It has been spring today! 45 degrees F! Del went to church tonight with just a sweater, and I went with a sweater and carried a shawl which I wore home after dinner.
I spent the morning making my tortilla soup, potato chowder, homemade pickled beets, salad and apple crisp. Del finished up the cleaning. The neighbors arrived at noon with their bowls, etc. It was funny seeing them come to the door holding out their bowls. I had kept out some chicken, barley and potatoes for Levi. He loved barley and cucumbers He was the perfect guest, and the others weren't bad either. Del and I thoroughly enjoyed the company, and they took their own dirty dishes home when they left. The pictures are of our make shift lunch arrangements. It's funny what our flat does and does not have. We have a wine chiller bucket if we should choose to use it, but no serving bowl. The stew pot worked fine for salad though.
https://picasaweb.google.com/118279613107347865536/GreenDoorNeighborsLunch?authkey=Gv1sRgCNmPy6uPlO-_bA
After we got everything put away, I went to my spot on the sofa to "read", but I don't know what Del did for the next hour - being asleep as I was. He called me at 4 to Skype with Daryl Lyn and Tommy before church.
After church we walked out with a new guy at LCC and ended up going to dinner with him. He is going to be here for 7 weeks. His wife is still working, so she could not come. He is a Chicage native, so of course Del asked the burning question, and yes, he is a White Socks fan. Oh, well, no one is perfect, and we managed to have a nice evening despite our 'theological'' differences. When we got home,I asked Del which he thought was worse, a WS fan or a Cardinals fan . He said Cardinals, because WS don't play real baseball. He did add that he wouldn't want his sister to marry either one.
Del has been more caught up in the earthquake news than usual because his family lived in Sendai when he was almost 4 through kindergarten. Mr. Williams had been on the way to Korea for the war when they found a health problem and sent him to Japan instead. He was there for a year and a half before his family could join him. Del says the day they arrived he saw snow for the first time. He said that his memories of Sendai are more of specific events or places he remembers like the swimming pool and school. His sister Dianne has stronger memories of the area in general because she is 8 years older. It's so sad to think of what those families are going through.
I pretty much played all week end, so tomorrow will be/should be spent studying Lithuanian and preparing for my classes. I think I have forgotten everything I almost learned in Lithuanian in the week and a half since our last class.
Del has also put me in charge of figuring out a place to go for our self declared spring break. People from LCC just got back from Spain, Russia, Prague, etc. I'll meet with the travel agent they recommended one day this week to see what might work for us.
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