Day 10 - Day 11 Saturday/Sunday Twofer

 Saturday

We are getting lazy.  Get up late.  Eat in shifts.  Make jam, first batch.  Go to market.  Go to recycling. Go to find Lord of the Rings Part III at the library.  Finish dress.  Make second batch of jam.  Oh, maybe we are not so lazy after all!!

Finally, after dinner of pastas and homemade pesto, watch Part III of the Lord of the Rings.  We insisted on doing it together though Werner and I had only sporadically watched the first two parts.  (We've seen it all before though it's been a while, and I've read them all though it's been a really long while!) What a marathon!  We were exhausted by the end and then when we got to the almost end, Werner hit the wrong button on the zapper and we had to find where we were and finally end this Quest!!!!  Hannah declared the ending dumb and we were torn on its meaning.  I was not torn however on discussing it the following morning.  Good grief:  1AM!

Sunday

Woke up Hannah at 11 and after her shower, Hunter.  "Breakfast" at 11:45.  Well, we needed our rest.

The day was rainy and downright coooool, so the plans to take the train with bikes to visit Werner's mom were scrapped in favor of car and warm dry clothes.  We stopped at  the hotel to pick up cake and took her a jar of the new jam.

It's pleasant and reassuring to repeat certain things, and one is the repeat visits to family.  They had more questions for Mutti this year and there was more back and forth.  We all enjoyed it.

On the way back we tried to take a walk along the Ochtum, a river that feeds into the Weser where we'll row on July 4, but 5 minutes was about all we could take in the wind and the chill!

Then it was Father's Day greetings to Joey followed by a quick walk to the harbor - the water was high and threatening to roll over the dike.  It didn't , but almost.

 

Then dinner - chicken fricassee with rice and green beans.  And strawberries.  Another first with the fricassee and I guess it went OK since they ate it all and asked for seconds.

Now we're packed, the blueberry cake is made and all is ready for tomorrow's trip.  See you in four days!