Dinner with Friends, Christmas and Happy New Year

We got a call earlier this month from our friends Barb and Bill inviting us for dinner. Barb owns the house across the street from us which she and her first husband lived in. Barb and Bill live in his condo in Vero on the beach. They occasionally come up to Barb's house to have some work done or just to check on it and stay for a day or two.

We went down to their condo on the 20th. Their condo looks directly out onto the Atlantic Ocean and we sat out on the balcony and had drinks before dinner. Barb had fixed a spiral-sliced ham with a glaze, tossed salad, asparagus and baked sweet potatoes for dinner. Everything was excellent - the food and especially the company. We always have a good time when we get together with Barb and Bill. Bill is a very young almost-90 year old and Barb is a little younger.

Mike and I decided to have our eyes examined again and chose to go to the Center for Advanced Eye Care in Vero. Our appointments were on the 23rd and Dr. Mallon performed the examinations There was only a slight

Visit with Fletcher & Breakfast at The Original Pancake House

Boy, has the year gone by fast! I can hardly believe it is time to work on our Christmas cards and newsletter.

We had Tinker groomed on the 5th in preparation for our trip down to Ft. Lauderdale to see Fletcher on the 6th. We had an early lunch last Saturday and then drove down to see Fletcher. We got to Fletcher's a few minutes before he got home from work and grocery shopping. Doug was off on a trip and we didn't get to visit with him. Fletcher grilled steaks, summer squash, zucchini and eggplant for dinner and fixed his pesto sauce for the steaks. This was the first time Mike and I had grilled eggplant (neither one of us really likes eggplant) and we were surprised at how good it was. Everything Fletcher fixed for dinner was very good. He has developed into