today we went to wild oats... a wellspring-like store where ray's oldest brother works. we took along one of ray's high school friends and had lunch... delicious panini sandwiches. then we went next door to toys'r'us to look for a christmas present for ray's 3 year old nephew. he ended up getting an electronic drumset, which i'm sure little danny's mother will be thrilled about.
we also plodded through the mall for a while, even though we weren't really shopping for anything. i did score in the mega-chain record store, though, with 3 cheap cds: judy garland, peggy lee and jimmy durante.
afterward, the 3 of us went to ray's sister's house, where her family was just getting ready to have a beef-stew dinner. we joined them, and -damn!- was that some of the best stew i've ever had. lots of wine in the gravy, and her husband threw some chorizo in along with the beef. very nice.
afterward we shot some pool on their screened porch and had some fruity vodka drinks. we then took ray's friend back home and then ray & i headed out to the orlando airport to pick mom up... she flew in from las cruces, new mexico.
it's late now... i need to go to bed. this was a really fun, agenda-less day, but i'm pooped. tomorrow rob & lulu fly in to tampa, then drive directly here to visit us overnight. i suppose we'll have the wessel-family christmas then, so i have to finish wrapping some presents before they get here tomorrow.
mom told us that she saw a bumper sticker today that said "vote for someone else." i like it!
she also said that she's dating someone right now that's only 2 years older than my boyfriend.
Posted by xta at December 22, 2003 02:30 AM | TrackBack