Saturday's Summary

I got up about 0800 this morning with a slight tickle in my throat, I still have it. It is developing into a rather annoying cough. Anyway, after letting Reggie out and doing my morning computer routine, I decided to go into the kitchen and make myself breakfast.

I had not had oatmeal in a couple of days so I got some oatmeal, wheat germ, raisins and black strap molasses added some water and put the bowl into the microwave and cooked it for three minutes. I also made a pot of coffee, sliced a croissant in half, put it into the toaster oven, and toasted it. I added cream cheese and orange marmalade to it and that was my breakfast.

After cleaning up in the kitchen, I went into the living room and read the paper. The mail came while I was reading it, but I waited until I finished reading the paper before I got it. There was not much there, other than a Christmas card and a bill, the rest was junk mail.

Alyssa was having Zander's birthday party at noon, so I changed my clothes and put on my "cowboy" duds. Kathleen had made the appetizers for tonight’s progressive dinner and asked if I would take them over to the people's house where we were having the first phase of the dinner.

So I did, by the time I got back Kathleen was ready to go so we took off for the party. We got there a little late, but it did not really matter, as the youngsters were busy running around. I now really appreciate the fact that we have children at a younger age; I do not think I could handle a steady diet of that now.

Alyssa had the whole western theme going, the dining room had bails of hay and the entryway into the living room had a plastic solon door. In the kitchen, she had all kinds of cowboy goodies for the young cowpokes to eat.

I think Zander's favorite part was opening the presents, cards, clothes were quickly tossed to the floor, but the cars, trucks, and other such items were looked at much closer. It was fun to see the children wanting Zander to open their presents, but it did get a bit chaotic at times. Again, children are for the young.

Kathleen and I left a little after 1600 so that we could get to the progressive dinner on time, but as we were leaving my stomach started to really bother me and by the time we stopped to get gas, I told Kathleen that I did not think that I would be able to make the dinner. She did not want to go by herself and said that she was really tired.

So around 1800 I toasted a couple buns and opened a can of sardines and that was my dinner, Kathleen heated up her leftover ham and yam from the other evening. Well it is almost 2000 and I think that I am just about ready for bed; my stomach is really crampy so I hope that I can get a good night sleep so that we can go hear Natalie singing tomorrow.

This getting older is not all that it is cracked up to be. Good night!