Monday after a long holiday weekend - I’m geared up but it’s taking me a little while to get into the groove.
A lot of chit-chat around the office this morning about Trump interfering in the World Cup’s US Team player who got a red card. We are all really pissed off that he did that, it casts a cloud over the whole thing no matter the outcome. I believe it was a bad call, and they reviewed it in slow motion which made it look worse, and they are only supposed to look at it in real time. So I think it’s right that it was overturned but I hate that Trump got involved. Tonight is the last game being played in Seattle. It’s at 5:00 pm so hopefully most of the traffic will be cleared before rush hour. I plan to watch the game.
Speaking of games - only about 5 weeks until the NFL pre-season starts.
Yesterday, we completed our menu choices for our party on Saturday. It’s mostly going to be appetizers but also some “real food” at some point. The list includes:
- Deviled strawberries (becoming a real favorite of ours)
- Cucumber slices topped with hummus and a Greek spice
- Chips and dips (of course) - probably an artichoke/spinach dip and a crab dip
- Bacon wrapped smoked meatballs like the ones Brian made on the 4th of July
- Smoked salmon canapes
- Fruit platter
- BLT pasta salad
- Chicken kabobs
- Bourbon Peach Lemonade Punch
We are going to have some party decorations and, in the yard, a bocce ball set, and my luxurious inflatable pool! I am excited about that mostly for ambiance, I do not anticipate anybody actually swimming, but wading in it or sitting near it with feet in the pool, would be fun.
Only about half the people we invited can make it. Looks like we’ll have 8, maybe 9 guests. We were hoping for more like a dozen, at least. But what can ya do? I don’t want to end up with too much food - I like having a nice variety but we’ll keep the number of guests in mind when we decide on quantity of each item.
I guess that’s all I’ve got for now. Another diarist was lamenting that writing “friends only” entries tends to limit the opportunity to meet new people here. I try to write an open entry now and then in hopes of attracting new friends, and I will browse around, reading public entries of people I don’t know and, if they seem interesting to me, I’ll leave them a note. That’s about all we can do. I’ll make this entry public even though it’s a bit on the dry side.
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