Dinner for Four

After the funeral and our Saturday nap, we readied our home for dinner party with Steve and Debbie Kanda whom had not yet seen our remodeled kitchen.

They arrived around 7 along with a chilled bottle of champagne which we quickly opened and poured into flutes while we showed them the kitchen. Debbie was quite impressed and she thought Carolyn's design and selection of fixtures and handles and colors, etc. was just excellent. It's nice to have such an enthusiastic response!

We shared cheese and crackers while we caught up on family (kid's mainly) and then adjourned to the kitchen to share a meal of chicken florentine, rice with almonds and currants, and vegetable medley complimented with a Shiraz-Cabernet. We hadn't seen them for over six months and it was good to catch up with them.

We talked about vacations and I think may have convinced them to join as at Club Intrawest in Palm Desert sometime in the not too distant future and whetted their appetite for a trip to Zihuatanejo or some other 'exotic' locale.

Then, we talked about Steph's planned wedding on March 25 of next year. She is renting a designer gown rather than buying one as Steph, ever the financial analyst, can't see that a purchase makes much sense. We talked about all the other issues that need to be decided and it turns out Debbie is going to interview Chris Babbitt on Monday for the videographer!

But the biggest problem is Steve. How is he going to walk down the aisle without tearing up? Even now, when we talk about the song for the first dance, he can't even think of it without starting to get misty. Butterfly Kisses is definitely out, so Steve is thinking a polka might be a safe choice! (just jokin')

The night ended around midnight after lots of laughs, good food, and good conversation. We shouldn't let too much time pass between get togethers!