We enjoyed welcoming the New Year with our friends Linda and Jack and Linda's sister Barbara. Mike was excited to have people coming because he had an excuse to get out his John Ash cookbook and try some new dishes on us. It was a great meal with all new dishes that started with a mushroom soup and included shrimp, pork and chicken (all different dishes) with rice noodles, interesting mushrooms and another type of noodle Mike will have to name.
Then, of course, we had a fire in our back yard fire pit. It was a beautiful fire, but we failed to get pictures. Poor Wally wasn't quite sure what was going on and had a tough time staying awake for all of it. Pop and I managed only because we took a nap earlier!
We had an early New Year's Eve chat with Barbara (and Ben, a bit, but he was driving with no hands-free device) and it sounds like they packed a lot into the day and a half they were in Thousand Oaks. Got a place to live and a spot for Pook --- wahoo!! What an exciting year 2009 will be for them.
I wish all of you an exciting, healthy, rewarding 2009! Love you, Mom
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