Ham Seasoning

Today was the final full day of Mom's visit, so I decided to stick around the house and visit... getting some work done that didn't require being at the office. It was a fun day. Mostly we just talked about a whole variety of things... and "hung out" at the house.

On Saturday Mom's cousin, Anne Jayne (along with her husband, Jerry, their son, his wife and grandson), all came for a visit Saturday. Although they had communicated some over the last few years, Mom and Anne had not seen each other in about 80 years, so it was a fun reunion... complete with lots of stories and pictures. Virginia fixed a ham and some of her wonderful potato casserole for lunch. Chris (Anne's 16 year old grandson) finished off the last of the potato casserole, but we had lots of ham left. It was fun getting to meet a branch of the family I had never met. Making some of those old Winsor connections helps make some of the names more "real."

This morning Mom took the rest of the ham off the bone and boiled the bone and some ham scraps to make a strong seasoning broth for later use. It's amazing how much good we will eventually get from that ham... and those ham-seasoned veggies will be great! Thanks, Mom!

Mom's flight tomorrow morning is an early one... 6:30. It was her choice so that she could get into Little Rock in the early afternoon. No problem on this end... just means a really early start for all of us to get her there in plenty of time.

It's been a good visit... looking forward to the next one.