Ryan and Rochelle have been here.

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Ryan and Rochelle have been here the last three
days. They are Jeanne's children and it was wonderful having
them here. One day the three of us went shopping, another
day the two of them went to the Butterfly Pavilion and the
Pearl Street Mall where they discovered the Boulder Book
Store. They are both avid readers and thoroughly enjoyed
browsing the store and were impressed by it's size and
collections. Rochelle purchased 7 books and Ryan 3.
Yesterday the four of us went to Denver to the Museum of
Nature and Science. They went to a show at the Planetarium
after looking at some of the exhibits. Robert and I looked
at a few exhibits and then I sat and read while he went to
the Mineral collection exhibit. We all met at the Cafe and
had lunch at 1 PM. We then came home so they would have
time to pack before we took them to catch the 6 PM shuttle
to DIA.

Each morning while they were here I fixed a brunch. This
gave them a chance to sleep in as late as 10:30 AM. We had
brunch at 11. Robert and I had a light breakfast at 7 while
we watched the news each morning, before the kids got up.
The newspaper had a bunch of brunch recipes from local B&Bs
just days before they came. I fixed a french toast
casserole which was very good, but way too much for four.
The second day we had a quiche and the third day I warmed up
the casserole.

On Tuesday evening I fixed a prime rib as an early Christmas
dinner. Vernon came, but Ariel was sick so Carl and Martha
had to cancel at the last minute.

Before the kids came my washer quit on me again. Today the
service man showed up. I had tried to reset the program to
no avail, but he was able to do that by setting the machine
the way I had set it the last time and then turning on the
power, then turning everything off and finally the power. He
then set it up to run again and it worked. Maybe by the
time the three-year warranty runs out I'll have learned all
the ways to screw up the computer inside of it. They do
have a way of "clearing" it, but that didn't work this time!
Today, I finally did the load I had tried to do last Sunday.
It is a beautiful sunny day and on the porch it is 60
degrees. I have hung the wash on the line, but not until
after the sun left that area. I don't think it'll get dry
today.

I had my leg checked yesterday. We stopped at Dr. Ho's
office for my appointment, on our way to the museum. It
took less than 10 minutes for me to go in, be seated in his
office and for him to check the leg. I thought it looked
awful, but he said it looks really good. Some people have a
reaction to the chemo such that the area where the basal
cell is swells up and really looks like a big red ball at
the site. Mine does not look like that, thank goodness.