Wednesday Morning

Well Christmas Day was one filled with culinary delights. I must say I have put back on all the weight I loss while sick and then a few pounds, yikes its so much more fun putting them on than trying to take them off. The morning started out with a sleep-in until nearly 7 before rolling out. I literally mean rolling out because of the late night eating and so we were never hungry until the gang came once again around 10 AM for breakfast. We had the same gang to eat minus Braden who would come later in the evening with Betsy for supper along with Bob and his family.

After our quiet times I headed out to water the garden. The temps had warmed up to the high 60's and eventually reached the middle 70's for the day. We had the windows open once again on Christmas Day whereas all my family in Virginia had 3-4 inches of snow and thus a ''White Christmas" even our N.C. friends had no snow but cool temps in the 40's, which was mild compared to a few days ago with single digit's. I think they are fore casted for some white stuff later in the week. Oh well!!! After the big breakfast and clean-up we just chilled until everyone came back for supper and once again eating lots of rich foods. It was a merry time had by all and it all started once again around 4:30. We had the Ross Family(Amy, Tyler, Ava and Sam), the Triplett Family from Riverview(Bob, Jill, Annsley and Gabriel), GG(Nancy's mom), Betsy and Braden(Nancy's sister and nephew) and of course us which made for a houseful. The kids were wired as they spotted all the packages under the Christmas Tree. They play much better together especially the girls as they are like one another shadow.

Well we had 2 standing rib roasts in the oven since 1:30 and where they ever smelling good. There was the usual smashed spuds and gravy, spinach casserole, a fresh garden salad, crusty bread and homemade apple sauce cake from Virginia as well a chocolate moose tarts for dessert. A little fruit of the vine was sampled before the eating began as well as some left overs from last nights chips and dip. We took the roasts out at 120 degree's inside and let them set for a 1/2 hour which brought the meat up to a delicious medium rare flavor. This was by far the best roast we have ever done on Christmas.

We all rolled away from the table and of course the kids were raring to open gifts. It was a fiasco as paper flew, ribbons and bows were littering the floor and I was so full I could barely bend over to clear away the mess. It was a fun time had by all and it was going on 10 before they all started leaving for home. We put the house back together and then got ready for bed, finally. I was so full that I made a promise to go some kind of a 1/2 rations for a week or so, LATER