Made fruitcake. Used a mix from King Arthur Flour. And I am very pleasantly surprised. Cant say it is amazing - but it is very good! Made 2 pans and the first loaf is almost gone.
Did the Christmas in the Adobes Tour and it was wonderful! Took 2 nights to do it in - first night was exhausting and it did not help that all the buildings were over heated!
Oldest daughter and her 3 sons showed up Saturday to surprise PaPa to take him to birthday lunch! And the amazing things is - that we were all able to keep it a secret!
Sunday we had belated birthday dinner - his birthday dinner has to be pot roast with potatoes, carrots, sliced white bread, and chocolate cake for dessert. Invited friends over and had a very nice time.
No landscapers on Monday or Friday. Apparently he came by Saturday to pick up a check - he called but we weren't home. Still weren't home when he came by. Oh well.
All my shopping is done, and wrapped, except for gift cards for the grands, and money for their parents!
Husband has a friend that goes back 50 years, maybe slightly more, or slightly less. Well, he insulted me about my weight on FB. I made the mistake of telling my husband. And they have not talked since. So he did end up saying HB in a text message to hubby. And hubby asked when he was going to apologize to me - and he said never. And then he went into a rant about husband valuing money over friendship - based on the fact husband would not loan him money (none of his other friends were loaning it to him either so not sure if he dumped all of them too) and 2 boxes of macadamia nuts we were supposed to give him (first I had heard about that). All I can say, maybe this is proof that smoking marijuana all your life is not a good thing...because most of what he was ranting about had no basis in reality and did not even make sense. Oh well. I did suggest taking him 2 boxes of the candy.....AFTER he had taken a bite out of each and every one....but my husband is more willing to take the high road than I would be.
But husband came home today ranting and raving about treatment in a THRIFT SHOP!
There is a thrift store in Pacific Grove I like because they support an animal rescue. He went to see about getting a GC certificate. First he was ignored by the 2 people working - then he had to listen to some random explanation of how "she" stopped the gift certificate because people were copying them and stealing merchandise from them.....so he thanked her and turned to leave. Stopped at the end of the counter because they have one of those revolving shelf things under glass - you push a button and it rotates different shelves up. He always looks there. He had started looking, and she walked over, didn't say a word to him, and turned it off, and walked away!
Someone else had walked up to the counter and she spoke with her - and when she turned around he asked why she had turned it off - and she said it was because she was not available to help him right then - and when she was she would turn it back on. What help? He was looking! He hadn't asked to see anything in the case!
Never had anyone do that before in that store - or anywhere else! So he left! Came home ranting about that - and telling me I cant shop there anymore! So he dictated a Yelp review for me to submit; so I did; and discovered a couple of other people who posted about their rudeness there in the last couple of months. So then I went to their page on FB - and sent a message to them - pointing out that ours was not the only negative review on Yelp. Got a message back, while I was out shopping, and apology from the director asking for a phone call. So sent it to husband - but when he called the number she gave, he had to leave a voicemail.
Very chilly today...but clear and sunny, and pretty!
So here are photos from the last few days! (Not in any particular order)
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