Last night we celebrated the New Year with our friends the Cissnas. New Year’s Eve is Sonya’s birthday and over the years, we have had several occasions to ring in the New Year and sing Happy Birthday together (most memorable is a camping trip in Cades Cove – cold, bitter cold, freezing comes to mind).
The festivities were quiet and cozy, snacks, pizza and a competitive game of Hearts. Sonya and Mac are pretty serious about their Hearts, John and I are not. Some day we will be able to give them a run for their money but last night was not the night. We lost miserably, 529 to 423. I attribute our poor performance to the new deck of cards, stiff and difficult to shuffle …. I’m just sayin’.
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| Sonya and me in her new kitchen. Mac has been remodeling in between his other activities. He does the most meticulous work!! |
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| John petting Barkley the Cissna’s Weimaraner rescue dog as Mac looks on |
Seems like the Smith family is not the only one with a tradition of ice cream birthday cakes. Mac picked this one up at Baskin Robbins, white cake with vanilla icing. It was delicious!
Okay, let the games begin…
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| John studying his options |
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| Mac doing the same |
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| Sonya trying to decide if she can go “low 50” |
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| Me showing my hand….”see I told you I didn’t have anything good” |
Today we took it easy, a short walk in the morning and took in a movie midday. Our pick was “The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo”. John had read the book, I have not. We agreed that the movie was a 2 thumbs up , John was surprised at the graphic depiction of the violent parts.
As our day winds down, we are looking forward to country ham, biscuits and black-eyed peas for dinner. Southern food at it’s best.
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| Happy New Year from us! |
