My food is prepared.  I called the Arndt's (ML) and offered to bring pickled herring.  Andrew is the only one who took me up on it.  I don't love it, but like a bit once in awhile.  He'll try anything.  Bill and Howard won't try much of anything and ML is sure to be allergic to it.  Anyone here like pickled herring?  

I'm ashamed to admit, I still have ML and Bill's presents to wrap, or in my case shove in a gift bag.  I've always done this--dragged my feet on wrapping.  She wrapped or bagged? Andrew's from us which she bought for me.  It's a pizza stone and she thought it too heavy so just kept it there.  Worked for me. 

Devonne,  so glad to hear you're doing well.  I love the Rotel/Velveeta/ beef mixture. Got started on that when we lived in Texas 40+  years ago.  No one here craves it and most won't try it, so I never make it.  Our meal is pretty simple and easy, too.  ML is making a Mississippi 
chuck roast, Andrew is making some kind of potato wedges they love and she froze green beans last summer.  Those items plus mine is it.  Well, Andrew did get us some Italian Christmas bread (in Chicago) and  Walker shortbread cookies and some kind of truffles.

Off to "wrap", get better dressed and maybe read for a bit since we don't go there until 4:30.
Merry Christmas Eve.  Indy

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Merry Christmas everyone!!
I make that meat/cheese dip to eat on New Years Day while watching the parade. DH doesn't like it so I get it all. That's the only time I make it.

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Good Morning and Merry Christmas to everyone!!  It is raining here, surprise!!  It is fairly dark here.  Don't have anything to say now, so will sign off, Have a wonderful day, Best Wishes, BJ.





 

Merry Christmas.  Wasting the day and enjoying that.  Well, I'm doing just what I want and reading my current book,something that's been put aside the past few days.  
We had a good time and good food at ML's last evening.  Caught up with Andrew (Mr. Chicago )  He brought Walker shortbread cookies, truffles, and Italian Christmas bread, all delicious. We have leftovers for this evening.  Howard is watching It's a Wonderful LIfe for the umteenth time.  I'm here and have been checking out various things on the computer.  

Nice dreary, cloudy day here.   Snow has been gone for a few days.  Have a great evening.
Indy

 

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HAPPY CHRISTMAS to all!! And blessing for HANNUKAH to JANET.

INDY sounds like a lovely day! I LOVE Walkers shortbread, that's the good stuff, we ate it in Edinburgh, I think it's all made in Scotland, by far the nicest, I forgot to comment on the herrings we had some in Amsterdam, I wasn't going to try them but loved them, odd texture but delicious!

SANDRA I hope you had a lovely day and your day and family were able to visit. You sure made enough food to share around, Megan made some Xmas crack, with pretzels, and some with chocolate M&Ms they were delish! I thought of you when I had a piece LOL I am making your walnut clusters next year!

MARYLOU we had a quiet day too, we went to Megan's last night when W and Pete got home from returning sis to her hostel. It was lovely and we relaxed together. 

DEVONNE sounds like you had both boys in the house together, I am happy for you, that would have ben theist gift of all to you ((((hugs)))) good luck with the drains, they are awful, it's great when they are all out!! I can't take the strong pain killers either, they affect me badly.

We were all ready for sis to go home when she left after lunch, she had a lovely time, and went off happily. 
last night we had dinner with the family, fresh prawns, BBQ'd prawns, scallops wrapped in bacon and prawns in spring roll wrappers, PLUS the salads, turkey and Gary had cooked a chicken on the BBQ, we FORGOT the ham LOL - it was still siting in the fridge uncut! Plus I had potato salad.

Then the jellies (yes Jello LOL ) meringues, jam rolls, strawberries and cream and custard - and the after dinner mints. Plus the xmas crack and lemon slice. The boys had HUGE bowls of jelly etc, no idea where they put it!!!  I had 1 tiny slice each of the xmas  crack and lemon slice. We ate dessert while watching (for the thousandth time) Christmas Vacation and switching to Love Actually in the ad breaks 

We did well with the size of things, we ate almost all the main meal (not all the turkey or chicken) the boys also have leftover potato salad. We had most of  the seafood, the fresh prawns were delish!!

An easy recipe for seafood sauce. ----The thousand Island dressing you buy in a bottle (kind of redish coloured) and LIGHTLY (thickened but not stiff) whipped cream in equal parts, it was just as good as the one I make usually which also has whipped cream, sounds weird with seafood, but it does work. 

We have leftover prawns to cook today, plus the other foods, we sure won't go hungry.

I treated us to a bottle of Baileys Irish Cream (choc/mint flavour) and we had some after dinner over ice. 

I just watched King Charles speech, I do hope he survives for a long reign, it was a beautiful chapel, and a moving speech.

Today is getting some rest and more washing! I have been doing her linen on wash setting  as hot as the machine does  -  90deg, it takes a while, then it's in the sun to dry and it's going to be near 100 F, so they will be dried  and clean!
 

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GOOD MORNING!

HOPE WVERYONE HAD AN ENJOYABLE HOLODAY! WE SURE DID.

I COULDN'T SLEEP CHRISTMAS EVE. WENT TO BED EARLY LAST TIGHT, SO AWAKE EARLY. DO FELL RESTED, SO THAT HELPS.

DARRELL'S NIECE ARE COMING BUY TO MORROW. So have a few things to do.

THINKING OF EVERYONE . PRAYERS.............

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First shower in 9 days...a wonderful Christmas gift for me. You can't get these drains wet.

Trish, your desserts look great!

Rain moving in tomorrow and the weekend. 65 degrees for December! I have not liked these 20's temps at night because my heat pump can't keep up with temps this low.

Have any of you taken advantage of Christmas clearance items? I wouldn't know unless it was something online. 

Sounds like there were good times for many, here.  No matter what you do or don't, Christmas is a special time and a certain feeling.  Yesterday, though home by ourselves, Howard and I watched several taped Christmas specials and kept up that feeling with our fiber optic tree lit and our new tiny fireplace heater that surprisingly makes it seem like a 'real' fire is burning.

Trish, I find it a bit amusing how the boys both love, love Jello.  It's something I rarely make.  What do you add to yours, if anything?  I like it plain, best.  Nobody else wants that!  I shouldn't tell this, but when I was a kid in school, once when they served jello on the lunch menu, I told my classmates, sitting nearby, that at home we eat Jello with our fingers, as in no spoons, and proceeded to do so...As I expected, they were shocked.  I, on the other hand, was quite immediately  ashamed of myself  and so glad my mother would never hear of that. And  I desperately hoped they'd all forget it.  It's laughable (or not) what a dumb fool kid will do for a moment of attention! 
You're right, Walker's shortbread is the best.  One pkg. that Andrew bought was flavored with orange and chocolate.  OMG...so delicious!  

Devonne, that's pretty much the last thing I'd think of.  Even though our present buying has become many fewer in recent years, the ingrained memory of that huge job has erased any desire for more buying.  But, one year due to a huge snowstorm and bitter cold, while we had everything ready for our kids, didn't have anything for each other and we had great fun going out the day after Christmas and shopping together for each other.  I remember the bargains.  There was no internet shopping then and I never did much catalog shopping, either.  So this was all in-person at the stores.  I'm still waiting for my "bought for myself" ring from JTV that's coming in the mail...whenever it gets here.     Pathetic, aren't we?

Tomorrow, I'm planning to make some oyster dressing.  Bought oysters for that  a few days ago.  It's Howard's favorite and even without roasting a turkey, we'll both enjoy it. 

Off to begin my day's tasks.  I've been reading my book and loafing.  Have a good day.
Indy 


 

Last edited by indyanny (12/26/2024 1:06 pm)

INDY I forgot to answer, YES the Jello (jelly for us) is already flavoured, put 1 cup boiling water over the crystals and dissolve, then add less than 1 cup cold water, they come in quite a few flavours, also have one "no flavour" I used to use Elderflower cordial to flavour, the boys loved that, can't get it now. The unflavoured OR the Elderflower LOL 

A woman and her husband stop at a dentist’s office. “I need a tooth pulled right away,” 
she says. “Don’t bother with the Novocain; we’re in a hurry.” “Which tooth do 
you want pulled?” asks the dentist. The woman shoves her husband toward the dentist. “Go ahead, dear. Show him your tooth.”

ANOTHER BRIGHT SUNNY DAY IN THE 30S.
IF I REPEAT ANY OF MY JOKES, PLEASE FORGIVE ME.  SOMETIMES ITS DIFFICULT TO REMEMBER THEM ALL.

DEVONNE......I AM HAPPY TO HEAR YOU ARE MOVING AND GROOVING AGAIN.  THEY ARE TAKING GOOD CARE OF YOU.

TRISH.....I THINK MAYBE JUDY/INDY MAY HAVE MEANT DO YOU PUT ANYTHING LIKE FRUITS IN YOUR JELL-O?  I KNOW ITS A POPULAR ROUTE TO TAKE IN OUR AREA.  AS FOR ME, I ALWAYS LIKED IT PLAIN.  NO STRAWBERRIES OR BLUEBERRIES OF MIXED FRUITS IN MY JELL-O.

FUNNY THING HAPPENED YESTERDAY.  GOT AN EMAIL MY PRESCRIPS HAD BEEN DELIVERED.  UPS SHOWED PICTURE OF WHERE THEY WERE LEFT.  THE DOOR WAS NOT MY DOOR.  NOT FAMILIAR AT ALL.  I WAS GOING TO LET THEM KNOW THEN THOUGHT TO CALM DOWN AND JUST WAIT A DAY IN CASE SOMEONE DELIVERED THEM.  AT 7 PM THE DOORBELL RANG.  A NEIGHBOR CAME WITH MY DELIVERY.  THEY WERE LEFT AT HER DOOR IN THE CONDO UP THE STREET.  HOW KIND.  
THE THING IS, WE HAVE A BIG SIGN OUTSIDE READING LITTLE FALLS LANDING.  IT WAS LISTED ON MY ADDRESS ON MY PACKAGE AS WELL.  HOW COULD UPS DELIVER TO THE NEXT SET OF BUILDINGS WHICH IS LOCATED BEYOND A LARGE EMPTY LOT AND HAS NOTHING TO DO WITH US.
ANYWAY IT ENDED WELL AND I COULD SLEEP WELL LAST NITE.

FOR TODAY NOTHING SPECIAL PLANNED.  I ALREADY DID MY MORNING LAPS.  PLAN TO MAKE A POT OF MASHED TATERS SINCE THEY GO GOOD WITH ANYTHING AND I LOVE LEFTOVER MASHED.  I ALSO PLAN TO GET BACK TO MY BOOK.
TOOK DOWN MY XMAS THINGS AND PUT THEM AWAY.  I DID NOT PUT UP MUCH THIS YEAR.  I NOW HAVE WINTER WALLHANGINGS ON MY DOOR AND HANGING FROM MY 2 UTILITY CARTS BY THE WINDOWS IN THE HALLWAY.  ITS A GOOD PLACE TO DISPLAY THEM.  I DID IT FOR XMAS SO I WILL CONTINUE TO USE THOSE CARTS FOR DISPLAY.

HAVE A GOOD DAY MY FRIENDS.  HUGS FOR ALL.  QB S 

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