Re: From Gail re: Proposed Christmas dinner here and possible gifts we would like (fwd)

[robert <http://dummy.us.eu.org/robert>]

 > From: Noelle <noelle>
 > Date: Mon, 22 Dec 2025 08:16:43 -0800 (PST)
 >
 > wi fi?

Should I email Gail directly about my idea of going shopping the day after
x-mas since shopping this late in the holiday season is crazy.

 >  > From: <http://www.cox.net/~g3>
 >  > Date: Sun, 21 Dec 2025 17:49:54 -0800
 >  > 
 >  > Hi Noelle,
 >  > 
 >  > The menu for our Christmas dinner here will be: "Pan Roasted
 >  > Filet Mignon with Red Wine Mushroom Sauce", Green Beans with
 >  > onions (with salt and pepper and parsley), mashed potatoes using
 >  > red potatoes leaving some of the red skin on and chopped, and
 >  > "Very Old Fashioned Gingerbread" with whipped cream. The only
 >  > recipe out of all of that that I haven't cooked before is the
 >  > Filet Mignon, a recipe from Dry Creek Vineyard. Please let me
 >  > know ASAP whether this menu sounds OK to you so that I can order
 >  > the Filet Mignon, buy all the ingredients before you arrive, and
 >  > make the dessert on 12/24. If Robert wants to, he can use some
 >  > of the mushrooms to cook the way he wants to in a vegan way as
 >  > well as the green beans and onions and the red potatoes which I
 >  > will steam before adding butter and milk to mash. He will have
 >  > to bring the rest of the food he wants or maybe buy it on 12/24
 >  > depending upon what time you arrive. What time do you guess that
 >  > you will arrive on 12/24 given the fact that the heavy rain will
 >  > start the eve. of 12/23 according to local projections here.?
 >  > 
 >  > As I mentioned on the phone, the following items are things that
 >  > we need, but just pick the ones you want to get us as you
 >  > certainly don't need to get them all:
 >  > 
 >  > For Don: regular inexpensive non prescription sun glasses to
 >  > keep in our car's glove compartment to wear when it's sunny in
 >  > the car as an extra pair as he uses another pair when he goes
 >  > for a walk, etc.
 >  > 
 >  > For me or us: about 4 stainless steel forks as we have too
 >  > few. What you get doesn't have to match what we have as they
 >  > would be our everyday forks. A set of measuring spoons that are
 >  > not made out of the metal that one is no longer supposed to cook
 >  > with or use - aluminum I think it is. They can be plastic or
 >  > another better kind of metal. We have 2 good sets, but I need 1
 >  > more for all the cooking I do. Red wine glasses for everyday
 >  > that won't break easily and can fit in our dishwasher, as
 >  > several of ours in the past have broken, so we don't have
 >  > enough. I think we only have 4.
 >  > 
 >  > Please let me know very soon what you both would like for
 >  > Christmas gifts as I want to try to do all my shopping before
 >  > the worst part of the rains come here.
 >  > 
 >  > I'm sorry that I have been so busy attending Christmas events,
 >  > taking care of Don, etc. that it has taken me this long to
 >  > gather the information for this email.
 >  > 
 >  > I will next research where we can go for Christmas eve dinner or
 >  > we may have to do a takeout or get it home earlier before the
 >  > bad rains and wind come that are predicted. I will give you a
 >  > selection via email of what I find so you can choose.
 >  > 
 >  > We very much look forward to celebrating this Holiday with you,
 >  > but are sorry that the weather won't be nice then. We hope all
 >  > goes well with your drive here and back.
 >  > 
 >  > I just received a notice on my AT&T simple flip cell phone that
 >  > says: "AT&T Software Update. A software update is available for
 >  > your device that requires Wi-Fi connectivity for download
 >  > process to begin. Connect to Wi-Fi network?" What do I do with
 >  > that? We do have Wi-Fi here in our home.
 >  > 
 >  > Love,
 >  > Gail
 >  > http://www.cox.net/~g3 <http://www.cox.net/~g3>