How fortunate for me...
Dec. 17th, 2010 10:08 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
alexpgp...that I was able to get work out of the way this morning, because somewhere around 3 pm, as Galina and I were discussing what to make for dinner, I returned a phone call I'd missed from Huntür, who asked—with no ado whatsoever—when I'd be over to pick up her and Mathew.
Naturally, both Galina and I had forgotten about the sleepover we had planned for tonight!
The grandkids came over and we made cookies and bread and baked chicken, and I even got some fruit so we could make a galette tomorrow morning, but it turns out they have to be somewhere, so we'll just have a jolly old breakfast and do the galette some other time.
I broke out a DVD of The Sound of Music, which I hadn't seen in ages, and was a little surprised when Huntür asked what a "telegram" was. Indeed, I seem to recall that Western Union doesn't even do telegrams any more, and hasn't for a while. I explained the whole telegram thing during the Intermission in the movie, which was another surprise concept.
We didn't watch the whole film (I hadn't realized that it was so long!), and while Mathew's lack of interest was to be expected, I was pleased that Huntür seemed to be paying attention to the movie, at least some of the time.
Natalie arrives in Albuquerque on Monday. I'm going to try to convince her to take the train to Santa Fe on Tuesday, as I think it'll be fun and also save some mileage for me and Galina when we go pick her up.
It's been a surprisingly long day. Time to wind down.
Cheers...
Naturally, both Galina and I had forgotten about the sleepover we had planned for tonight!
The grandkids came over and we made cookies and bread and baked chicken, and I even got some fruit so we could make a galette tomorrow morning, but it turns out they have to be somewhere, so we'll just have a jolly old breakfast and do the galette some other time.
I broke out a DVD of The Sound of Music, which I hadn't seen in ages, and was a little surprised when Huntür asked what a "telegram" was. Indeed, I seem to recall that Western Union doesn't even do telegrams any more, and hasn't for a while. I explained the whole telegram thing during the Intermission in the movie, which was another surprise concept.
We didn't watch the whole film (I hadn't realized that it was so long!), and while Mathew's lack of interest was to be expected, I was pleased that Huntür seemed to be paying attention to the movie, at least some of the time.
Natalie arrives in Albuquerque on Monday. I'm going to try to convince her to take the train to Santa Fe on Tuesday, as I think it'll be fun and also save some mileage for me and Galina when we go pick her up.
It's been a surprisingly long day. Time to wind down.
Cheers...
