Monday, December 11

My 93 1/2 year-old-step-mother still drives, but is no longer comfortable driving in town or to new places, so I began taking her to her eye appointments in Ephrata. It has become a really fun time for us.

This time she asked if I had time to stop at the Clay Bookstore so she could get some last minute Christmas cards before or after we went to the ophthalmologist. We opted to go before her appointment.

On the way home we stopped at Fox Meadows Creamery for lunch – almost across the street from Clay Bookstore. I was glad to have my cell phone along to take a few pictues.

My delicious tomato basil soup

Mother got a cheeseburger soup.

Photos I didn’t take:

1. Our ice cream in a waffle bowl (Mother had a coupon for a free waffle bowl.) The server asked if we wanted both dips of ice cream in the bowl. The bowls are large enough for 2 or 3 dips 🙂 We said sure. I chose Vanilla – I always do – and mother chose Brown Butter Almond Brickle.
2. My sister and her youngest daughter Chelsey – who were doing some shopping – also stopped in for lunch. We moved to a larger table and enjoyed our ice cream while they ate their lunch.
3. I purchased 2 half gallons of ice cream for at home. One box of Madagascan Vanilla for me (the vanilla beans are from Madagascar) and one box of Brown Butter Almond Brickle for Cerwin.

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What a fun morning.