Wednesday, September 12, 2007

Steve and Maureen home

The ship came in early this morning, a day later than scheduled. Nick and I went for our morning walk, but instead of the ladder route we just walked straight down to the docks, so we could meet Steve and Maureen. Elza was waiting there too, as she was taking them home. After a long wait, passengers finally started disembarking, and S&M were in about the third busful. We greeted them with much joy and enthusiasm! It’s wonderful to have them back home, and they are pleased to be back. This is home for them in every sense of the word. They both said that three months away was much too long. They also said that the sea was very smooth, and that they ran out of food on the ship!! Also that the ship shop was very poorly stocked, so I guess you could say everything was not shipshape.

I made an “American Fish Pie” for supper, using those Yankee clippers I bought yesterday (had to fillet them, but I’m getting to be an old hand at this fish business). The pie was the flaked fish mixed with white sauce, then layered with sliced boiled egg and mashed potato. Nick flared his nostrils in protest, really hating the smell of the fish as it cooked – he has a collection of not very happy childhood memories about fish dishes his mom used to make – but said that it was very tasty, and the boys and I enjoyed it too. So nice to have a successful meal for a change.

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