We had Hair Day today; a very small crowd, only eight of us, and John Campbell, who popped in for a haircut and then headed out again. We had the sobering news that a friend has to have a cancer removed on Tuesday. It is outpatient surgery, but that doesn't make the diagnosis any better.

For lunch we had sandwich fixings and a little salad that James made, and goodies from the relish tray Mel and Phyllis brought. For dessert Ron and Lin bought a birthday cake that ended up being just for Lin and I, the other December "babies" having not made it this month. "A good time was had by all," I think! We finished up early because Sheri was having people over for the LSU vs. Georgia game.

Lunch perked me up, but I was feeling decidedly under the weather because like an idiot I forgot to take my pills last night, so I was not only stuffy, but my heart was hammering at the least movement because I'd missed my atenolol (and I can't take it in the morning because then I wouldn't be able to take it at night). I told James I'd take it easy for a couple of hours and see if we could go out to eat, but at suppertime my stomach was still dicey. Instead we had turkey soup for supper. We really screwed up with the turkey carcass Juanita gave us; we put too much water in. It basically tasted like poultry flavored water, with water predominating. We usually cook two packets of ramen noodles when we have them, but only use one packet of flavoring, so James tossed an oriental flavor packet in and made it just right, not too salty, not too bland. I had it with elbow noodles only and James added veg and canned chicken to his.

In the afternoon I did finish decorating the living room, with James' help, and then brought the empty box downstairs and put all the empties back in the closet. Just have one more box to empty, the decorations for the library and the lower hallway. I cleared out in the library to have a clear palette, so to speak.

Spent the evening watching The Bishop's Wife and then the Pearl Harbor episode of The Waltons.

Labels: Christmas decorations, cleaning, food, friends, movies, sickness, television

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Comments:

I remember the wonderful Day of Infamy episode of The Waltons, but I must say I did not care for when they later brought back the character of Curt Willard, Mary Ellen's husband, alive and well after having supposedly died in the Pearl Harbor attack!

# posted by  Anonymous : 11:41:00 PM

 

i agree. It cheapened the character--I know men come back from any war changed, but this was so unlike Curt that it was laughable--and trivialized the real deaths at Pearl Harbor as well. It was soap opera rubbish--he wouldn't tell her he was alive because he'd been emasculated and knew she wanted kids? STUPID--and unfortunately ninth season was full of it. This was supposed to be THE WALTONS, not DALLAS.

# posted by  Linda : 11:23:00 AM

 

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