Again, not much to say about today. J and H and I played a killer game of Parcheesi. H pulled out the win at the last minute. A few rounds of Bananagrams followed, but when J spelled a-m-i-a-b-l-e I knew I was in trouble. He's taken the SATs a lot more recently than I have.
The highlight of the day was making cheese croquettes with H. We ate them when we were in Spain this summer and they were perfecto. I promised her we'd try to make them ourselves, and since the clock is ticking on this summer thing, today was the day. We used Julia Child's recipe from Mastering the Art of French Cooking. Lots of butter, lots of cheese, lots of milk, and lots of oil = lots of cellulite. They were mighty tasty, though.
We also watched the first episode of "The French Chef" -- potatoes done four ways. Julia was a bit breathless and a bit scatterbrained. Just as much fun as I remember!
Now I think we're going to have some ice cream and watch a movie, maybe a quick jump in the hot tub. The water is probably twice as warm as the air temperature. Fall is definitely just around the corner, as is 50. I'm actually feeling better about the latter of the two. I really don't want these lazy summer days to end.
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