We spent our Saturday night the way we usually do - family dinner with Kevin and Robyn. We've been doing this for years - almost every Saturday we get together, have dinner together, discuss the news of the week, watch some bad TV together.
There's minor variations - sometimes Mom's here, Daniel and Davey have shown up a few times, but it's generally about the same. Sometimes we cook dinner, sometimes we order out - but the food is really back-seat to just being together. (Although we tried something new last night that really worked well - we were cooking up a big old pork butt roast and funeral potatoes, and since we already had the potatoes covered, we added some brussel sprouts into the pan with the carrots and onions. Big hit with Robyn and I - the guys are not sprouts fans, but I think that if they had just tried them, they would have been converts. Lovely roasted sprouts, all soft and buttery, covered with the porky goodness from the roast... heaven. But I digress.)
We talk about politics, commiserate with each other on the stupidity of politics - occasionally argue politics. We empathize with each other on various physical maladies. Kevin generally falls asleep at some point during the evening while Robyn and I natter on. But mostly, it's just so good to have family that you can choose for yourself. Something to feel blessed about...
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