I received awesome presents from people and a not so awesome one from Mother Nature.
I asked for only one thing this year and Monte got it for me!!!! A black and decker electric grill!!! I am cooking for three. Three things like steaks or a pound of bacon (who am I kidding...a pound...lol!! it's 350 grams) or pancakes etc...the cast irons are just not big enough and I want to cook once, not twice. So I am ecstatic about it.
Ange gave me a beautiful table light that changes to different colours and shines through a filigree pattern. I absolutely love it!!! I am a sucker for anything to do with lights.
Now for the one from Mother Nature, the bitch!!! (shovel list..big time). We had a massive rain and wind storm last night and it has ripped part of the roof up. Fuckadoodle!!!! This is when you renters out there be grateful you rent. God knows how much it is going to cost get it fixed. And if insurance does cover it the deductible will be about two to three thousand. I am not happy but that is the life and expense of being a homeowner.
Other than that it was a lovely xmas. Christmas Eve was wonderful. We made food and right at 7 pm it was present opening time. It was so much fun! We played Abba and Boney M xmas albums and ate nummies and didn't drink anything alcohol. Diet Pepsi. Not even a rum and coke for heaven's sake!!! Lol!! I had cooked at rib eye roast to perfection, warmed up those PC yorkies, melted my frozen gravy I had made before, got out the horseradish and we made yorkie sliders. Man were they ever good. And Ange brought smoked oysters and mussels. OMG...I had never had smoked mussels before and they were amazing!!!!
Then the storm hit and it was a doozy!!! The racket of the roof flapping, it is a metal roof, was tremendous!!!! The clouds of rain were blowing straight sideways!!! And this was the first night in a long time that damned bear didn't harass us!!!!
We all did our part in the cleanup and then I like passed out in my chair. (I said 'like'..shovel list). I really fell asleep hard. I hadn't slept much past 2 am, as usual, then got up at 6ish am and got to work. Not making a turkey dinner turned out to be way more work in the end but a lot of fun. But I gotta say, I was totally exhausted by eating and opening presents time. It was a really good day.
And now it is Boxing Day. Leftovers tonight. I have untouched spin dip and seafood dip. I am sending Monte over to the store to get some sourdough. The buns I bought are just too soft and not appropriate! Tomorrow I am cleaning and vacuuming a van, getting it ready to hand off to Bradley and Aryn on the second of January.
Now it is time to prod Monte into taking out the garbage, taking a gift basket of chocolate to the neighbour, thanking them for the amazing awesome Christmas light display they put up every year. I have been binge watching Naked and Afraid, which makes me either too hot, too cold or definitely hungry!!!! LOL!!! Happy New Year everyone!!! TTYL
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| BRADLEYBE SANTA |
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| CHRISTMAS DINNER |
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| OVER CROWDED LIVING ROOM ALL READY FOR XMAS |
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| MY 2023 CHRISTMAS CAREFULLY CHOSEN OUTFIT |
Adults can take a simple holiday for Children and screw it up. What began as a presentation of simple gifts to delight and surprise children around the Christmas tree has culminated in a woman unwrapping six shrimp forks from her dog, who drew her name.
Erma Bombeck
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