Fall on the Island, Part 3

Sunday we went to church. Mom and Dad went over on an early ferry, and Lori and I walked onto the 11:10 boat, then walked up the hill to the church.

After the service, we went to to Fisher's Restaurant for hot turkey sandwiches with mashed potatoes, stuffing, cranberry sauce and gravy.

Then we waddled into a little gift shop next door, where Mom bought Lori some mittens.

Fall on the Island, Part 4

After supper we've been playing Euchre in teams, Sandra and Lori vs. Jim and Greg. The girls won 3-1 Friday night, and 2-0 Saturday. Sunday the boys were back, winning 3-0. We go into the final night with the girls holding a 5-4 edge.

Fall on the Island, Part 2

Saturday we worked in the morning--got a lot done--had a breakfast of bacon, eggs, grits and biscuits, and then went out and did some more before the weather turned ugly. We had high wind and rain, and some places on the island got sleet, too. For most of the afternoon, we sat inside and watched weather and stayed warm. (I've got a video of the winds, plus some other videos which I'll post when we get back to our faster internet connection.)

Suddenly, it was happy hour!

Fall on the Island, Part 1

On Friday, we got up and out of town by 6:30, and drove through the rain for several hours. A scant nine hours later, we were having a beer and waiting for the 4:40 ferry. Saturday we got up and did chores, then we sat around and waited for the Cardinals game to start.

Happy Birthday to Lori (and More)!

Back in Chicago, we put off Lori's birthday celebration for a day, to wait for Bonnie to arrive on her way to England.

Cameron came over, and we had a nice dinner with cheesecake on Tuesday the 22nd.

Wednesday night, Lori and Bonnie took the train in to the Loop and met me at a little soup and sandwich shop where we had a light dinner, then went next door to the Goodman Theater to see a revival production of the Marx Brothers musical, Animal Crackers.

It was a very fun production--funny, with lots of great songs and dancing.

The next day, Lori took Bonnie to the O'Hare. She comes back in town for a couple of nights on Sunday the 4th.