Saturday morning and not much going. Have many house guests, son and girlfriend here from Camarillo and also daughters boyfriend staying the night. So I have several people sleeping here. We are going to the annual wine dinner at Goose Cross winery tonight. The dinner is absolutely fabulous. Also expensive. This is our third year. We do look forward to it.
Getting back to the now, we are slow moving (2 out, 4 in bed) this morning. Emily went on a Starbucks run. I tried mobile ordering for the first time. Was not impressed. I am cooking jalapeño bacon and eggs for breakfast. It’s 10am.
Why is everyone so slow. Well, last night, we had a fondue party and had a few friends. The adult children invited local friends. I love fondue as does everyone else or so it seemed. Along with fondue a few cocktails and several bottles of wine. Hence the slow moves this morning.
Fondue is fun especially with a lot of people. We get to fight over space in the pot and forks and raw meat. Which we did, good naturedly of course.
It was fun catching up with the “kids” old friends. Two have known Michael since kindergarten and of course we know them too. It seems so funny to have friends that long. But, my Dad is 89 and he still has a couple friends from kindergarten. May run in the family or it’s just an outcome of growing up In a small town and never moving.
Anyhow, it’s a pleasure to see the kids grow up. They turn out ok, for the most part. Though Jake had a mullet. That’s not ok.
There were several drunk people by the end of the evening. Michael passed out in the middle of a conversation. Carly was asleep at table and no matter how hard I tried I could not move her to the bed. I was not aware how drunk marika was till Saturday morning. She did not get up till very late and was still puking at 3.
The party dissipated by midnight or so and all were gone by 1am. Everyone to bed. Have to be up early.
Saturday morning again. We have a couple visitors. My electrician Walter and Plumber Heinz we’re here. Heinz was here by nine. He finished installing the drain and supply line for the espresso machine. I had used that machine everyday since 1994. We moved out of Silveyville in 2017 and the thing went to storage. Have not used it in two years. May be able to start it up tomorrow if the grinder is up to snuff. I have been having problems with it. I also need to put the espresso cabinet/closet back together. I had to empty it and a few cabinets to run lines. It’s a process.
Walter was here for a few finishing touches. Put in a light above the John in the master. A reading light if you will. Finally swapped out the hot switch in dining room. Last but not least, he hung the light we bought in Quebec City last year. A process. All in due time.
The rest of the day was not much. I took back the rental table. Emily did chores. We watched the guys work on the house. Nothing exciting.
We left the house at 3 for the wine dinner. The rain had turned into a deluge and the first 30 minutes of the drive was quite the harrowing experience. It did finally clear up and Emily relaxed. Our drive became pleasant. We are 30 minutes out. Well, Emily and I are 20 out. The kids went in Marikas car and are following us. Marika has a party after the party she promised someone she would attend. She seems comfortable burning the candle at both ends.
We arrived at the winery a little early and we were first to arrive. There was no prize for that. Our genial hosts were ready and pouring wine for us. We were a couple glasses into it before anyone else arrived. The general gist of things is an hours worth of wine and hors douvres in the tasting room followed by dinner in the barrel room of the cellar. Which is exactly what went down.
Dinner was 4 or 5 courses of fancy food plus dessert and coffee. Excellent grub. I will try to remember what we had. Let’s see, a roasted beet salad to lead, then grilled duck breast with greens and rice, a filet with veg followed by a very rich chocolate dessert. Each course had a different wine to go with it. So you can end up quite drunk and very full unless you are careful. Last year I got plastered and passed out in the car. This year I took care and was fine. Our evening finished back in the tasting room with more wine. I just tasted.
We left for home. Not the first to leave but close. The drive was rainy though not so bad. We stopped for gas and my CC rejected twice. Second one same. Had to call the GD card companies which did not help. Both companies claimed it wasn’t them. Sure. I found a third card in my wallet and it worked. Tonight we will get home!!
Continued on our way. Another 45 minutes. Not much doing. Backseat asleep.
Got home. Let dog out. Fed him. Brushed teeth. Went to bed. Long day.