Jim's Bday was packed with activity but, somehow, it still seemed relaxing -- that's what he says! While we had breakfast out on the patio, we noticed the fruits on this little tree were looking ripe. We don't know what they are -- 'thot they were nuts. We'll investigate.
I arranged for a gal to come to the house to give Jim a foot massage. He's soaking his feet in the water that's filled with limes and sea salt. Because the gal was late and the skin on Jim's feet was turning to granny skin, I finished up that portion of the spa routine. I'm soooooo glad the gal finally arrived! I didn't take her photo because she was very shy.
Then, we were off to a Schlumberger Wireline Family Day event. We didn't stay long but it was looking like a lot of fun for the kids!!!
We were invited to our neighbors' house for a lovely Canadian Thanksgiving feast -- complete with turkey (which Jim carved), dressing, cranberry sauce, ... pumpkin and apple pies! Some of the stuff was brought in but the turkey was purchased right here in Balikpapan -- imported from the U.S. and really yummy!The group included Canadians, Americans, Brits, and Scots. Lots of fun meeting new friends! And we played two games we don't usually play -- Bocce and darts. And ... Jim won the dart contest and took home all of the money that his three darts had to hit. They pinned a bill over the bull's eye. We all kept trying to nail the bill from three different distances. When we finished round 1 with no winner, the host added another bill on top of the first one. We-all kept failing at our attempts and by the time Jim got all three darts to hit the bills there were enuf bills that he took home about $25!!! That was a fun Bday treat! (Plus the pumpkin pie with a candle in it and the really out-of-tune Happy Birthday rendition!)
We are feeling blessed to have met some super friendly folks. I'm gonna join the book club that some of the gals are in and we're gonna start hunting for a dart board and darts 'cuz it's so fun to play!
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Happy birthday to Jim! You have a tomato tree? Weird. Or maybe pomegranate? Very colorful fruit anyway. Hope it's tasty!
We cut into it. Rubbery and stinky, white, fleshy stuff until you get down to the little seed. My Bahasa Indonesian teacher, a local gal, told me that it's used by some villagers -- dried and crushed for some kind of herbal remedy. So we'll leave it to the locals ... just in case it's a fertility drug or some such thing!
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