after dinner, nonno regaled us with stories from his navy days and his childhood (like how he went into the "know how to swim" line when joining the navy, but he had never swum a stroke in his life . . and then had to jump off a 10 foot diving board!!)
we had the most delicious codfish for dinner, and with nana's special mustard sauce too . . it was so good. it's usually our good friday dinner, but i guess nana felt like having it tonight too!
nana said she had a whole bunch of things in her hassock that she thought we might like (she's been cleaning out drawers and closets and . . hassocks!) yeah, nana! the junk from your hassock is now in my apartment!!! junk? well, i feel very justified in calling it that . . some of these items from nana's hassock have been around since i was a child!!!! like the gauzy material that was used to wrap up the candied almonds from my sister's wedding!!!! (i was fourteen at the time). you can see it on the bed below morgana's left hand. it is now in a bag in my apartment! morgana and chanda felt so sure they can use it for something! ay yi yi!!! will i bring it out when m and c have children and say, here sweeties, i'm sure you can make a pretty veil for one of your dollies with this pretty gauze from my sister's wedding (and then i'll cackle very squeakily hee hee hee).