Saturday January 2, 2010

 

 

New Year’s Eve in Maine

Thursday, December 31

 

 

Everyone was on their own for breakfast, with the exception of Mark, who went to work midmorning to take a busload of people to Connecticut for New Year’s eve.

 

 

Cerwin, Diane, Nathaniel, and I met Abigail for lunch at the quaint, little restaurant where she works each morning. The building used to be a barn – thusThe Barn Door Cafe.

 

 

Good coffee!

 

 

I had a cup of cabbage soup and half a tuna and apple sandwich.

 

 

Cerwin had turkey on wheat.

 

 

Nathaniel’s sandwich. I think he also had turkey.

 

 

Diane had a grilled pineapple, pepper jack cheese, and ham.

 

 

We timed our visit to Abigail’s quitting time, so she could join us.

 

 

It was just beginning to snow when we left the restaurant.

 

 

 

 

A view of the snow from the Myers’ enclosed porch.

 

 

 

 

 

 

Cerwin and Hezekiah replaced the carpet at the bottom of the steps.

 

 

Lydia made tiny cupcakes and iced them with this delicious chocolate mixture. The cupcakes were to take to a friends house for a New Year’s Eve party.

 

 

Someone gave Diane a box of tomatoes that needed to be cooked, so I asked if she would like chunky tomato soup for supper.

 

 

The young people only wanted a light meal before going away for the evening, so this soup was perfect, and it was a great way to use about half of the tomatoes.

 

 

While the soup simmered, Nathaniel, Abigail, Diane, and I played Blokus.

 

 

Nathaniel and Abigail are way too good at this, and left Diane and me in the “dust.” Abigail was the winner of the series of games we played, but only by a small margin.

 

 

Diane, Cerwin, and I were the only ones at home for the evening, so we brought in the New Year by playing Hand and Foot.

 

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Happy New Year

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