Sniff*. Someone has the CD player going and I hear billiard balls clacking. Bilbo seems to be doing better on the deck with his bagpipes in the wind than I did with my whistle. So we’re all just hanging out on a Sunday afternoon waiting for lunch (we’re HOBBITS! Okay?) SuziQ is making spaghetti. They’ve got frozen wings. I’m planning on making Balrog wings this evening…or tomorrow…whatever. J
Ecurbh brought his un-PC collection of “Inki” cartoons and other Bugs Bunny stuff, so we watched that. Did I mention that I drank the last cold Guinness in the fridge? G’nad was giving me a hard time about it. J The wind was playing a mean note on the bottle. More sitting around and talking…and eating. We heard about Wneighbor’s bikes and some of the road trips with her biker buddies, breakdowns, sleeping on the side of the road, outrunning Smokie, driving with her leg in a cast. I think I’m the dullest hobbit there.
Spaghetti’s ready! SuziQ made a tomato sauce and we spooned browned ground beef on top of the pasta and covered it with the sauce. There also was salad and garlic bread. Sometime after lunch we had “Holy Grail” on. After that the Fellowship sort of broke up again. Sam and Jeanne left *Sniff*, SuziQ’s “party” went shopping with Jen and Rosie’s “party”. To Besty Buy, probably the grocery store, and to Barnes and Noble. Ramius and Wneighbor went on a food/likker quest. The rest of us went walking on the beach. I couldn’t stay out there too long ‘cause the wind was drying out my contacts. One thing, though. Those who wore shorts or went barefoot were getting critter-bit. I did some FReeping along with ecurbh and Hair. At one point Bear asked if we had had any fights. Ecurbh posted that Jen’s lawyer asked us not to discuss it. Ha ha….fun joke. He didn’t take the bait. Some people are just no fun anymore!
Supper was sandwiches and pizza. SuziQ made a trifle for dessert. On the thread, Ruthy posted that she got home okay and was trying to arrange baby-sitting so she could come back on Wednesday. Sam posted that they made it home safely. After dinner it was drinkin’ time. I believe that Hair, ecurbh, Ramius, and g’nad all had Wild Turkey with…no wait a minute. Hair and ecurbh (or at least Hair) had scotch whiskey in Coke, ecurbh had something mixed with Coke, and g’nad and Ramius had Turkey on the rocks. I had Irish Cream.
G’nad, Wneighbor, and Ramius wanted to watch “13th Warrior” but ecurbh beat him to the DVD player and we had…..cookies. Rosie and her siblings were playing instruments (not pool) in the game room. G’nad and thegirl seem to like the Celtic stuff. Pretty soon the Anime group go downstairs to watch…some Anime. Hair and ecurbh retire around 10:00 and g’nad put “13th Warrior” on. Ramius was laughing at the part where the guys were crossing a stormy sea in an open boat.
After the movie I was ready for bed, but since Anime was still playing downstairs, I watched the end of that….weird. I thought the little bee thing carrying the fat mouse around was kind of funny, though.