Bette:  Oh, that’s nice. Soft but you don’t feel like you are getting up off the floor when you stand up. I like this leather too. I wonder how easy it is to maintain?

Tina: Well, we will have to get Jim to give us an orientation on all this new stuff. Look at the lamps Bette. They have sort of an antique look. And look. He put a bar over here.

Bette: Maybe we need to buy an ice maker and put it the laundry room or in the pantry.

Tina: Well, the laundry room would be better. We want the pantry to stay cool and free from moisture. But that is a good idea. When we have our Thanksgiving dinner, we are going to need a lot of ice. That’s another list I need to start to work on.

Bette and Tina went on in to the kitchen and started pulling food out of the fridge and the pantry. There was some ground beef in the meat drawer so none had to be defrosted. Bette started chopping the onions right away. Tina would want to brown them before adding them to the sauce. It took about 20 minutes to assemble her sauce and put it on low heat to start to simmer. She and Bette then worked on the salad.

Tina:  Let’s ask Kit and Sonny to stay for dinner.

Bette:  Oh good. I’ve gotten a little carried away with the chopping. Yes. We will have enough for two more for dinner. You know I have been working on filling up our wine closet, right?

Tina:  Well, not really but that’s good. Always nice to have wine available for whatever occasion.

Bette:  Now that we have a bar, looks like I am going to have to stock that as well.

Tina:  Don’t you think we need to have a talk with Daniel first? Or we need to put it under lock and key. And sometimes, I believe when you hide things or lock things up, they become more attractive than if they were sitting out in plain view. Especially to young people.

Bette: Well, if we need to put the alcohol under lock and key, well then, I almost would rather not have it in the house at all. Because that means we have a problem with someone in the house and I do not want to be the source of temptation. Oh, let’s start stocking up for the holidays. You know bottled water, Pellegrino, bottled tea, soft drinks, that sort of thing.