Exploring Santa Fe
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Santa Fe,
New Mexico,
United States
Friday, September 12, 2008
Richard was away from Monday to Thursday, arriving home at about 1:00 am. Since Judith was not feeling great on Thursday and Richard was to bed very late and up very early to walk the dogs, I made dinner for everyone. I made my version of Pad Thai. We had put the chicken out on the counter to thaw (Judith has a special tray for thawing) and I had told her that I would keep an eye on it. She had said something about Jack - and needing to keep an eye on him. Not having dogs, I completely forgot to forewarn Steve that he needed to keep an eye on Jack and/or the chicken as I went to the grocery store to get what I needed for dinner.
When I got home from the grocery store, I went about preparing dinner. I had noticed that the chicken was not on the counter and I assumed that someone had just put it in the refrigerator. When I asked Judith where in the fridge she had put the chicken she said that she had not been down to the kitchen..."Oh, Jack" sure enough, he had retrieved it from the counter and took it to the back yard and ate through the plastic bag and eaten the chicken. I felt so bad.
Ben's Artistic Photo
It was a good thing that he was ok. I would have been devastated if he had hurt himself eating the plastic. What a lesson for me. Thank heavens that Judith understood and was not upset about the incident. Dinner turned out great, I know only because the guys had seconds...that is always a clear indication if I have done a good job on a meal. Judith went to bed early but Richard stayed down with us for a while and we got to visit a bit and get to know him a bit better. He is a very interesting person with a great sense of humor. He is a scientist at Los Alamos with the government...top secret stuff so we are not able to get into his actual work too much.
Today (Friday) Judith took us to lunch at a place near the Plaza where they have great hamburgers. They were having a half price day so it was great...the burgers were so large that we had plenty of burgers to bring home for the dogs. We easily could have shared but they charge to share so we would have not really saved anything by doing that. After lunch we wandered around in a gallery where there was a wonderful photography exhibit. Judith went to a doctor's appointment then took us for a drive out to the Flea Market. She and I bought sandals that are supposed to help relieve sore backs and good for diabetics (which she is) as well as a number of other claims. We both are happy with the purchase.
As we were paying, Steve was telling one of the owners and founders of the shoes that he is a screen writer and that he has been working on a couple of biographies (he has been working on his mother and father's as well as my grandmother's biographies). He mentioned being a filmmaker and they immediately suggested that he consider doing a story about their daughter. They showed him photos of her meeting President Bush. She has an amazing story that has been told on 48 Hours or one of those shows. Her ex-husband had hired a hit man to kill her and she was shot in the head, left for dead but amazingly made it through although now a quadriplegic. They gave Steve a card to follow up. They live in Phoenix so it looks like we will have to come back this way in the winter to go to Phoenix to see about interviewing her. We'll keep you posted on that one.
Judith invited their son Ben for dinner. He is 29 and living in Albuquerque. He dropped his plans and joined us for dinner and stayed to visit with us. He has an interest in photography so I showed him how to use my camera and off he went around the house, taking some creative shots. We ended up going to bed after midnight. Another great day in Santa Fe!
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great to see that you are having a great time with judith and richard in los alamos. sorry to hear that you weren't feeling well. say sis, do you think you could ask richard if he could get a ball cap for me from his work. i collect them. it would make a nice christmas and birthday present for me. could you ask. pretty please. carol is here with me and says hi to all down there. all my love - Pat