Christmas Day, 2012

Well, this was Christmas Day. Howard's the only one left at the table - guess he ate too much to move right away. When you see the amount of food left on the table, you can see why we never had to cook for almost the past week.  The cabbage is the only thing that didn't disappear in a flurry of meals - and that's because he cooked a great big huge one and not many of us like cabbage.

And yes, Patricia and Roxie, the glass jar on the side has Steve's Scottish Tablet in it, which was enough cause for the blessing on the table.

Because Dominik didn't eat his cabbage, he had room left over for a Chocolate Chipper cookie.

Dear Lizzie spent the majority of the day passed out in our chair. She was so sick, sleep was the best thing for her to be doing, but she missed out on the cabbage.

Nikkie wasn't too enthusiastic about having her picture taken. She wasn't nearly as brave as the two in the background - thankyou, Gabriel and Arianna for your school pictures! They are handsome/beautiful in that order.

And no, I'm not going away.

At last. It's just as well to grin and bear it, and get it over wish. Want some cabbage?

Chris and Tanner had fun playing with Chris's train set. The bed frame Poppy made for overnight visitors makes a perfect train platform, when we take the mattress off and stuff it in my craft closet. Hmmm.

Steve and Shannon sharing a laugh. Sure wish Steve had red-eyes, as I have a red-eye fixer. I don't have a white-eye fixer, as you can see.

And here's Neil and Dominik, playing cars on the floor. Vroom vroom.

Christmas Day was a flurry - most of it was spent in the kitchen, which is why I'm not doing the same thing tomorrow, on New Years Day. To hell with tradition. Besides we cooked the New Years Day ham on Christmas Day, and now it's bone is bubbling away in a pot of Pea Soup, which I just tasted - it's missing something, and I don't know what. There's water, peas, veggies, seasonings - even a nice dash of Garlic Plus, but don't tell Howard that or he won't eat it. 

This is my last post of the year. Tomorrow I'll be starting a new one - an every day one, hopefully, as long as my fingers keep working.