Today is a new day that might start a little earlier thanks to adding a new hour in the morning. This might get us going in time to see a partial solar eclipse in the morning and also gives us a strong possibility of making it to church on time for Sunday services. We have not been as diligent as we should have been regarding services.
Jacqui is my wife and is called Oma. Her birthday is on Halloween. She was born on top of Woodford Mountain here in Vermont. Born on Halloween, born on top of an old New England mountain, and her 9th Great Aunt was one of the witches hung at the Salem witch trials. A heavy heritage to grow up with and as a result she suffered and looked forward to being an adult so she did not have to have a Halloween themed birthday cake. Then, she had children of her own and once again had to suffer through the surprise Halloween themed birthday cakes, that is, until her children were of an appropriate age. But then.....she had Grandchildren!
In the afternoon, we are having a surprise birthday dinner for my wife that she is planning for herself. It is planned to have a gluten free chocolate birthday cake (for the Grand kids), and a meatloaf dinner with mashed potatoes and fresh carrots from the garden.
My four year old grandson helped me plant the carrots in the spring and he just helped me harvest them. After we cleaned, trimmed, and sliced them like golden coins about a quarter of an inch thick, we had five pounds ready for freezing. To the chagrin of his vegetarian aunt he has never knowingly eaten a vegetable other than potatoes, probably just french fries, in his life. Today he did! Well sort of. He took a raw golden coin and bit off a little bit and said that it tasted really good! He then proceeded to take the small morsel out of his mouth and put it on the table. He did this about eight or nine times consuming the whole coin but still saying that it tasted good. Maybe today after the carrots are cooked he might even chew one!
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