A dinner with 'out takes' and preparing for a storm

I had dear friends over for dinner last

Thursday night...

I kept looking at the table in puzzlement,

thinking to myself,

all the food is there, but what is missing?

Potato with fried onions and goat cheese,

another ginger lemon chicken...

Salad (brought by friends!), orange juice and honey glazed carrots,

my 'Theophany dishes'...

It was not until a few minutes that I realized

that I had wine in the fridge to put out

and I got my answer!

drinking glasses! I forgot them!

And napkins :)

Phew, that explained it all!

It was a lovely meal with such

good friends and gentle, worthy and real conversation. 

There, with glasses. :)

All better...

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Well, Cleo and I are preparing for the snow storm we 

are said to be getting.

She's preparing by making daring and funny leaps 

onto furniture...

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Actually she did the funniest thing last night, 

too bad I did not get a picture...

Mr. Husband and I were eating a lovely meal of 

the left over ginger lemon chicken, 

with some mashed potatoes (with butter and soup cream!)

and salad and there was Cleo on the

very top of the seat back of our chair by the kitchen island counter

standing as tall as she could looking down at our meal

with great interest, her eyes as wide as can be.

Mr. Husband, knowing her to be a sneaky thief of food,

and now seeing her so blatantly looking,

gently but quickly stomped his foot and she scurried away...

a bit behind my dining chair, still looking!!!

So funny.

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Anyway, I am doing lots of wash

at present and am planning on baking bread soon,

making this week's smoothie, 

watching the weather (all window shades are open in my living/dining area!) 

and praying.

I am also planning on getting out our blessed Candle-mas candles that 

are for times of trouble, strife or storm.

I won't use them until the snow really hits...

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Meanwhile, I also have to relight many of my lampadas,

but do have some candles faithfully burning meanwhile.

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My only request for this storm is two fold:

1. no injuries or death of anyone

2. that power does not go out.

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Please join me in prayer for this and for all those who are 

suffering today!