Super Bowl Party!

We started the day with breakfast at Angel's with our usual gang of friends. Afterward we went grocery shopping to pick up fruits and veggies to make party trays for the Super Bowl party this evening.

It rained last night, a good solid rain, so now we know that the bedroom slideout we had rebuilt last November actually doesn't leak--yay. It was cold and overcast today, so we took our "walk" on the treadmills in the exercise room. Ken was reading on his tablet, and I was reading on my Droid. It's not nearly as much fun as walking outdoors and talking together, but at least we get the exercise we need.

The Super Bowl XLVI party was at Hardy and Judy's house, co-hosted by them and John and Sandy. The breakfast group was joined by three more couples to make a total of 15. Everyone brought food, so there was no shortage of great things to eat. Jean even brought some of her son Bill's John Wayne Pudding (wonderful stout).

Pottinger's TV in the living room was supplemented by Walenter's TV in the dining area, so everyone had a good view of the Super Bowl ads--and of whatever part of the game and halftime show we wanted to watch, in between talking and eating. Pat knitted one of her nice dish cloths for Jean while we were sitting there, using a multicolor cotton yarn called "Peach Tea."

C.B., G.W., David, Jean, Jan, Pat, and Judy

Since Green Bay wasn't playing, no one was too concerned with who might win. It was beginning to look like the Patriots might pull it off, and they could have won on the final play even, so there was plenty of suspense. At halftime I was winning the pool, but on the final score, David won. That's good, because he and G.W. have a great party house for Super Bowl XLVII next February.

G.W., David, Jean, Pat, Ken, Judy John, Steve, Nancy (taken with my Droid, so not the best, but Ken forgot the camera....)

Lee (mouth open, munching cake), Sandy, and Jean (taken by Judy)

Hardy, Bob, and C.B. (taken by Judy)

One of our own has been published by the Wordsmith in this week's AWADmail! Last week's words were all Dickens characters that have become English words. Hardy wrote in to comment on the word "fagin" (after the character in Oliver Twist):

From: Hardy J Pottinger (hardyp3 yahoo.com)
Subject: Fagin

We had a fagin in our neighborhood last year. There had been a rash of break-ins into storage sheds with the theft of a number of tool boxes, lawn mowers, golf carts, bicycles, and the like. Turns out one of the older residents was hiring local kids to steal stuff and storing it in a trailer which he would periodically haul to San Antonio to fence. Thanks for the reminder about a good name for him!

Hardy Pottinger, Rolla, Missouri

With all the delicious food, a couple of items stood out for me especially. One was some really great potato salad Jan brought. She said it was her mother's recipe. Another was a wonderful bundt cake with bittersweet chocolate chunks that G.W. baked using his grandmother's recipe. Isn't it interesting how food links generations within families--and then draws friends and families together to share good times?