We had brunch yesterday for some of our close friends who weren't in town for the engagement party: Deb and John, Becky and Kent, and we invited Janna and Ron too. and my parents. I made muffins (still in the toaster oven). Molli made omelets. She prepared fillings ahead of time: ham, onions, tomatoes, peppers, cheeses and people got to choose. They were good. Deb brought collards and black-eyed peas (for luck) and Janna brought bagels and lox, with cream cheese, onion, tomato. We had orange juice and champagne and some glog from Sweden. It was a lot of fun. Everyone enjoyed meeting Adrian and tried to speak slowly to him. We heard about Deb's visit to Sweden and Nathan's girlfriend's family. Becky had Christmas with her large family and showed pictures. She took some pictures of Molli and Adrian too.

When some people wanted coffee, we realized the coffee maker and coffee were at Mom and Dad's. Molli had coffee from Mexico and we had an old stove-top coffee pot. But the coffee was whole bean. The food processor didn't have much effect on it, so my Dad ground it in a mortar and pestle.

After they went, we cleaned up some (Ray did lots of dishes) and started the pot roast for supper. Hard to imagine we would be able to eat again, but I was pretty hungry by the time it was ready. And it was delicious. Molli and Adrian loved it.

Meanwhile, Molli and I took Cameron for a walk in the rain. It was rainy most of the day, a nice time to have company to distract you. And it wasn't at all cold--no heat, no fire in the stove. People and cooking provided enough warmth to keep it about 72 or so in the house, in the 50s outside.

I fell asleep pretty early and went to bed about 9.