Another Pre-Cana Day


Today we did Pre-Cana and prepared for our FOCCUS couple tomorrow. That preparation was a trip to Albertson’s to pick up the fixin’s for ravioli which Penny is going to make for them.

We went to Albertson’s because in the past they had the things we needed. This time was a disappointment. I’m wondering if we are seeing the slow death of the store. They’ve done away with their discount card, which I thought was good nut the “buys” they substituted are not very good. They’ve gone to savings stamps to get dishware. We spent enough in Tampa (and had an overly generous cashier) and I got 2 mugs with the stamps. The mugs are pretty but their square shape makes them a little awkward to drink from. We don’t need any of the dishware so that isn’t going to be an incentive for us.

We also had problems finding what we wanted. They’ve discontinued carrying the crusty bread we wanted, they had no lettuce at a reasonable price, they were out of fresh sage and they had no ground chuck. We had to settle for ground beef. We’ve always found their ground beef to have a lot of water in in (we assume to increase the weight). When you cook it it all boils off and you end up with steamed beef. Maybe next visit will go better.


We pick up sandwiches for Pre-Cana at Giff’s sub shop. They always do a great job for us. With 19 couples to feed we had 2 good sized boxes full of sub sandwiches to deliver. It made the car smell good.


The couples at Pre-Cana turned out to be a mature and widespread group. We had couples from North Dakota, Tallahassee, Panama City, Georgia and one couple from Panama.


It was particularly interesting today. We give a talk on communication and one of the guys in the audience was a communication major. He gave us good marks. Later I overheard another guy asking Penny if I was an engineer. He said he’s got them pegged and can always tell. Gosh, I thought I hid it well!


Penny started having zings during the last talk of the day so we packed up our stuff and headed home.


KITTY UPDATE – Last night after I fed the cats I came inside. Shortly thereafter I heard a commotion outside and found Max the neighbor’s cat chasing the kittens away. They haven’t been staying in our yard under the shed for a while now. Tonight I think I confirmed that Max is driving them away. They come back in the evening for food but don’t hang around. Now I have to figure out a way to keep max away. It’s a territorial thing with cats and the only way I could succeed is to ask the neighbors to keep Max inside. I don’t think they will.

Tomorrow is ravioli!