It rained enough Saturday night to dampen the clothes on the line, but not enough to help much. I made pancakes with blueberries and Ray and I had a walk. My hip/lower back started bothering me, so we cut it short. Elisa got up and we went to UUFA. It was a good service, complete with our favorite local Klezmer band. My Dad really likes them and I had told him they would be there, so he met us there. The service was well attended and it was about hope (and Hanukkah). We sang Light One Candle too.

After the service, the four of us had a really good lunch at DePalma's. They had lamb chops--and they were delicious. I ate most of them, but my Dad enjoyed chewing on the bones. I ate half his salad. We had wine.

Elisa and Ray went to strike the set and my dad took me home. I was supposed to work on my paper, and I did manage a couple hours. It was dark when they got home and they were tired. None of us was very hungry, but eventually Ray cooked the broccoli and I made pork steak with cream gravy. We have had a lot of these pork steaks--they look like a ham steak, but they are not cured or cooked. Some of them have wierd bone configurations. Every time we get one out of the freezer, I am somewhat at a loss as to how to prepare it. Really, though, they can be prepared like pork chops, for the most part, and cut into serving portions. This was really good, maybe the best use of it so far. Brown the steak (or chops) and take it out of the pan. Make a roux--cook flour in the drippings. Add milk until in thickens. Put meat back in pan. Cook until done. We all really liked it. Most of a big head of broccoli went too. So I guess we were hungry after all. I did eat some frozen yogurt and a couple cookies, too.

Then I was looking forward to a quiet night watching a lot of TV. Sometime during Jeopardy, though, I put down my knitting and lay down on the couch--you know it was all over then. So I was in bed by 9:30 and slept almost 8 hours.